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TORAH
FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES
NEVI'IM
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Chapter 26

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1You shall not make idols for yourselves, or set up for yourselves carved images or pillars, or place figured stones in your land to worship upon, for I Hashem am your God.

lo-ta-a-SU la-KHEM e-li-LIM u-fe-SEL u-ma-tse-VAH lo-ta-KEE-mu la-KHEM v'-E-ven mas-KIT lo ti-t'-NU b'-ar-t'-KHEM l'-hi-shta-KHO-ta a-LE-ha, KEE a-NEE a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-khem

אלֹֽא־תַעֲשׂ֨וּ לָכֶ֜ם אֱלִילִ֗ם וּפֶ֤סֶל וּמַצֵּבָה֙ לֹֽא־תָקִ֣ימוּ לָכֶ֔ם וְאֶ֣בֶן מַשְׂכִּ֗ית לֹ֤א תִתְּנוּ֙ בְּאַרְצְכֶ֔ם לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת עָלֶ֑יהָ כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃

2You shall keep My Shabbatot and venerate My sanctuary, Mine, Hashem's.

et-shab-bo-TAI tish-MO-ru u-mik-da-SHI ti-ra-U a-NEE a-do-NAI.

באֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֣י תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּ וּמִקְדָּשִׁ֖י תִּירָ֑אוּ אֲנִ֖י יְהֹוָֽה׃

3If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments,

im b'-khu-ko-TAI tay-LAY-khu v'-et mitz-vo-TAI tish-m'-RU va-a-see-TEM o-TAM

גאִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַ֖י תֵּלֵ֑כוּ וְאֶת־מִצְוֺתַ֣י תִּשְׁמְר֔וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָֽם׃

4I will grant your rains in their season, so that the earth shall yield its produce and the trees of the field their fruit.

v'-na-ta-TEE gish-may-KHEM b'-i-TAM v'-na-t'-NAH ha-A-retz y'-vu-LAH v'-AYTZ ha-sa-DEH yi-TAYN pir-YO

דוְנָתַתִּ֥י גִשְׁמֵיכֶ֖ם בְּעִתָּ֑ם וְנָתְנָ֤ה הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ יְבוּלָ֔הּ וְעֵ֥ץ הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה יִתֵּ֥ן פִּרְיֽוֹ׃

26:4 I will grant your rains in their season

A wheat field in the southern Negev region of Israel. By Yehoshua Halevi.

Israel depends heavily on rain in order to grow its crops, as it does not have an independent body of water which can provide sufficient irrigation. Water can be the source of great blessing, but at the wrong times, too much or too little water can also be a curse. In this verse, Hashem promises that if the Children of Israel follow His commandments and do what He asks of them, He will bless them with the right amount of water at the right times, in order to provide an abundance of crops. In Hebrew, this rain is called gishmay b’racha (גשמי ברכה), ‘rain of blessing’ (Ezekiel 34:26).

5Your threshing shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake the sowing; you shall eat your fill of bread and dwell securely in your land.

v'-hi-SIG la-KHEM da-YISH et-BA-tzeer u-BA-tzeer ya-SIG et-za-RA va-a-khal-TEM lakh-ME-khem la-so-VA v'-sha-V'-TEM la-ve-TAKH b'-ar-tze-KHEM

הוְהִשִּׂ֨יג לָכֶ֥ם דַּ֙יִשׁ֙ אֶת־בָּצִ֔יר וּבָצִ֖יר יַשִּׂ֣יג אֶת־זָ֑רַע וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤ם לַחְמְכֶם֙ לָשֹׂ֔בַע וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם לָבֶ֖טַח בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃

6I will grant peace in the land, and you shall lie down untroubled by anyone; I will give the land respite from vicious beasts, and no sword shall cross your land.

v'-na-ta-TEE sha-LOM ba-A-retz ush-khav-TEM v'-AYN ma-kha-REED v'-hish-ba-TEE kha-YAH ra-AH min ha-A-retz v'-KHE-rev lo ta-a-VOR b'-ar-tz'-KHEM

ווְנָתַתִּ֤י שָׁלוֹם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּשְׁכַבְתֶּ֖ם וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֞י חַיָּ֤ה רָעָה֙ מִן־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְחֶ֖רֶב לֹא־תַעֲבֹ֥ר בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃

7You shall give chase to your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

u-r'-daftem et o-y'-vei-KHEM, v'-na-f'-LU lif'-nei-KHEM le-cha-REV

זוּרְדַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם וְנָפְל֥וּ לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם לֶחָֽרֶב׃

8Five of you shall give chase to a hundred, and a hundred of you shall give chase to ten thousand; your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

v'-ra-D'FU mi-KHEM cha-mi-SHA me-AH u-me-AH mi-KHEM re-va-VAH yir-DO-fu v'-na-F'-lu o-y'-vay-KHEM lif-NE-khem le-cha-REV

חוְרָדְפ֨וּ מִכֶּ֤ם חֲמִשָּׁה֙ מֵאָ֔ה וּמֵאָ֥ה מִכֶּ֖ם רְבָבָ֣ה יִרְדֹּ֑פוּ וְנָפְל֧וּ אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם לֶחָֽרֶב׃

9I will look with favor upon you, and make you fertile and multiply you; and I will maintain My covenant with you.

u-fa-NEE-tee a-LE-khem v'-hif-RAY-tee et-KHEM v'-hir-BAY-tee et-KHEM va-ha-kee-MO-tee et b'-ree-TEE i-t'-KHEM

טוּפָנִ֣יתִי אֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְהִפְרֵיתִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֖י אֶתְכֶ֑ם וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י אִתְּכֶֽם׃

10You shall eat old grain long stored, and you shall have to clear out the old to make room for the new.

va-a-khal-TEM ya-SHAN no-SHAN v'-ya-SHAN mi-p'-NEI kha-DASH to-TZI-u

יוַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם יָשָׁ֖ן נוֹשָׁ֑ן וְיָשָׁ֕ן מִפְּנֵ֥י חָדָ֖שׁ תּוֹצִֽיאוּ׃

11I will establish My abode in your midst, and I will not spurn you.

v'-na-ta-TEE mish-KA-nee b'-to-kh'-KHEM v'-lo-tig-AL naf-SHEE et-KHEM

יאוְנָתַתִּ֥י מִשְׁכָּנִ֖י בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תִגְעַ֥ל נַפְשִׁ֖י אֶתְכֶֽם׃

12I will be ever present in your midst: I will be your God, and you shall be My people.

v'-hit-ha-LAKH-ti b'-to-KHE-khem v'-ha-YI-ti la-KHEM le-E-lo-HEEM v'-a-TEM ti-h'-YU-lee l'-AM

יבוְהִתְהַלַּכְתִּי֙ בְּת֣וֹכְכֶ֔ם וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָכֶ֖ם לֵֽאלֹהִ֑ים וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּהְיוּ־לִ֥י לְעָֽם׃

13I Hashem am your God who brought you out from the land of the Egyptians to be their slaves no more, who broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

a-NEE a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-khem a-SHER ho-TSE-tee et-KHEM me-E-retz mitz-RA-yim, mi-h'-YOT la-HEM a-va-DEEM va-esh-BOR mo-TOT u-l'-KHEM va-o-LEKH et-KHEM ko-m'-mi-YUT.

יגאֲנִ֞י יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֤אתִי אֶתְכֶם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם מִֽהְיֹ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם עֲבָדִ֑ים וָאֶשְׁבֹּר֙ מֹטֹ֣ת עֻלְּכֶ֔ם וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ אֶתְכֶ֖ם קֽוֹמְמִיּֽוּת׃

14But if you do not obey Me and do not observe all these commandments,

v'-im lo tish-m'-U li v'-lo ta-a-SU et kol ha-mitz-VOT ha-E-leh

ידוְאִם־לֹ֥א תִשְׁמְע֖וּ לִ֑י וְלֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַמִּצְוֺ֖ת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

15if you reject My laws and spurn My rules, so that you do not observe all My commandments and you break My covenant,

v'-im b'-khu-ko-TAI tim-a-SU, v'-im et-mish-pa-TAI ti-g'-AL naf-sh'-KHEM, l'-vil-TI a-SOT et-KOL mitz-vo-TAI, l'-haf-r'-KHEM et b'-ree-TEE

טווְאִם־בְּחֻקֹּתַ֣י תִּמְאָ֔סוּ וְאִ֥ם אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י תִּגְעַ֣ל נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם לְבִלְתִּ֤י עֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת־כׇּל־מִצְוֺתַ֔י לְהַפְרְכֶ֖ם אֶת־בְּרִיתִֽי׃

16I in turn will do this to you: I will wreak misery upon you—consumption and fever, which cause the eyes to pine and the body to languish; you shall sow your seed to no purpose, for your enemies shall eat it.

af-a-NEE e-a-SEH-zot LA-khem v'-hif-ka-D'-tee a-LAY-khem b'-ha-LAH et ha-sha-KHE-fet v'-et ha-ka-DA-khat m'-kha-LOT a-YI-nay-im u-m'-dee-VOT na-FESH u-ze-ra-TEM la-REK za-ra-KHEM va-a-kha-LU-hu o-y'-vay-KHEM

טזאַף־אֲנִ֞י אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־זֹּ֣את לָכֶ֗ם וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם בֶּֽהָלָה֙ אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶ֣פֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּ֔חַת מְכַלּ֥וֹת עֵינַ֖יִם וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת נָ֑פֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם לָרִיק֙ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

17I will set My face against you: you shall be routed by your enemies, and your foes shall dominate you. You shall flee though none pursues.

v'-na-ta-TEE fa-NAI ba-KHEM, v'-ni-GAF-tem lif-NEI o-y'-vay-KHEM, va-RA-du va-KHEM so-n'-ay-KHEM, v'-nas-TEM, v'-AYN ro-DAYF et-KHEM

יזוְנָתַתִּ֤י פָנַי֙ בָּכֶ֔ם וְנִגַּפְתֶּ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם וְרָד֤וּ בָכֶם֙ שֹֽׂנְאֵיכֶ֔ם וְנַסְתֶּ֖ם וְאֵין־רֹדֵ֥ף אֶתְכֶֽם׃

18And if, for all that, you do not obey Me, I will go on to discipline you sevenfold for your sins,

v'-im-ad-E-leh lo tish-m'-U li, va-ya-SAFTI l'-ya-s'-RAH et-KHEM, she-VA al-kha-to-TAY-khem

יחוְאִ֨ם־עַד־אֵ֔לֶּה לֹ֥א תִשְׁמְע֖וּ לִ֑י וְיָסַפְתִּי֙ לְיַסְּרָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃

19and I will break your proud glory. I will make your skies like iron and your earth like copper,

v'-sha-va-RE-tee et g'-ON u-ZE-khem, v'-na-ta-TEE et sh'-ME-khem ka-bar-ZEL, v'-et a-rets-KHEM ka-ne-KHU-sha

יטוְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן עֻזְּכֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־שְׁמֵיכֶם֙ כַּבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְאֶֽת־אַרְצְכֶ֖ם כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃

20so that your strength shall be spent to no purpose. Your land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

v'-TAM la-REEK ko-KHA-khem, v'-LO ti-TAYN ar-t'-KHEM et-y'-vu-LAH, v'-AYTZ ha-A-retz lo yi-TAYN pee-RO.

כוְתַ֥ם לָרִ֖יק כֹּחֲכֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־תִתֵּ֤ן אַרְצְכֶם֙ אֶת־יְבוּלָ֔הּ וְעֵ֣ץ הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יִתֵּ֖ן פִּרְיֽוֹ׃

21And if you remain hostile toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will go on smiting you sevenfold for your sins.

v'-im te-L'-khu i-MI ke-RI v'-lo to-VU lish-MO-a li, va-ya-SAFTI a-le-KHEM ma-KA she-VA k'-ha-to-TEI-khem

כאוְאִם־תֵּֽלְכ֤וּ עִמִּי֙ קֶ֔רִי וְלֹ֥א תֹאב֖וּ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽ לִ֑י וְיָסַפְתִּ֤י עֲלֵיכֶם֙ מַכָּ֔ה שֶׁ֖בַע כְּחַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃

22I will loose wild beasts against you, and they shall bereave you of your children and wipe out your cattle. They shall decimate you, and your roads shall be deserted.

v'-hish-la-KH'-ti va-KHEM et-khat ha-sa-DEH v'-shi-KE-la et-KHEM v'-hikh-ri-TA et-b'-hem-t'-KHEM v'-him-i-TA et-KHEM v'-na-sha-MU dar-KHE-khem

כבוְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֨י בָכֶ֜ם אֶת־חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וְשִׁכְּלָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְהִכְרִ֙יתָה֙ אֶת־בְּהֶמְתְּכֶ֔ם וְהִמְעִ֖יטָה אֶתְכֶ֑ם וְנָשַׁ֖מּוּ דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃

23And if these things fail to discipline you for Me, and you remain hostile to Me,

v'-im b'-E-leh lo ti-va-S'-ru li va-ha-la-k'-TEM i-MI ke-RI

כגוְאִ֨ם־בְּאֵ֔לֶּה לֹ֥א תִוָּסְר֖וּ לִ֑י וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֥ם עִמִּ֖י קֶֽרִי׃

24I too will remain hostile to you: I in turn will smite you sevenfold for your sins.

v'-ha-la-k'ti aF-a-NEE iM-KHEM b'-ke-REE, v'-hi-KEE-tee et-KHEM gam a-NEE, SHE-va al-kha-to-TAY-khem

כדוְהָלַכְתִּ֧י אַף־אֲנִ֛י עִמָּכֶ֖ם בְּקֶ֑רִי וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ גַּם־אָ֔נִי שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃

25I will bring a sword against you to wreak vengeance for the covenant; and if you withdraw into your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into enemy hands.

v'-he-ve-EE-ti a-le-KHEM khe-REV no-KE-met ne-KAM b'-REET v'-ne-e-SAFT-em el a-RE-khem v'-shi-LAKH-tee de-VER b'-to-KHE-khem v'-ni-TA-tem b'-yad-o-YEV

כהוְהֵבֵאתִ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם חֶ֗רֶב נֹקֶ֙מֶת֙ נְקַם־בְּרִ֔ית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי דֶ֙בֶר֙ בְּת֣וֹכְכֶ֔ם וְנִתַּתֶּ֖ם בְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב׃

26When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven; they shall dole out your bread by weight, and though you eat, you shall not be satisfied.

b'-shi-v'-REE la-KHEM ma-TEH-le-KHEM, v'-a-PU e-SEHR na-SHEEM lakh-M'-KHEM b'-ta-NUR e-KHAD, v'-he-SHEE-vu lakh-M'-KHEM ba-mish-KAL, va-a-KHAL-TEM v'-lo tis-BA-u. (S)

כובְּשִׁבְרִ֣י לָכֶם֮ מַטֵּה־לֶ֒חֶם֒ וְ֠אָפ֠וּ עֶ֣שֶׂר נָשִׁ֤ים לַחְמְכֶם֙ בְּתַנּ֣וּר אֶחָ֔ד וְהֵשִׁ֥יבוּ לַחְמְכֶ֖ם בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑ל וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם וְלֹ֥א תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃

27But if, despite this, you disobey Me and remain hostile to Me,

v'-im b'-ZOT lo tish-m'-U li va-ha-la-k'-TEM i-MI b'-ke-RI

כזוְאִ֨ם־בְּזֹ֔את לֹ֥א תִשְׁמְע֖וּ לִ֑י וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֥ם עִמִּ֖י בְּקֶֽרִי׃

28I will act against you in wrathful hostility; I, for My part, will discipline you sevenfold for your sins.

v'-ha-la-k'-TI i-MA-khem ba-cha-MAT KE-ri, v'-yi-sar-TI et-KHEM af a-NI, SHE-va al-cha-to-TE-khem

כחוְהָלַכְתִּ֥י עִמָּכֶ֖ם בַּחֲמַת־קֶ֑רִי וְיִסַּרְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ אַף־אָ֔נִי שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃

29You shall eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

va-a-KHAL-tem b'-SAR b'-ne-KHEM u-b'-SAR b'-no-TE-khem to-KHE-lu

כטוַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם בְּשַׂ֣ר בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם וּבְשַׂ֥ר בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

30I will destroy your cult places and cut down your incense stands, and I will heap your carcasses upon your lifeless fetishes. I will spurn you.

v'-hish-mad-TEE et-ba-mo-TAY-khem v'-hikh-ra-TEE et-kha-man-AY-khem v'-na-ta-TEE et-pig-rei-KHEM al-pig-rei gi-lu-lay-KHEM v'-ga-a-LAH naf-SHEE et-KHEM

לוְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֞י אֶת־בָּמֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם וְהִכְרַתִּי֙ אֶת־חַמָּ֣נֵיכֶ֔ם וְנָֽתַתִּי֙ אֶת־פִּגְרֵיכֶ֔ם עַל־פִּגְרֵ֖י גִּלּוּלֵיכֶ֑ם וְגָעֲלָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י אֶתְכֶֽם׃

31I will lay your cities in ruin and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not savor your pleasing odors.

v'-na-ta-TEE et a-REY-khem khor-BAH va-ha-shi-MO-tee et mik-d'-SHEY-khem v'-lo a-REE-akh b'-RAY-akh ni-KHO-a-KHEM

לאוְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־עָֽרֵיכֶם֙ חׇרְבָּ֔ה וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֖י אֶת־מִקְדְּשֵׁיכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א אָרִ֔יחַ בְּרֵ֖יחַ נִיחֹֽחֲכֶֽם׃

32I will make the land desolate, so that your enemies who settle in it shall be appalled by it.

va-ha-shi-mo-TEE a-NEE et ha-A-retz v'-sha-ma-MU a-LE-ha o-y'-vay-KHEM ha-yo-sh'-VEEM bah

לבוַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֥י אֲנִ֖י אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְשָֽׁמְמ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ אֹֽיְבֵיכֶ֔ם הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים בָּֽהּ׃

 26:32   I will make the land desolate

Though this verse is frightening, Nachmanides explains that it is actually a blessing in disguise. “I will make the land desolate; so that your enemies who settle in it will be appalled by it” implies that throughout the ages, no matter how many foreign empires occupy Israel, the land will not cooperate to bring forth its bounty. Indeed, in his book Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain wrote about his visit to Palestine in the 1860’s: “A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action…. Palestine is desolate and unlovely.” Only when the Jewish People return to the Land of Israel does it give forth its blessing and return to its former glory. Today, thanks to the return of its indigenous Jewish population, Eretz Yisrael is once again thriving and prosperous.

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Ibexes, native to the desert regions of the Land of Israel, are a sign of the flourishing of the Land.

33And you I will scatter among the nations, and I will unsheath the sword against you. Your land shall become a desolation and your cities a ruin.

v'-et-KHEM e-za-REH va-go-YIM va-ha-ree-ko-TEE a-kha-RAY-khem kha-REV v'-ha-y'-TAH ar-t'-KHEM sh'-ma-MAH v'-a-ray-KHEM yi-h'-YU khor-BAH

לגוְאֶתְכֶם֙ אֱזָרֶ֣ה בַגּוֹיִ֔ם וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥י אַחֲרֵיכֶ֖ם חָ֑רֶב וְהָיְתָ֤ה אַרְצְכֶם֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְעָרֵיכֶ֖ם יִהְי֥וּ חׇרְבָּֽה׃

34Then shall the land make up for its Shabbat years throughout the time that it is desolate and you are in the land of your enemies; then shall the land rest and make up for its Shabbat years.

az tiR-tseh ha-A-retz et sha-b'-to-TE-ha kol ye-MAY ha-sha-MAH, v'-a-TEM b'-E-retz oy-ve-KEM, az ti-sh-BAT ha-A-retz v'-hir-TSAT et sha-b'-to-TE-ha

לדאָז֩ תִּרְצֶ֨ה הָאָ֜רֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶ֗יהָ כֹּ֚ל יְמֵ֣י הׇשַּׁמָּ֔הֿ וְאַתֶּ֖ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם אָ֚ז תִּשְׁבַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִרְצָ֖ת אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶֽיהָ׃

35Throughout the time that it is desolate, it shall observe the rest that it did not observe in your Shabbat years while you were dwelling upon it.

kol-Y'-may ha-sha-MAH tish-BOT et a-SHER lo sha-VE-tah b'-sha-b'-to-TEY-khem b'-shiv-TEY-khem a-LE-ha

להכׇּל־יְמֵ֥י הׇשַּׁמָּ֖הֿ תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־שָׁבְתָ֛ה בְּשַׁבְּתֹתֵיכֶ֖ם בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶ֥ם עָלֶֽיהָ׃

36As for those of you who survive, I will cast a faintness into their hearts in the land of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight. Fleeing as though from the sword, they shall fall though none pursues.

v'-ha-nish-a-REEM ba-KHEM v'-he-VEE-tee mo-REKH bil-va-VAM b'-ar-TZOT oy-VE-vay-HEM va-ra-DAF o-TAM KOL a-LEH ni-DAF v'-NA-su me-nu-SAT khe-REV v'-NA-f'-LU v'-AYN ro-DEF

לווְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים בָּכֶ֔ם וְהֵבֵ֤אתִי מֹ֙רֶךְ֙ בִּלְבָבָ֔ם בְּאַרְצֹ֖ת אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם וְרָדַ֣ף אֹתָ֗ם ק֚וֹל עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֔ף וְנָס֧וּ מְנֻֽסַת־חֶ֛רֶב וְנָפְל֖וּ וְאֵ֥ין רֹדֵֽף׃

37With no one pursuing, they shall stumble over one another as before the sword. You shall not be able to stand your ground before your enemies,

v'-kha-SH'-lu eesh b'-a-KHEEV k'-mi-p'-NAY khe-REV v'-ro-DAYF a-YIN v'-lo-ti-HEH la-KHEM t'-ku-MAH l'-f'-NAY oy-VEY-khem

לזוְכָשְׁל֧וּ אִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֛יו כְּמִפְּנֵי־חֶ֖רֶב וְרֹדֵ֣ף אָ֑יִן וְלֹא־תִֽהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ תְּקוּמָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

38but shall perish among the nations; and the land of your enemies shall consume you.

va-a-va-D'-TEM ba-go-YIM v'-a-KHO-la et-KHEM E-retz o-y'-VAY-khem

לחוַאֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם וְאָכְלָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֶ֖רֶץ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃

39Those of you who survive shall be heartsick over their iniquity in the land of your enemies; more, they shall be heartsick over the iniquities of their fathers;

v'-ha-nish-a-REEM ba-KHEM yi-MA-khu ba-a-vo-NAM b'-ar-TZOT o-y'-vay-KHEM v'-af ba-a-vo-NOT a-vo-TAM i-TAM yi-MA-khu

לטוְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים בָּכֶ֗ם יִמַּ֙קּוּ֙ בַּֽעֲוֺנָ֔ם בְּאַרְצֹ֖ת אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם וְאַ֛ף בַּעֲוֺנֹ֥ת אֲבֹתָ֖ם אִתָּ֥ם יִמָּֽקּוּ׃

40and they shall confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in that they trespassed against Me, yea, were hostile to Me.

v'-hit-va-DU et-a-VON-am v'-et-a-VON a-vo-TAM b'-ma-a-LAM a-SHER ma-a-LU-vi, v'-AF a-SHER ha-l'-KHU i-MI b'-ke-RI

מוְהִתְוַדּ֤וּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָם֙ וְאֶת־עֲוֺ֣ן אֲבֹתָ֔ם בְּמַעֲלָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָֽעֲלוּ־בִ֑י וְאַ֕ף אֲשֶׁר־הָֽלְכ֥וּ עִמִּ֖י בְּקֶֽרִי׃

41When I, in turn, have been hostile to them and have removed them into the land of their enemies, then at last shall their obdurate heart humble itself, and they shall atone for their iniquity.

af-a-NEE e-LEKH i-MAM b'-KE-ree v'-he-ve-TEE o-TAM b'-E-rets o-y'-vay-HEM o-az yi-ka-NA l'-va-VA-vam he-a-REL v'-az yir-TZU et a-VO-nam

מאאַף־אֲנִ֗י אֵלֵ֤ךְ עִמָּם֙ בְּקֶ֔רִי וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י אֹתָ֔ם בְּאֶ֖רֶץ אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם אוֹ־אָ֣ז יִכָּנַ֗ע לְבָבָם֙ הֶֽעָרֵ֔ל וְאָ֖ז יִרְצ֥וּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָֽם׃

42Then will I remember My covenant with Yaakov; I will remember also My covenant with Yitzchak, and also My covenant with Avraham; and I will remember the land.

v'-za-khar-TEE et b'-ree-TEE ya-a-KOV v'-AF et b'-ree-TEE yitz-KHAK v'-AF et b'-ree-TEE av-ra-HAM ez-KOR v'-ha-A-retz ez-KOR

מבוְזָכַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י יַעֲק֑וֹב וְאַף֩ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֨י יִצְחָ֜ק וְאַ֨ף אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֧י אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶזְכֹּ֖ר וְהָאָ֥רֶץ אֶזְכֹּֽר׃

26:42   And I will remember the land

This passage lists the curses that will be brought upon the People of Israel if they fail to follow Hashem’s commandments. If His children’s sins become too great, God promises to exile the people from the Promised Land, and to destroy the land itself. Following these curses, however, Hashem promises that He will never give up on His people and that ultimately, there will be a redemption. In this verse, He promises that he will remember not only the People of Israel, but also the Land of Israel itself. He will return His chosen people to the chosen land, and this land will flourish. How fortunate is our generation to witness Hashem “remembering the land” as this verse promises.

 

43For the land shall be forsaken of them, making up for its Shabbat years by being desolate of them, while they atone for their iniquity; for the abundant reason that they rejected My rules and spurned My laws.

v'-ha-A-retz tay-A-zayv may-HEM v'-ti-retz et sha-b'-to-TE-ha bo-ha-sha-MA may-HEM v'-HEM yir-TZU et a-o-NAM ya-an u-v'-ya-an b'-mish-PA-tai ma-A-su v'-et khuk-KO-tai ga-a-LAH naf-SHAM

מגוְהָאָ֩רֶץ֩ תֵּעָזֵ֨ב מֵהֶ֜ם וְתִ֣רֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתֶ֗יהָ בׇּהְשַׁמָּהֿ֙ מֵהֶ֔ם וְהֵ֖ם יִרְצ֣וּ אֶת־עֲוֺנָ֑ם יַ֣עַן וּבְיַ֔עַן בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י מָאָ֔סוּ וְאֶת־חֻקֹּתַ֖י גָּעֲלָ֥ה נַפְשָֽׁם׃

44Yet, even then, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or spurn them so as to destroy them, annulling My covenant with them: for I Hashem am their God.

v'-af-gam-ZOT bi-h'-yo-TAM b'-E-retz oy-VE-hem lo m'-as-TEEM v'-lo g'-al-TEEM l'-kha-LO-tam l'-ha-FAYR b'-ree-TEE i-TAM, kee a-NEE a-do-NAI e-lo-HE-hem

מדוְאַף־גַּם־זֹ֠את בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֞ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֗ם לֹֽא־מְאַסְתִּ֤ים וְלֹֽא־גְעַלְתִּים֙ לְכַלֹּתָ֔ם לְהָפֵ֥ר בְּרִיתִ֖י אִתָּ֑ם כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

45I will remember in their favor the covenant with the ancients, whom I freed from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God: I, Hashem.

v'-za-KHAR-tee LA-HEM b'-REET ree-SHO-neem, a-SHER ho-TZEY-tee-o-TAM me-E-retz mitz-RA-yim, l'-ay-NAY ha-go-YEEM, li-HYOT LA-HEM l'-e-lo-HEEM, a-NEE a-do-NAI.

מהוְזָכַרְתִּ֥י לָהֶ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית רִאשֹׁנִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹצֵֽאתִי־אֹתָם֩ מֵאֶ֨רֶץ מִצְרַ֜יִם לְעֵינֵ֣י הַגּוֹיִ֗ם לִהְי֥וֹת לָהֶ֛ם לֵאלֹהִ֖ים אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

46These are the laws, rules, and instructions that Hashem established, through Moshe on Har Sinai, between Himself and B'nei Yisrael.

AY-leh ha-KHU-keem v'-ha-mish-PA-teem v'-ha-to-ROT, a-SHER na-TAN a-do-NAI BAY-no u-BAYN b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL, b'-HAR see-NAI b'-yad mo-SHEH.

מואֵ֠לֶּה הַֽחֻקִּ֣ים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ וְהַתּוֹרֹת֒ אֲשֶׁר֙ נָתַ֣ן יְהֹוָ֔ה בֵּינ֕וֹ וּבֵ֖ין בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּהַ֥ר סִינַ֖י בְּיַד־מֹשֶֽׁה׃