
TORAH
NEVI'IM
KETUVIM
Chapter 27
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1At the beginning of the reign of King Yehoyakim son of Yoshiyahu of Yehuda, this word came to Yirmiyahu from Hashem:
b'-RAY-sheet mam-LE-khet y'-ho-y'-KIM ben yo-o-SHI-yah-HU me-LEKH y'-hu-DAH ha-YAH ha-DA-var ha-ZEH el yir-m'-YA may-AYT a-do-NAI lay-MOR
אבְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית מַמְלֶ֛כֶת יְהוֹיָקִ֥ם בֶּן־יֹאושִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה הָיָ֞ה הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔ה מֵאֵ֥ת יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃
2Thus said Hashem to me: Make for yourself thongs and bars of a yoke, and put them on your neck.
koh a-MAR a-do-NAI ay-LAI a-SAY l'-KHA mo-say-ROT u-mo-TOT un-ta-TAM al tza-va-RE-kha
בכֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ מוֹסֵר֖וֹת וּמֹט֑וֹת וּנְתַתָּ֖ם עַל־צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃
27:2 Put them on your neck

A yoke used for oxen
In the year 593 BCE, Tzidkiyahu leads a confederation of neighboring states in planning a rebellion against Babylonia. Yirmiyahu warns them against this folly by means of a highly visual symbol. He walks through the streets wearing a yoke, normally used to harness oxen while plowing, on his neck. When onlookers ask him about his strange behavior, he answers that this was the divine message: Accept the yoke of Babylonia and submit peacefully in order to live. Had the people listened, they would have avoided the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash and exile from their land.
3And send them to the king of Edom, the king of Moab, the king of the Amonites, the king of Tyre, and the king of Sidon, by envoys who have come to King Tzidkiyahu of Yehuda in Yerushalayim;
v'-shi-la-KHAM el me-LEKH e-DOM v'-el me-LEKH mo-AV v'-el me-LEKH b'-NAY a-MOHN v'-el me-LEKH tZOR v'-el me-LEKH tzi-DON b'-yad mal-a-KHEEM ha-ba-EEM ye-ru-sha-LA-im el tzi-d'-ki-YA-hu me-LEKH y'-hu-DAH
גוְשִׁלַּחְתָּם֩ אֶל־מֶ֨לֶךְ אֱד֜וֹם וְאֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֗ב וְאֶל־מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וְאֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ צֹ֖ר וְאֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ צִיד֑וֹן בְּיַ֤ד מַלְאָכִים֙ הַבָּאִ֣ים יְרוּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם אֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃
4and give them this charge to their masters: Thus said the lord of Hosts, the God of Yisrael: Say this to your masters:
v'-tzi-VEE-ta OTAM el a-do-NAY-hem lay-MOR: ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI t'-va-OT e-lo-HAY yis-ra-AYL, ko TO-m'-RU el a-do-NAY-khem
דוְצִוִּיתָ֣ אֹתָ֔ם אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיהֶ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר יְהֹוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֥ה תֹאמְר֖וּ אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיכֶֽם׃
5“It is I who made the earth, and the men and beasts who are on the earth, by My great might and My outstretched arm; and I give it to whomever I deem proper.
a-NO-khee a-see-TEE et ha-A-retz, et ha-a-DAM v'-et ha-b'-HE-mah, a-SHER al p'-NAY ha-A-retz, b'-ko-KHEE ha-ga-DOL u-viz-RO-ee ha-ne-TOO-yah, u-ne-ta-TEE-ha la-a-SHER ya-SHAR b'-ay-NAI.
האָֽנֹכִ֞י עָשִׂ֣יתִי אֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת־הָאָדָ֤ם וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ בְּכֹחִי֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל וּבִזְרוֹעִ֖י הַנְּטוּיָ֑ה וּנְתַתִּ֕יהָ לַאֲשֶׁ֖ר יָשַׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָֽי׃
6I herewith deliver all these lands to My servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon; I even give him the wild beasts to serve him.
v'-a-TAH a-NO-khee na-TA-tee et-KOL ha-a-ra-TZOT ha-EL-leh b'-YAD ne-vu-khad-ne-tzaar me-lekh-ba-VEL av-DEE, v'-GAM et-khat ha-sa-DEH na-TA-tee LO l'-av-DO
ווְעַתָּ֗ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ נָתַ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הָֽאֲרָצ֣וֹת הָאֵ֔לֶּה בְּיַ֛ד נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל עַבְדִּ֑י וְגַם֙ אֶת־חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה נָתַ֥תִּי ל֖וֹ לְעׇבְדֽוֹ׃
7All nations shall serve him, his son and his grandson—until the turn of his own land comes, when many nations and great kings shall subjugate him.
v'-a-vo-DO o-TO kol ha-go-YIM v'-et b'-NO v'-et ben b'-NO ad BO-et a-retz GOm-HU v'-a-vo-DO bo go-YIM ra-BEEM u-m'-la-KHEEM g'-do-LEEM
זוְעָבְד֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וְאֶת־בְּנ֖וֹ וְאֶֽת־בֶּן־בְּנ֑וֹ עַ֣ד בֹּא־עֵ֤ת אַרְצוֹ֙ גַּם־ה֔וּא וְעָ֤בְדוּ בוֹ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וּמְלָכִ֖ים גְּדֹלִֽים׃
8The nation or kingdom that does not serve him—King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—and does not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will visit—declares Hashem—with sword, famine, and pestilence, until I have destroyed it by his hands.
v'-ha-YA ha-go-Y v'-ha-mam-la-KHA a-SHER lo ya-a-v'-DU o-TO et ne-vu-khad-ne-TZAR me-lekh-BA-vel v'-ET a-SHER lo yi-TEN et-tza-va-RO b'-OL me-lekh-BA-vel ba-khe-REV u-va-ra-AV u-va-de-VER ef-KOD al ha-go-Y ha-HU ne-um-a-do-NAI ad-tu-MI o-TAM b'-ya-DO
חוְהָיָ֨ה הַגּ֜וֹי וְהַמַּמְלָכָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יַעַבְד֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶת־נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֵ֨ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִתֵּן֙ אֶת־צַוָּאר֔וֹ בְּעֹ֖ל מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל בַּחֶ֩רֶב֩ וּבָרָעָ֨ב וּבַדֶּ֜בֶר אֶפְקֹ֨ד עַל־הַגּ֤וֹי הַהוּא֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה עַד־תֻּמִּ֥י אֹתָ֖ם בְּיָדֽוֹ׃
9As for you, give no heed to your Neviim, augurs, dreamers, diviners, and sorcerers, who say to you, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon.'
v'-A-TEM al-tish-MU el ne-vee-EY-khem v'-el ko-s'-MEY-khem v'-el kha-lo-MO-tey-khem v'-el o-n'-NEY-khem v'-el ka-sha-FEY-khem a-SHER-HEM o-M'-REEM a-LEY-khem lay-MOR: lo ta-a-v'-DU et me-LEKH ba-VEL
טוְ֠אַתֶּ֠ם אַל־תִּשְׁמְע֨וּ אֶל־נְבִיאֵיכֶ֜ם וְאֶל־קֹסְמֵיכֶ֗ם וְאֶל֙ חֲלֹמֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֶל־עֹנְנֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶל־כַּשָּׁפֵיכֶ֑ם אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֞ם אֹמְרִ֤ים אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תַעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃
10For they prophesy falsely to you—with the result that you shall be banished from your land; I will drive you out and you shall perish.
KI SHE-KER HEM ni-BE-im LA-KHEM le-MA-an har-KHIK et-KHEM me-a-DA-mat-KHEM v'-hi-DAKH-ti et-KHEM va-a-va-D'-TEM
יכִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֣ים לָכֶ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן הַרְחִ֤יק אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵעַ֣ל אַדְמַתְכֶ֔ם וְהִדַּחְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם וַאֲבַדְתֶּֽם׃
11But the nation that puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serves him, will be left by Me on its own soil—declares Hashem—to till it and dwell on it.”
v'-ha-GOY a-SHER ya-VI et-tza-VA-ro b'-OL me-lekh-BA-vel va-a-VA-do v'-hi-NAKH-ti-O al a-d'-MA-to, ne-UM a-do-NAI, va-a-VA-da v'-ya-SHAV BAH
יאוְהַגּ֗וֹי אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָבִ֧יא אֶת־צַוָּאר֛וֹ בְּעֹ֥ל מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וַעֲבָד֑וֹ וְהִנַּחְתִּ֤יו עַל־אַדְמָתוֹ֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וַעֲבָדָ֖הּ וְיָ֥שַׁב בָּֽהּ׃
12I also spoke to King Tzidkiyahu of Yehuda in just the same way: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
v'-el tzi-d'-ki-YAH me-lekh y'-hu-DAH di-BAR-tee k'-kol ha-d'-va-REEM ha-EL-leh lay-MOR: ha-VEE-u et tza-v'-REI-khem b'-OL me-lekh ba-VEL v'-iv-du o-TO v'-a-MO vi-KHYU
יבוְאֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֤ה מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי כְּכׇל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לֵאמֹ֑ר הָבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־צַוְּארֵיכֶ֜ם בְּעֹ֣ל מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֗ל וְעִבְד֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ וְעַמּ֖וֹ וִֽחְיֽוּ׃
13Otherwise you will die together with your people, by sword, famine, and pestilence, as Hashem has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon.
la-MA ta-MU-tu a-TAH v'-a-ME-kha ba-KHE-rev ba-RAV u-va-DA-ver ka-a-SHER di-BER a-do-NAI el ha-GOY a-SHER lo ya-a-VOD et me-LEKH ba-VEL
יגלָ֤מָּה תָמ֙וּתוּ֙ אַתָּ֣ה וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ בַּחֶ֖רֶב בָּרָעָ֣ב וּבַדָּ֑בֶר כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־הַגּ֕וֹי אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶֽל׃
14Give no heed to the words of the Neviim who say to you, ‘Do not serve the king of Babylon,' for they prophesy falsely to you.
v'-al tish-m'-U el d'-v'-RAY ha-ne-vi-EEM ha-o-m'-REEM a-lay-KHEM lay-MOR: lo ta-a-v'-DU et me-LEKH ba-VEL, kee SHE-ker HAYM ne-v'-EEM la-KHEM.
ידוְאַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י הַנְּבִאִ֗ים הָאֹמְרִ֤ים אֲלֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תַעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃
15I have not sent them—declares Hashem—and they prophesy falsely in My name, with the result that I will drive you out and you shall perish, together with the Neviim who prophesy to you.”
ki lo sh'-lakh-TEEM, nee-UM a-do-NAI, v'-HEM ni-b'-EEM b'-sh'-MEE la-sha-KER, l'-ma-an ha-di-KHEE et-KHEM, va-a-va-D'-TEM, a-TEM v'-ha-n'-bi-EEM, ha-ni-b'-EEM la-KHEM.
טוכִּ֣י לֹ֤א שְׁלַחְתִּים֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהֵ֛ם נִבְּאִ֥ים בִּשְׁמִ֖י לַשָּׁ֑קֶר לְמַ֨עַן הַדִּיחִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֔ם אַתֶּ֕ם וְהַנְּבִאִ֖ים הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃
16And to the Kohanim and to all that people I said: “Thus said Hashem: Give no heed to the words of the Neviim who prophesy to you, ‘The vessels of the House of Hashem shall shortly be brought back from Babylon,' for they prophesy falsely to you.
v'-el ha-ko-ha-NEEM v'-el-kol-ha-AHM ha-ZEH di-ba-RTI lay-MOR: ko AMAR a-do-NAI, al-tish-m'-U el-di-v'-REI ne-vee-EY-khem ha-ni-b'-EEM la-KHEM lay-MOR: hi-NEH k'-LEI vayt-a-do-NAI mu-sha-VEEM mi-ba-VE-la A-ta m'-HE-ra, ki SHE-ker HE-ma ni-b'-EEM la-KHEM.
טזוְאֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים֩ וְאֶל־כׇּל־הָעָ֨ם הַזֶּ֜ה דִּבַּ֣רְתִּי לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּה֮ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָה֒ אַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י נְבִיאֵיכֶ֗ם הַֽנִּבְּאִ֤ים לָכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֨ה כְלֵ֧י בֵית־יְהֹוָ֛ה מוּשָׁבִ֥ים מִבָּבֶ֖לָה עַתָּ֣ה מְהֵרָ֑ה כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖מָּה נִבְּאִ֥ים לָכֶֽם׃
17Give them no heed. Serve the king of Babylon, and live! Otherwise this city shall become a ruin.
al-tish-m'u a-lei-HEM iv-DU et me-lekh-BA-vel vi-KHYU, la-MAH ti-HEH ha-IR ha-ZOT khor-BAH
יזאַל־תִּשְׁמְע֣וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם עִבְד֥וּ אֶת־מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל וִֽחְי֑וּ לָ֧מָּה תִֽהְיֶ֛ה הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את חׇרְבָּֽה׃
18If they are really Neviim and the word of Hashem is with them, let them intercede with the lord of Hosts not to let the vessels remaining in the House of Hashem, in the royal palace of Yehuda, and in Yerushalayim, go to Babylon!
v'-im ne-vi-IM HEM v'-im YAYSH d'-VAR a-do-NAI i-TAM yif-g'-U-na ba-do-NAI t'-va-OT l'-vil-ti-BOO ha-ke-LEEM ha-no-ta-REEM b'-beit a-do-NAI u-veit me-LEKH y'-hu-DAH u-vi-ru-sha-LA-im ba-ve-LAH
יחוְאִם־נְבִאִ֣ים הֵ֔ם וְאִם־יֵ֥שׁ דְּבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אִתָּ֑ם יִפְגְּעוּ־נָא֙ בַּיהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת לְבִלְתִּי־בֹ֜אוּ הַכֵּלִ֣ים ׀ הַנּוֹתָרִ֣ים בְּבֵית־יְהֹוָ֗ה וּבֵ֨ית מֶ֧לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֛ה וּבִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בָּבֶֽלָה׃
19“For thus said the lord of Hosts concerning the columns, the tank, the stands, and the rest of the vessels remaining in this city,
KI kho a-MAR a-do-NAI t'-va-OT el ha-a-mu-DEEM v'-al ha-YAM v'-al ha-m'-kho-NOT v'-al ye-TER ha-ke-LIM ha-no-ta-REEM ba-IR ha-ZOT.
יטכִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֶל־הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים וְעַל־הַיָּ֖ם וְעַל־הַמְּכֹנ֑וֹת וְעַל֙ יֶ֣תֶר הַכֵּלִ֔ים הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים בָּעִ֥יר הַזֹּֽאת׃
20which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take when he exiled King Yechonya son of Yehoyakim of Yehuda, from Yerushalayim to Babylon, with all the nobles of Yehuda and Yerushalayim;
a-SHER lo l'-ka-KHAM ne-vu-khad-ne-TZAR mel-KHE ba-VEl ba-g'-lo-TO et [y'-kho-NI-a] (y'-kho-NI-a) ben y'-ho-YA-kim mel-KHE-y'-hu-DAH mi-ru-sha-LA-im ba-VE-la, v'-AYT kol-kho-REI y'-hu-DAH vi-ru-sha-LA-im.
כאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־לְקָחָ֗ם נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל בַּ֠גְלוֹת֠וֹ אֶת־[יְכׇנְיָ֨ה] (יכוניה) בֶן־יְהוֹיָקִ֧ים מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֛ה מִירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בָּבֶ֑לָה וְאֵ֛ת כׇּל־חֹרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
21for thus said the lord of Hosts, the God of Yisrael, concerning the vessels remaining in the House of Hashem, in the royal palace of Yehuda, and in Yerushalayim:
KI KHO a-MAR a-do-NAI t'-za-VA-OT e-lo-HAY yis-ra-AYL al ha-KE-leem ha-no-ta-REEM bayt a-do-NAI u-bayt me-LEKH y'-hu-DAH vi-ru-sha-LA-im
כאכִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַל־הַכֵּלִ֗ים הַנּֽוֹתָרִים֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֔ה וּבֵ֥ית מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
22They shall be brought to Babylon, and there they shall remain, until I take note of them—declares the lord of Hosts—and bring them up and restore them to this place.”
ba-VE-la yu-va-U v'-sha-MA yi-HU, ad YOM po-K'-dee o-TAM, ne-um a-do-NAI, v'-ha-a-lee-TEEM va-ha-shi-VO-TEEM el ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH.
כבבָּבֶ֥לָה יוּבָ֖אוּ וְשָׁ֣מָּה יִֽהְי֑וּ עַ֠ד י֣וֹם פׇּקְדִ֤י אֹתָם֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהַֽעֲלִיתִים֙ וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔ים אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃