1
This is the
message which Jeremiah the
prophet spoke to
Baruch the
son of
Neriah, when he had
written down these words in a
book at
Jeremiah's dictation, in the
fourth year of
Jehoiakim the
son of
Josiah,
king of
Judah,
saying:
.$.Wr'B -l,a ayib'N;h .Wh'y.m.rIy r,BiD r,v]a r'b'D;h ? h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;h -t,a w{b.t'k.B h'Yiren -n,B ? tyi[ib.r'h h'n'V;B .Wh'y.m.rIy yiPim r,pes -l;[ ? r{mael h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m .Wh'Yiva{y -n,B ~yiq'yw{hyil
2
"Thus says the
LORD the
God of
Israel to you, O
Baruch:
.$.Wr'B '$y,l'[ lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K
3
'You
said,
"Ah,
woe is me! For the
LORD has
added sorrow to my
pain; I am
weary with my
groaning and have
found no rest."'
!w{g'y h'wh.y @;s'y -yiK yil a'n -yw{a 'T.r;m'a ? a{l h'x.Wn.m.W yit'x.n;a.B yiT.[;g'y yib{a.k;m -l;[ ? yita'c'm
4
"Thus you are to
say to him,
'Thus says the
LORD,
"Behold,
what I have
built I am about to
tear down, and
what I have
planted I am about to
uproot, that is, the
whole land."
yityin'B -r,v]a heNih h'wh.y r;m'a h{K wy'lea r;ma{T h{K ? vet{n yin]a yiT.[;j'n -r,v]a tea.w ser{h yin]a ? ayih #,r'a'h -l'K -t,a.w
5
'But you, are you
seeking great things for yourself? Do not
seek them; for
behold, I am going to
bring disaster on
all flesh,'
declares the
LORD, 'but I will
give your
life to you as
booty in
all the
places where * you may
go.' "
yiK veQ;b.T -l;a tw{l{d.g '$.l -v,Q;b.T h'T;a.w ? h'wh.y -mUa.n r'f'B -l'K -l;[ h'['r ayibem yin.nih ? tw{m{q.M;h -l'K l;[ l'l'v.l '$.v.p;n -t,a '$.l yiT;t'n.w ? ~'v -.k,leT r,v]a