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ה֗וֹי
עֲטֶ֤רֶת
גֵּאוּת֙
שִׁכֹּרֵ֣י
אֶפְרַ֔יִם
וְצִ֥יץ
נֹבֵ֖ל
צְבִ֣י
תִפְאַרְתּ֑וֹ
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
עַל־
רֹ֥אשׁ
גֵּֽיא־
שְׁמָנִ֖ים
הֲל֥וּמֵי
יָֽיִן׃
Woe
to the majestic
crown
of Ephraim’s
drunkards,
to the fading
flower
of his glorious
splendor,
set
on
the summit
above the fertile
valley,
the pride of those overcome
by wine.
Woe
to the crown
of pride,
to the drunkards
of Ephraim,
whose glorious
beauty
[is] a fading
flower,
which [are] on the head
of the fat
valleys
of them that are overcome
with wine!
2
הִנֵּ֨ה
חָזָ֤ק
וְאַמִּץ֙
לַֽאדֹנָ֔י
כְּזֶ֥רֶם
בָּרָ֖ד
שַׂ֣עַר
קָ֑טֶב
כְּ֠זֶרֶם
מַ֣יִם
כַּבִּירִ֥ים
שֹׁטְפִ֛ים
הִנִּ֥יחַ
לָאָ֖רֶץ
בְּיָֽד׃
Behold,
the Lord has one
who is strong
and mighty.
Like a hailstorm
or destructive
tempest,
like a driving rain
or flooding downpour,
he will smash that crown
to the ground.
Behold, the Lord
hath a mighty
and strong one,
[which] as a tempest
of hail
[and] a destroying
storm,
as a flood
of mighty
waters
overflowing,
shall cast down
to the earth
with the hand.
3
בְּרַגְלַ֖יִם
תֵּֽרָמַ֑סְנָה
עֲטֶ֥רֶת
גֵּא֖וּת
שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥י
אֶפְרָֽיִם׃
The majestic
crown
of Ephraim’s
drunkards
will be trampled underfoot.
The crown
of pride,
the drunkards
of Ephraim,
shall be trodden
under feet:
4
וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה
צִיצַ֤ת
נֹבֵל֙
צְבִ֣י
תִפְאַרְתּ֔וֹ
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
עַל־
רֹ֖אשׁ
גֵּ֣יא
שְׁמָנִ֑ים
כְּבִכּוּרָהּ֙
בְּטֶ֣רֶם
קַ֔יִץ
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
יִרְאֶ֤ה
הָֽרֹאֶה֙
אוֹתָ֔הּ
בְּעוֹדָ֥הּ
בְּכַפּ֖וֹ
יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃
ס
The fading
flower
of his beautiful
splendor,
set
on
the summit
above the fertile
valley,
will be
like a ripe fig
before
the summer harvest:
Whoever
sees it
will take it
in his hand
and swallow it.
And the glorious
beauty,
which [is] on the head
of the fat
valley,
shall be a fading
flower,
[and] as the hasty fruit
before the summer;
which [when] he that looketh
upon it seeth,
while it is yet in his hand
he eateth it up.
5
בַּיּ֣וֹם
הַה֗וּא
יִֽהְיֶה֙
יְהוָ֣ה
צְבָא֔וֹת
לַעֲטֶ֣רֶת
צְבִ֔י
וְלִצְפִירַ֖ת
תִּפְאָרָ֑ה
לִשְׁאָ֖ר
עַמּֽוֹ׃
On that
day
the LORD
of Hosts
will be
a crown
of glory,
a diadem
of splendor
to the remnant
of His people,
In that day
shall the LORD
of hosts
be for a crown
of glory,
and for a diadem
of beauty,
unto the residue
of his people,
6
וּלְר֖וּחַ
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט
לַיּוֹשֵׁב֙
עַל־
הַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט
וְלִ֨גְבוּרָ֔ה
מְשִׁיבֵ֥י
מִלְחָמָ֖ה
שָֽׁעְרָה׃
ס
a spirit
of justice
to him who sits
in
judgment,
and a strength
to those who repel
the onslaught
at the gate.
And for a spirit
of judgment
to him that sitteth
in judgment,
and for strength
to them that turn
the battle
to the gate.
7
וְגַם־
אֵ֙לֶּה֙
בַּיַּ֣יִן
שָׁג֔וּ
וּבַשֵּׁכָ֖ר
תָּע֑וּ
כֹּהֵ֣ן
וְנָבִיא֩
שָׁג֨וּ
בַשֵּׁכָ֜ר
נִבְלְע֣וּ
מִן־
הַיַּ֗יִן
תָּעוּ֙
מִן־
הַשֵּׁכָ֔ר
שָׁגוּ֙
בָּֽרֹאֶ֔ה
פָּק֖וּ
פְּלִילִיָּֽה׃
These
also
stagger
from wine
and stumble
from strong drink:
Priests
and prophets
reel
from strong drink
and are befuddled
by
wine.
They stumble
because of
strong drink,
muddled
in their visions
and stumbling
in their judgments.
But they
also have erred
through wine,
and through strong drink
are out of the way;
the priest
and the prophet
have erred
through strong drink,
they are swallowed up
of
wine,
they are out of the way
through strong drink;
they err
in vision,
they stumble
[in] judgment.
8
כִּ֚י
כָּל־
שֻׁלְחָנ֔וֹת
מָלְא֖וּ
קִ֣יא
צֹאָ֑ה
בְּלִ֖י
מָקֽוֹם׃
ס
For
all
their tables
are covered
with vomit;
there is not a place
without
filth.
For all tables
are full
of vomit
[and] filthiness,
[so that there is] no place
[clean].
9
אֶת־
מִי֙
יוֹרֶ֣ה
דֵעָ֔ה
וְאֶת־
מִ֖י
יָבִ֣ין
שְׁמוּעָ֑ה
גְּמוּלֵי֙
מֵֽחָלָ֔ב
עַתִּיקֵ֖י
מִשָּׁדָֽיִם׃
Whom
is He trying to teach?
To whom
is He explaining
His message?
To infants just weaned
from milk?
To babies removed
from the breast?
Whom shall he teach
knowledge?
and whom shall he make to understand
doctrine?
[them that are] weaned
from the milk,
[and] drawn
from the breasts.
10
כִּ֣י
צַ֤ו
לָצָו֙
צַ֣ו
לָצָ֔ו
קַ֥ו
לָקָ֖ו
קַ֣ו
לָקָ֑ו
זְעֵ֥יר
שָׁ֖ם
זְעֵ֥יר
שָֽׁם׃
For they hear:
“Order
on order,
order
on order,
line
on line,
line
on line;
a little
here,
a little
there.”
For precept
[must be] upon precept,
precept
upon precept;
line
upon line,
line
upon line;
here a little,
[and] there a little:
11
כִּ֚י
בְּלַעֲגֵ֣י
שָׂפָ֔ה
וּבְלָשׁ֖וֹן
אַחֶ֑רֶת
יְדַבֵּ֖ר
אֶל־
הָעָ֥ם
הַזֶּֽה׃
Indeed,
with mocking
lips
and foreign
tongues,
He will speak
to
this
people
For with stammering
lips
and another
tongue
will he speak
to this people.
12
אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀
אָמַ֣ר
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם
זֹ֤את
הַמְּנוּחָה֙
הָנִ֣יחוּ
לֶֽעָיֵ֔ף
וְזֹ֖את
הַמַּרְגֵּעָ֑ה
וְלֹ֥א
אָב֖וּא
שְׁמֽוֹעַ׃
to whom
He has said:
“This
is the place of rest,
let the weary
rest;
this
is the place of repose.”
But they would
not
listen.
To whom he said,
This [is] the rest
[wherewith] ye may cause the weary
to rest;
and this [is] the refreshing:
yet they would
not hear.
13
וְהָיָ֨ה
לָהֶ֜ם
דְּבַר־
יְהוָ֗ה
צַ֣ו
לָצָ֞ו
צַ֤ו
לָצָו֙
קַ֤ו
לָקָו֙
קַ֣ו
לָקָ֔ו
זְעֵ֥יר
שָׁ֖ם
זְעֵ֣יר
שָׁ֑ם
לְמַ֨עַן
יֵלְכ֜וּ
וְכָשְׁל֤וּ
אָחוֹר֙
וְנִשְׁבָּ֔רוּ
וְנוֹקְשׁ֖וּ
וְנִלְכָּֽדוּ׃
פ
Then the word
of the LORD
to them
will become:
“Order
on order,
order
on order,
line
on line,
line
on line;
a little
here,
a little
there,”
so that
they will go
stumbling
backward
and will be injured,
ensnared,
and captured.
But the word
of the LORD
was unto them precept
upon precept,
precept
upon precept;
line
upon line,
line
upon line;
here a little,
[and] there a little;
that they might go,
and fall
backward,
and be broken,
and snared,
and taken.
14
לָכֵ֛ן
שִׁמְע֥וּ
דְבַר־
יְהוָ֖ה
אַנְשֵׁ֣י
לָצ֑וֹן
מֹֽשְׁלֵי֙
הָעָ֣ם
הַזֶּ֔ה
אֲשֶׁ֖ר
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
Therefore
hear
the word
of the LORD,
O
scoffers
who rule
this
people
in Jerusalem.
Wherefore hear
the word
of the LORD,
ye scornful
men,
that rule
this people
which [is] in Jerusalem.
15
כִּ֣י
אֲמַרְתֶּ֗ם
כָּרַ֤תְנֽוּ
בְרִית֙
אֶת־
מָ֔וֶת
וְעִם־
שְׁא֖וֹל
עָשִׂ֣ינוּ
חֹזֶ֑ה
[שיט]
(שׁ֣וֹט)
שׁוֹטֵ֤ף
כִּֽי־
[עבר]
(יַֽעֲבֹר֙)
לֹ֣א
יְבוֹאֵ֔נוּ
כִּ֣י
שַׂ֧מְנוּ
כָזָ֛ב
מַחְסֵ֖נוּ
וּבַשֶּׁ֥קֶר
נִסְתָּֽרְנוּ׃
ס
For
you said,
“We have made
a covenant
with
death;
we have fashioned
an agreement
with
Sheol.
When
the overwhelming scourge
passes through
it will not
touch us,
because
we have made
lies
our refuge
and falsehood
our hiding place.”
Because ye have said,
We have made
a covenant
with death,
and with hell
are we
at agreement;
when the overflowing
scourge
shall pass through
, it shall not come
unto us: for we have made
lies
our refuge,
and under falsehood
have we hid
ourselves:
16
לָכֵ֗ן
כֹּ֤ה
אָמַר֙
אֲדֹנָ֣י
יְהוִ֔ה
הִנְנִ֛י
יִסַּ֥ד
בְּצִיּ֖וֹן
אָ֑בֶן
אֶ֣בֶן
בֹּ֜חַן
פִּנַּ֤ת
יִקְרַת֙
מוּסָ֣ד
מוּסָּ֔ד
הַֽמַּאֲמִ֖ין
לֹ֥א
יָחִֽישׁ׃
So
this is what
the Lord
GOD
says:
“See,
I lay
a stone
in Zion,
a tested
stone,
a precious
cornerstone,
a sure
foundation;
the one who believes
will never
be shaken.
Therefore thus saith
the Lord
GOD,
Behold, I lay
in Zion
for a foundation a stone,
a tried
stone,
a precious
corner
[stone], a sure
foundation:
he that believeth
shall not make haste.
17
וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י
מִשְׁפָּט֙
לְקָ֔ו
וּצְדָקָ֖ה
לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶת
וְיָעָ֤ה
בָרָד֙
מַחְסֵ֣ה
כָזָ֔ב
וְסֵ֥תֶר
מַ֖יִם
יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ׃
I will make
justice
the measuring line
and righteousness
the level.
Hail
will sweep away
your refuge
of lies,
and water
will flood
your hiding place.
Judgment
also will I lay
to the line,
and righteousness
to the plummet:
and the hail
shall sweep away
the refuge
of lies,
and the waters
shall overflow
the hiding place.
18
וְכֻפַּ֤ר
בְּרִֽיתְכֶם֙
אֶת־
מָ֔וֶת
וְחָזוּתְכֶ֥ם
אֶת־
שְׁא֖וֹל
לֹ֣א
תָק֑וּם
שׁ֤וֹט
שׁוֹטֵף֙
כִּ֣י
יַֽעֲבֹ֔ר
וִהְיִ֥יתֶם
ל֖וֹ
לְמִרְמָֽס׃
Your covenant
with
death
will be dissolved,
and your agreement
with
Sheol
will not
stand.
When
the overwhelming
scourge
passes through,
you will be
trampled by it.
And your covenant
with death
shall be disannulled,
and your agreement
with hell
shall not stand;
when the overflowing
scourge
shall pass through,
then ye shall be trodden down
by it.
19
מִדֵּ֤י
עָבְרוֹ֙
יִקַּ֣ח
אֶתְכֶ֔ם
כִּֽי־
בַבֹּ֧קֶר
בַּבֹּ֛קֶר
יַעֲבֹ֖ר
בַּיּ֣וֹם
וּבַלָּ֑יְלָה
וְהָיָ֥ה
רַק־
זְוָעָ֖ה
הָבִ֥ין
שְׁמוּעָֽה׃
As often as
it passes through,
it will carry you away;
it will sweep through
morning
after morning,
by day
and by night.”
The understanding
of this message
will bring sheer
terror.
From the time
that it goeth forth
it shall take
you: for morning
by morning
shall it pass over,
by day
and by night:
and it shall be a vexation
only [to] understand
the report.
20
כִּֽי־
קָצַ֥ר
הַמַּצָּ֖ע
מֵֽהִשְׂתָּרֵ֑עַ
וְהַמַּסֵּכָ֥ה
צָ֖רָה
כְּהִתְכַּנֵּֽס׃
Indeed,
the bed
is too short
to stretch out on,
and the blanket
too small
to wrap around you.
For the bed
is shorter
than that [a man] can stretch
himself [on it]: and the covering
narrower
than that he can wrap
himself [in it].
21
כִּ֤י
כְהַר־
פְּרָצִים֙
יָק֣וּם
יְהוָ֔ה
כְּעֵ֖מֶק
בְּגִבְע֣וֹן
יִרְגָּ֑ז
לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת
מַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙
זָ֣ר
מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ
וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙
עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹ
נָכְרִיָּ֖ה
עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃
For
the LORD
will rise up
as at Mount
Perazim.
He will rouse Himself
as in the Valley
of Gibeon,
to do
His work,
His strange
work,
and to perform
His task,
His disturbing
task.
For the LORD
shall rise up
as [in] mount
Perazim,
he shall be wroth
as [in] the valley
of Gibeon,
that he may do
his work,
his strange
work;
and bring to pass
his act,
his strange
act.
22
וְעַתָּה֙
אַל־
תִּתְלוֹצָ֔צוּ
פֶּֽן־
יֶחְזְק֖וּ
מֽוֹסְרֵיכֶ֑ם
כִּֽי־
כָלָ֨ה
וְנֶחֱרָצָ֜ה
שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי
מֵאֵ֨ת
אֲדֹנָ֧י
יְהוִ֛ה
צְבָא֖וֹת
עַל־
כָּל־
הָאָֽרֶץ׃
So now,
do not
mock,
or
your shackles
will become heavier.
Indeed,
I have heard
from the Lord
GOD
of Hosts
a decree
of destruction
against
the whole
land.
Now therefore be ye not mockers,
lest your bands
be made strong:
for I have heard
from the Lord
GOD
of hosts
a consumption,
even determined
upon the whole earth.
23
הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ
וְשִׁמְע֖וּ
קוֹלִ֑י
הַקְשִׁ֥יבוּ
וְשִׁמְע֖וּ
אִמְרָתִֽי׃
Listen
and hear
my voice.
Pay attention
and hear
what I say.
Give ye ear,
and hear
my voice;
hearken,
and hear
my speech.
24
הֲכֹ֣ל
הַיּ֔וֹם
יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ
הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ
לִזְרֹ֑עַ
יְפַתַּ֥ח
וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד
אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃
Does the plowman
plow
for planting
every
day?
Does he continuously loosen
and harrow
the soil?
Doth the plowman
plow
all day
to sow?
doth he open
and break the clods
of his ground?
25
הֲלוֹא֙
אִם־
שִׁוָּ֣ה
פָנֶ֔יהָ
וְהֵפִ֥יץ
קֶ֖צַח
וְכַמֹּ֣ן
יִזְרֹ֑ק
וְשָׂ֨ם
חִטָּ֤ה
שׂוֹרָה֙
וּשְׂעֹרָ֣ה
נִסְמָ֔ן
וְכֻסֶּ֖מֶת
גְּבֻלָתֽוֹ׃
When
he has leveled
its surface,
does he not
sow
caraway
and scatter
cumin?
He plants
wheat
in rows
and barley
in plots,
and rye
within its border.
When he hath made plain
the face
thereof, doth he not cast abroad
the fitches,
and scatter
the cummin,
and cast
in the principal
wheat
and the appointed
barley
and the rie
in their place?
26
וְיִסְּר֥וֹ
לַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט
אֱלֹהָ֥יו
יוֹרֶֽנּוּ׃
For his God
instructs
and teaches him
properly.
For his God
doth instruct
him to discretion,
[and] doth teach
him.
27
כִּ֣י
לֹ֤א
בֶֽחָרוּץ֙
י֣וּדַשׁ
קֶ֔צַח
וְאוֹפַ֣ן
עֲגָלָ֔ה
עַל־
כַּמֹּ֖ן
יוּסָּ֑ב
כִּ֧י
בַמַּטֶּ֛ה
יֵחָ֥בֶט
קֶ֖צַח
וְכַמֹּ֥ן
בַּשָּֽׁבֶט׃
Surely
caraway
is not
threshed
with a sledge,
and the wheel
of a cart
is not rolled
over
the cumin.
But
caraway
is beaten out
with a stick,
and cumin
with a rod.
For the fitches
are not threshed
with a threshing instrument,
neither is a cart
wheel
turned about
upon the cummin;
but the fitches
are beaten out
with a staff,
and the cummin
with a rod.
28
לֶ֣חֶם
יוּדָ֔ק
כִּ֛י
לֹ֥א
לָנֶ֖צַח
אָד֣וֹשׁ
יְדוּשֶׁ֑נּוּ
וְ֠הָמַם
גִּלְגַּ֧ל
עֶגְלָת֛וֹ
וּפָרָשָׁ֖יו
לֹֽא־
יְדֻקֶּֽנּוּ׃
Grain for bread
must be ground,
but
it is not
endlessly threshed.
Though the wheels
of the cart
roll over it,
the horses
do not
crush it.
Bread
[corn] is bruised;
because he will not ever
be threshing
it, nor break
[it with] the wheel
of his cart,
nor bruise
it [with] his horsemen.
29
גַּם־
זֹ֕את
מֵעִ֛ם
יְהוָ֥ה
צְבָא֖וֹת
יָצָ֑אָה
הִפְלִ֣יא
עֵצָ֔ה
הִגְדִּ֖יל
תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃
ס
This
also
comes
from
the LORD
of Hosts,
who is wonderful
in counsel
and excellent
in wisdom.
This also cometh forth
from the LORD
of hosts,
[which] is wonderful
in counsel,
[and] excellent
in working.
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