Chapter 11

1The word which came to Yirmiyahu from Hashem:

ha-DA-var a-SHER ha-YA el yir-m'-YA-hu may-ET a-do-NAI lay-MOR

אהַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֣ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ מֵאֵ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

2“Hear the terms of this covenant, and recite them to the men of Yehuda and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim!

shim-U et-di-VREI ha-b'-REET ha-ZOT v'-di-BAR-tem el-ish y'-hu-DAH v'-al-yo-sh'-VAY y'-ru-sha-LA-im

בשִׁמְע֕וּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את וְדִבַּרְתֶּם֙ אֶל־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

3And say to them, Thus said Hashem, the God of Yisrael: Cursed be the man who will not obey the terms of this covenant,

v'-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem KOH a-MAR a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY yis-ra-AYL a-RUR ha-EESH a-SHER lo yish-MA et di-v'-RAY ha-b'-REET ha-ZOT

גוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּֽה־אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אָר֣וּר הָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁמַ֔ע אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י הַבְּרִ֥ית הַזֹּֽאת׃

4which I enjoined upon your fathers when I freed them from the land of Egypt, the iron crucible, saying, ‘Obey Me and observe them, just as I command you, that you may be My people and I may be your God'—

a-SHER tzi-VEE-tee et a-vo-TAY-khem b'-YOM ho-tzi-EE-o-TAM me-E-retz mitz-RA-yim, mi-KHUR ha-bar-ZEL, lay-MOR: shim-U v'-ko-LEE, va-a-SEE-tem o-TAM, k'-KOL a-SHER a-tza-VEE et-KHEM, vi-h'-YI-tem LEE l'-AM, v'-a-NO-khee e-HE-yeh LA-khem l'-e-lo-HEEM.

דאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּ֣יתִי אֶת־אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֡ם בְּי֣וֹם הוֹצִיאִֽי־אוֹתָ֣ם מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֩יִם֩ מִכּ֨וּר הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר שִׁמְע֤וּ בְקוֹלִי֙ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־אֲצַוֶּ֖ה אֶתְכֶ֑ם וִהְיִ֤יתֶם לִי֙ לְעָ֔ם וְאָ֣נֹכִ֔י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃

5in order to fulfill the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as is now the case.” And I responded, “Amen, Hashem.”

l'-ma-an ha-ki-YAM et ha-sh'-BU-a a-SHER nish-BA-tee la-a-vo-TAY-khem la-TAYT la-HEM E-retz za-VAT kha-LAV u-d'-VASH ka-YOM ha-ZEH va-a-AN va-o-MAR a-MEN a-do-NAI

הלְמַ֩עַן֩ הָקִ֨ים אֶת־הַשְּׁבוּעָ֜ה אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֣עְתִּי לַאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם לָתֵ֤ת לָהֶם֙ אֶ֣רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֛ב וּדְבַ֖שׁ כַּיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וָאַ֥עַן וָאֹמַ֖ר אָמֵ֥ן ׀ יְהֹוָֽה׃

6And Hashem said to me, “Proclaim all these things through the towns of Yehuda and the streets of Yerushalayim: Hear the terms of this covenant, and perform them.

vai-YO-mer a-do-NAI e-LAI, k'-RA et-KOL ha-d'-va-REEM ha-E-leh b'-a-REI y'-hu-DAH u-v'-khu-TZOT y'-ru-sha-LA-im lay-MOR: shim-U et d'-v'-RAY ha-b'-REET ha-ZOT va-a-SEE-tem o-TAM

ווַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קְרָ֨א אֶת־כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְחֻצ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם לֵאמֹ֑ר שִׁמְע֗וּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אוֹתָֽם׃

7For I have repeatedly and persistently warned your fathers from the time I brought them out of Egypt to this day, saying: Obey My commands.

KI ha-ED ha-i-do-TEE ba-a-vo-TAY-khem b'-YOM ha-a-LO-tee o-TAM may-E-retz mitz-RA-yim v'-AD ha-YOM ha-ZEH ha-SHE-khem v'-ha-ED lay-MOR: shim-U b'-ko-LEE

זכִּי֩ הָעֵ֨ד הַעִדֹ֜תִי בַּאֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם בְּיוֹם֩ הַעֲלוֹתִ֨י אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וְעַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הַשְׁכֵּ֥ם וְהָעֵ֖ד לֵאמֹ֑ר שִׁמְע֖וּ בְּקוֹלִֽי׃

8But they would not listen or give ear; they all followed the willfulness of their evil hearts. So I have brought upon them all the terms of this covenant, because they did not do what I commanded them to do.”

v'-LO sha-MU v'-LO hi-TU et-a-ZNAM va-YEL-khu ISH bish-ree-RUT li-BAM ha-RA va-a-VEE a-LE-hem et-KOL di-VREI ha-b'-REET-ha-ZOT a-SHER-tzi-VEE la-a-SOT v'-LO a-SU.

חוְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ וְלֹא־הִטּ֣וּ אֶת־אׇזְנָ֔ם וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ אִ֕ישׁ בִּשְׁרִיר֖וּת לִבָּ֣ם הָרָ֑ע וָאָבִ֨יא עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם אֶֽת־כׇּל־דִּבְרֵ֧י הַבְּרִית־הַזֹּ֛את אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּ֥יתִי לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת וְלֹ֥א עָשֽׂוּ׃

9Hashem said to me, “A conspiracy exists among the men of Yehuda and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim.

va-YO-mer a-do-NAI e-LAI, nim-TZA ke-SHER b'-ISH y'-hu-DAH u-v'-yo-sh'-VAY y'-ru-sha-LA-im

טוַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלָ֑י נִֽמְצָא־קֶ֙שֶׁר֙ בְּאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה וּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

10They have returned to the iniquities of their fathers of old, who refused to heed My words. They, too, have followed other gods and served them. The House of Yisrael and the House of Yehuda have broken the covenant that I made with their fathers.”

sha-VU al-a-VONOT a-vo-TAM ha-ri-sho-NEEM a-SHER me-a-NU li-sh'-MO-a et d'-va-RAI v'-HE-ma ha-l'-KHU a-cha-RAY e-lo-HEEM a-cha-RIM l'-o-va-DAM he-F'-ru vayt yis-ra-AYL u-vayt y'-hu-DA et b'-ree-TEE a-SHER ka-RA-tee et a-vo-TAM. (SeLaH)

ישָׁ֩בוּ֩ עַל־עֲוֺנֹ֨ת אֲבוֹתָ֜ם הָרִאשֹׁנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר מֵֽאֲנוּ֙ לִשְׁמ֣וֹעַ אֶת־דְּבָרַ֔י וְהֵ֣מָּה הָלְכ֗וּ אַֽחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים לְעׇבְדָ֑ם הֵפֵ֤רוּ בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וּבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֕י אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרַ֖תִּי אֶת־אֲבוֹתָֽם׃

11Assuredly, thus said Hashem: I am going to bring upon them disaster from which they will not be able to escape. Then they will cry out to me, but I will not listen to them.

la-KHEN ko-ah a-MAR a-do-NAI, hin-NEE me-VEE a-LE-hem ra-AH a-SHER lo yu-KH'-lu la-TZE-et mi-ME-nah, v'-za-a-KU e-LAI v'-lo esh-MA a-LE-hem.

יאלָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא אֲלֵיהֶם֙ רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יוּכְל֖וּ לָצֵ֣את מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְזָעֲק֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א אֶשְׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

12And the townsmen of Yehuda and the inhabitants of Yerushalayim will go and cry out to the gods to which they sacrifice; but they will not be able to rescue them in their time of disaster.

v'-ha-lo-KHU a-RAY y'-hu-DAH v'-yo-SHE-vay y'-ru-sha-LA-im v'-za-a-KU el ha-e-lo-HEEM a-SHER HEM m'-ka-t'-REEM la-HEM v'-ho-SHE-a lo yo-SHEE-u la-HEM b'-ET ra-a-TAM

יבוְֽהָלְכ֞וּ עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֗ה וְיֹֽשְׁבֵי֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם וְזָֽעֲקוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥ם מְקַטְּרִ֖ים לָהֶ֑ם וְהוֹשֵׁ֛עַ לֹא־יוֹשִׁ֥יעוּ לָהֶ֖ם בְּעֵ֥ת רָעָתָֽם׃

13For your gods have become as many as your towns, O Yehuda, and you have set up as many altars to Shame as there are streets in Yerushalayim—altars for sacrifice to Baal.

ki mis-PAR a-RE-kha ha-YU e-lo-HE-kha y'-hu-DAH u-mis-PAR khu-TZOT y'-ru-sha-LA-im sam-TEM miz-b'-KHOT la-BO-shet miz-b'-KHOT l'-ka-TER la-ba-AL. (sa)

יגכִּ֚י מִסְפַּ֣ר עָרֶ֔יךָ הָי֥וּ אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יְהוּדָ֑ה וּמִסְפַּ֞ר חֻצ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֗͏ִם שַׂמְתֶּ֤ם מִזְבְּחוֹת֙ לַבֹּ֔שֶׁת מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לְקַטֵּ֥ר לַבָּֽעַל׃

14As for you, do not pray for this people, do not raise a cry of prayer on their behalf; for I will not listen when they call to Me on account of their disaster.

v'-a-TAH al-tit-pa-LAYL b'-ad-ha-AM ha-ZEH v'-al-ti-SA va-a-DAM ri-NAH u-t'-pi-LAH, kee AY-ne-NEE sho-MAY-a b'-AYT kor-AHM ay-LAI b'-ad ra-A-tam. (Selah)

ידוְאַתָּ֗ה אַל־תִּתְפַּלֵּל֙ בְּעַד־הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַל־תִּשָּׂ֥א בַעֲדָ֖ם רִנָּ֣ה וּתְפִלָּ֑ה כִּ֣י ׀ אֵינֶ֣נִּי שֹׁמֵ֗עַ בְּעֵ֛ת קׇרְאָ֥ם אֵלַ֖י בְּעַ֥ד רָעָתָֽם׃

15Why should My beloved be in My House, Who executes so many vile designs? The sacral flesh will pass away from you, For you exult while performing your evil deeds.

meh li-di-DI b'-vee-TI a-so-TAH ha-m'-zi-MA-tah ha-ra-BEEM u-sar-ko-DAYSH ya-a-v'-RU may-a-la-YIKH, kee ra-a-TE-khee AZ ta-a-LO-zee

טומֶ֣ה לִידִידִ֞י בְּבֵיתִ֗י עֲשׂוֹתָ֤הּ הַֽמְזִמָּ֙תָה֙ הָרַבִּ֔ים וּבְשַׂר־קֹ֖דֶשׁ יַעַבְר֣וּ מֵעָלָ֑יִךְ כִּ֥י רָעָתֵ֖כִי אָ֥ז תַּעֲלֹֽזִי׃

16Hashem named you “Verdant olive tree, Fair, with choice fruit.” But with a great roaring sound He has set it on fire, And its boughs are broken.

ZA-yit ra-a-NAN y'-FAY f'-ree TO-ar ka-RA a-do-NAI sh'-MAYKH l'-KOL ha-mu-LAH g'-do-LAH hi-TZEET AYSH a-LE-ha v'-ra-U da-li-yo-TAV

טזזַ֤יִת רַעֲנָן֙ יְפֵ֣ה פְרִי־תֹ֔אַר קָרָ֥א יְהֹוָ֖ה שְׁמֵ֑ךְ לְק֣וֹל ׀ הֲמוּלָּ֣ה גְדֹלָ֗ה הִצִּ֥ית אֵשׁ֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ וְרָע֖וּ דָּלִיּוֹתָֽיו׃

17The lord of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster for you, because of the evil wrought by the House of Yisrael and the House of Yehuda, who angered Me by sacrificing to Baal.

va-a-do-NAI t'-va-OT ha-no-TAY a-TO-kh, di-BER a-LA-yikh ra-AH, bi-G'-LAL ra-AT bayt yis-ra-AYL u-bayt y'-hu-DAH, a-SHER a-SU la-HEM l'-hakh-i-SAY-ni l'-ka-TAYR la-ba-AL.

יזוַיהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ הַנּוֹטֵ֣עַ אוֹתָ֔ךְ דִּבֶּ֥ר עָלַ֖יִךְ רָעָ֑ה בִּ֠גְלַ֠ל רָעַ֨ת בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל וּבֵ֣ית יְהוּדָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם לְהַכְעִסֵ֖נִי לְקַטֵּ֥ר לַבָּֽעַל׃

18Hashem informed me, and I knew— Then You let me see their deeds.

va-Y'-ho-VAH ho-DEE-a-nee va-e-da-AH, AZ hir-ee-TA-nee ma-a-l'-LE-hem.

יחוַיהֹוָ֥ה הוֹדִיעַ֖נִי וָאֵדָ֑עָה אָ֖ז הִרְאִיתַ֥נִי מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃

19For I was like a docile lamb Led to the slaughter; I did not realize That it was against me They fashioned their plots: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, Let us cut him off from the land of the living. That his name be remembered no more!”

va-a-NEE k'-khe-VES a-LOOF yu-VAL lit-VO-akh v'-lo ya-DA-tee kee-a-LAI khash-VU ma-kha-SHA-vot nash-khee-TA aytz b'-lakh-MO v'-nikh-re-T'-NU may-E-retz kha-YEEM u-sh'-MO lo yi-ZA-kher OD

יטוַאֲנִ֕י כְּכֶ֥בֶשׂ אַלּ֖וּף יוּבַ֣ל לִטְב֑וֹחַ וְלֹֽא־יָדַ֜עְתִּי כִּֽי־עָלַ֣י ׀ חָשְׁב֣וּ מַחֲשָׁב֗וֹת נַשְׁחִ֨יתָה עֵ֤ץ בְּלַחְמוֹ֙ וְנִכְרְתֶ֙נּוּ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּ֔ים וּשְׁמ֖וֹ לֹא־יִזָּכֵ֥ר עֽוֹד׃

20O lord of Hosts, O just Judge, Who test the thoughts and the mind, Let me see Your retribution upon them, For I lay my case before You.

va-a-do-NAI t'-va-OT sho-FAYT t'-ZE-dek bo-KHAYN k'-la-YOT va-LEV er-EH nik-ma-T'-KHA may-HEM kee e-LE-kha gi-LEE-tee et-ree-BEE. (Seh)

כוַיהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ שֹׁפֵ֣ט צֶ֔דֶק בֹּחֵ֥ן כְּלָי֖וֹת וָלֵ֑ב אֶרְאֶ֤ה נִקְמָֽתְךָ֙ מֵהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י אֵלֶ֖יךָ גִּלִּ֥יתִי אֶת־רִיבִֽי׃

21Assuredly, thus said the lord of Hosts concerning the men of Anatot who seek your life and say, “You must not prophesy any more in the name of Hashem, or you will die by our hand”—

la-KHEN ko-A-maR a-do-NAI al an-SHAY a-na-TOT ha-m'-va-k'-SHEEM et naf-SHE-kha lay-MOR: lo ti-na-VAY b'-shaym a-do-NAI v'-lo ta-MUT b'-ya-DAY-nu.

כאלָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ עַל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י עֲנָת֔וֹת הַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹ֤א תִנָּבֵא֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תָמ֖וּת בְּיָדֵֽנוּ׃

22Assuredly, thus said the lord of Hosts: “I am going to deal with them: the young men shall die by the sword, their boys and girls shall die by famine.

la-KHEN ko AMAR a-do-NAI t'-va-OT, hin-NEE fo-KAYD a-LAY-hem ha-ba-KHU-reem ya-MU-tu va-KHE-rev, b'-NE-hem u-ve-no-TE-hem ya-MU-tu ba-ra-AV.

כבלָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִנְנִ֥י פֹקֵ֖ד עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם הַבַּחוּרִים֙ יָמֻ֣תוּ בַחֶ֔רֶב בְּנֵיהֶם֙ וּבְנ֣וֹתֵיהֶ֔ם יָמֻ֖תוּ בָּרָעָֽב׃

23No remnant shall be left of them, for I will bring disaster on the men of Anatot, the year of their doom.”

u-sh'-AY-reet lo tih-YEH la-HEM, ki a-VEE ra-AH el an-SHAY a-na-TOT, sh'-nat p'-ku-DA-tam. (s)

כגוּשְׁאֵרִ֕ית לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֖ה לָהֶ֑ם כִּי־אָבִ֥יא רָעָ֛ה אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י עֲנָת֖וֹת שְׁנַ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃