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Chapter 34

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1Approach, O nations, and listen,Give heed, O peoples! Let the earth and those in it hear; The world, and what it brings forth.

kiR-vu go-YIM lish-MO-a u-lu-MEEM ha-k'-shi-VOO tish-MA ha-A-retz u-m'-lo-AH tay-VEL v'-kol tze-a-tza-E-ha

אקִרְב֤וּ גוֹיִם֙ לִשְׁמֹ֔עַ וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים הַקְשִׁ֑יבוּ תִּשְׁמַ֤ע הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וּמְלֹאָ֔הּ תֵּבֵ֖ל וְכׇל־צֶאֱצָאֶֽיהָ׃

2For Hashem is angry at all the nations, Furious at all their host; He has doomed them, consigned them to slaughter.

KI KE-TSEF LA-a-DO-NAI al-KOL ha-go-YIM, v'-khe-MA al-KOL t'-va-AV, he-khe-ree-MAM ne-ta-NAM la-ta-VAKH

בכִּ֣י קֶ֤צֶף לַֽיהֹוָה֙ עַל־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְחֵמָ֖ה עַל־כׇּל־צְבָאָ֑ם הֶחֱרִימָ֖ם נְתָנָ֥ם לַטָּֽבַח׃

3Their slain shall be left lying, And the stench of their corpses shall mount; And the hills shall be drenched with their blood,

v'-khal-l'-HEM yush-LA-khu u-fi-g'-REI-HEM ya-a-LEH b'-a-SHAM, v'-na-MA-su ha-REEM mi-DA-mam

גוְחַלְלֵיהֶ֣ם יֻשְׁלָ֔כוּ וּפִגְרֵיהֶ֖ם יַעֲלֶ֣ה בׇאְשָׁ֑ם וְנָמַ֥סּוּ הָרִ֖ים מִדָּמָֽם׃

4All the host of heaven shall molder. The heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll, And all their host shall wither Like a leaf withering on the vine, Or shriveled fruit on a fig tree.

v'-na-MAKU kol-tz'-VA ha-sha-MA-yim v'-na-GO-lu kha-SE-fer ha-sha-MA-yim v'-kol-tz'-va-AM yi-BOL kiN-vol a-LEH mi-GE-fen u-k'-no-VE-let mi-t'-EY-na

דוְנָמַ֙קּוּ֙ כׇּל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנָגֹ֥לּוּ כַסֵּ֖פֶר הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְכׇל־צְבָאָ֣ם יִבּ֔וֹל כִּנְבֹ֤ל עָלֶה֙ מִגֶּ֔פֶן וּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶת מִתְּאֵנָֽה׃

5For My sword shall be drunk in the sky; Lo, it shall come down upon Edom, Upon the people I have doomed, To wreak judgment.

ki-ri-vu-TAH va-sha-MA-yim khar-BEE, hi-NEH al e-DOM tay-RED, v'-al aM kher-MEE l'-mish-PAT

הכִּֽי־רִוְּתָ֥ה בַשָּׁמַ֖יִם חַרְבִּ֑י הִנֵּה֙ עַל־אֱד֣וֹם תֵּרֵ֔ד וְעַל־עַ֥ם חֶרְמִ֖י לְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃

6Hashem has a sword; it is sated with blood, It is gorged with fat— The blood of lambs and he-goats, The kidney fat of rams. For Hashem holds a sacrifice in Bozrah, A great slaughter in the land of Edom.

khe-REV la-a-do-NAI mal-OH da-MU hu-DASH-na me-KHE-lev mi-DAM ka-RIM v'-a-tu-DEEM me-KHE-lev kil-YOT e-LEE-eem kee ze-VAKH la-a-do-NAI b'-bo-tze-RAH v'-te-VAKH ga-DOL b'-e-RETZ e-DOM

וחֶ֣רֶב לַיהֹוָ֞ה מָלְאָ֥ה דָם֙ הֻדַּ֣שְׁנָה מֵחֵ֔לֶב מִדַּ֤ם כָּרִים֙ וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים מֵחֵ֖לֶב כִּלְי֣וֹת אֵילִ֑ים כִּ֣י זֶ֤בַח לַֽיהֹוָה֙ בְּבׇצְרָ֔ה וְטֶ֥בַח גָּד֖וֹל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם׃

7Wild oxen shall fall with them, Young bulls with mighty steers; And their land shall be drunk with blood, Their soil shall be saturated with fat.

v'-ya-RE-du r'-ay-MEEM i-MAHM u-fa-REEM im a-bi-REEM v'-ri-u-TAH ar-TZAM mi-DAM va-a-fa-RAM me-KHE-lev y'-du-SHAN

זוְיָרְד֤וּ רְאֵמִים֙ עִמָּ֔ם וּפָרִ֖ים עִם־אַבִּירִ֑ים וְרִוְּתָ֤ה אַרְצָם֙ מִדָּ֔ם וַעֲפָרָ֖ם מֵחֵ֥לֶב יְדֻשָּֽׁן׃

8For it is Hashem's day of retribution, The year of vindication for Tzion's cause.

ki YOM na-KAM la-a-do-NAI, sh'-NAT shi-lu-MEEM l'-REEV tzi-YON

חכִּ֛י י֥וֹם נָקָ֖ם לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה שְׁנַ֥ת שִׁלּוּמִ֖ים לְרִ֥יב צִיּֽוֹן׃

9Its streams shall be turned to pitch And its soil to sulfur. Its land shall become burning pitch,

v'-ne-HEF-khu ne-KHA-le-HA le-ZE-fet va-a-fa-RAH le-go-FREET v'-ha-Y'-ta a-RETZ-HA le-ZE-fet bo-E-ra

טוְנֶהֶפְכ֤וּ נְחָלֶ֙יהָ֙ לְזֶ֔פֶת וַעֲפָרָ֖הּ לְגׇפְרִ֑ית וְהָיְתָ֣ה אַרְצָ֔הּ לְזֶ֖פֶת בֹּעֵרָֽה׃

10Night and day it shall never go out; Its smoke shall rise for all time. Through the ages it shall lie in ruins; Through the aeons none shall traverse it.

la-YE-lah v'-yo-MAM lo tikh-BEH l'-o-LAM ya-a-LEH a-sha-NAH mi-DOR la-DOR te-khe-RAV l'-NE-tzakh ne-tza-KHEEM AYN o-VER BAH

ילַ֤יְלָה וְיוֹמָם֙ לֹ֣א תִכְבֶּ֔ה לְעוֹלָ֖ם יַעֲלֶ֣ה עֲשָׁנָ֑הּ מִדּ֤וֹר לָדוֹר֙ תֶּחֱרָ֔ב לְנֵ֣צַח נְצָחִ֔ים אֵ֥ין עֹבֵ֖ר בָּֽהּ׃

11Jackdaws and owls shall possess it; Great owls and ravens shall dwell there. He shall measure it with a line of chaos And with weights of emptiness.

v'-yi-RE-shu-HA ka-AT v'-ki-POD v'-yansh-OF v'-o-REV yish-KE-nu-BAH, v'-na-TAH a-LE-ha KAV-to-HU v'-av-NAY-bo-HU

יאוִֽירֵשׁ֙וּהָ֙ קָאַ֣ת וְקִפּ֔וֹד וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף וְעֹרֵ֖ב יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָ֑הּ וְנָטָ֥ה עָלֶ֛יהָ קַֽו־תֹ֖הוּ וְאַבְנֵי־בֹֽהוּ׃

12It shall be called, “No kingdom is there,” Its nobles and all its lords shall be nothing.

kho-RE-ha v'-EIN-sham me-lu-KHA yik-RA-u v'-kol-sa-re-ha yi-H'-yu a-FES

יבחֹרֶ֥יהָ וְאֵֽין־שָׁ֖ם מְלוּכָ֣ה יִקְרָ֑אוּ וְכׇל־שָׂרֶ֖יהָ יִ֥הְיוּ אָֽפֶס׃

13Thorns shall grow up in its palaces, Nettles and briers in its strongholds. It shall be a home of jackals, An abode of ostriches.

v'-a-l'-TAH ar-m'-no-TE-ha si-RIM ki-MOS va-KHO-akh b'-miv-TZA-re-ha v'-ha-Y'-ta n'-VEH ta-NIM kha-TZIR liv-NOT ya-a-NAH

יגוְעָלְתָ֤ה אַרְמְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ סִירִ֔ים קִמּ֥וֹשׂ וָח֖וֹחַ בְּמִבְצָרֶ֑יהָ וְהָיְתָה֙ נְוֵ֣ה תַנִּ֔ים חָצִ֖יר לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

14Wildcats shall meet hyenas, Goat-demons shall greet each other; There too the lilith shall repose And find herself a resting place.

u-FA-g'-SHU tzi-YIM et i-YIM v'-sa-EER al re-E-hu yik-RA akh-SHAM hir-gi-AH li-LIT u-ma-t'-ZAH LAH ma-NO-akh

ידוּפָגְשׁ֤וּ צִיִּים֙ אֶת־אִיִּ֔ים וְשָׂעִ֖יר עַל־רֵעֵ֣הוּ יִקְרָ֑א אַךְ־שָׁם֙ הִרְגִּ֣יעָה לִּילִ֔ית וּמָצְאָ֥ה לָ֖הּ מָנֽוֹחַ׃

15There the arrow-snake shall nest and lay eggs, And shall brood and hatch in its shade. There too the buzzards shall gather With one another.

sha-MAH kin-NAH ki-POZ va-t'-ma-LET u-va-ko-AH v'-do-GE-rah b'-tzi-LAH akh-SHAM nik-B'-TZU dai-YOT i-SHA r'-u-TAH

טושָׁ֣מָּה קִנְּנָ֤ה קִפּוֹז֙ וַתְּמַלֵּ֔ט וּבָקְעָ֖ה וְדָגְרָ֣ה בְצִלָּ֑הּ אַךְ־שָׁ֛ם נִקְבְּצ֥וּ דַיּ֖וֹת אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָֽהּ׃

16Search and read it in the scroll of Hashem: Not one of these shall be absent, Not one shall miss its fellow. For His mouth has spoken, It is His spirit that has assembled them,

dir-SHU may-al SAY-fer a-do-NAI uk-RA-u a-KHAT may-HAY-nah LO ne-DA-rah i-SHAH r'-u-TAH LO fa-KA-du kee FEE HU tzi-VAH v'-ru-KHO HU ki-b'-TZAN

טזדִּרְשׁ֨וּ מֵֽעַל־סֵ֤פֶר יְהֹוָה֙ וּֽקְרָ֔אוּ אַחַ֤ת מֵהֵ֙נָּה֙ לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔רָה אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖הּ לֹ֣א פָקָ֑דוּ כִּי־פִי֙ ה֣וּא צִוָּ֔ה וְרוּח֖וֹ ה֥וּא קִבְּצָֽן׃

 34:16   Search and read it in the scroll of Hashem

Rashi (1040-1105)

Yeshayahu states that a reading of “the scroll of Hashem” will reveal that none of the animals “shall be absent.” Rashi suggests that this “scroll of Hashem” refers to Sefer Bereishit, which describes how every creature and its mate was gathered to Noach in the ark at the time of the flood. Since these animals heeded Hashem’s command to come to the ark, not one of them went missing. The message, then, is clear. If even animals are capable of obeying divine decrees and thereby rewarded with protection, then how much more so should humanity be willing to listen to Hashem’s word.

17And it is He who apportioned it to them by lot, Whose hand divided it for them with the line. They shall possess it for all time, They shall dwell there through the ages.

v'-hu hi-PIL la-HEN go-RAL v'-ya-DO khil-la-KA-ta LA-hem ba-KAV, ad-o-LAM yi-RA-shu-HA l'-DOR va-DOR yish-ke-NU-BAH. (s)

יזוְהֽוּא־הִפִּ֤יל לָהֶן֙ גּוֹרָ֔ל וְיָד֛וֹ חִלְּקַ֥תָּה לָהֶ֖ם בַּקָּ֑ו עַד־עוֹלָם֙ יִֽירָשׁ֔וּהָ לְד֥וֹר וָד֖וֹר יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָֽהּ׃