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Chapter 31
Mourning Turned to Joy
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“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people.”
𐤄𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤉 𐤋𐤏𐤌𐤎
הַהִיא֙ בָּעֵ֤ת נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽהְיֶה֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים לְכֹ֖ל מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהֵ֖מָּה יִֽהְיוּ־ לִ֥י לְעָֽם׃ס ha·hî bā·‘êṯ nə·’um- Yah·weh ’eh·yeh lê·lō·hîm lə·ḵōl miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ yiś·rā·’êl wə·hêm·māh yih·yū- lî lə·‘ām — WLC · 1
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This is what the LORD says: “The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness when Israel went to find rest.”
𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤏𐤌 𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤃𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤌𐤑𐤀 𐤇𐤍 𐤁𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤋𐤅𐤊 𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤂𐤉𐤏𐤅
כֹּ֚ה יְהוָ֔ה אָמַ֣ר עַ֖ם שְׂרִ֣ידֵי חָ֑רֶב מָצָ֥א חֵן֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ הָל֥וֹךְ לְהַרְגִּיע֖וֹ kōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar ‘am śə·rî·ḏê ḥā·reḇ mā·ṣā ḥên bam·miḏ·bār yiś·rā·’êl hā·lō·wḵ lə·har·gî·‘ōw — WLC · 2
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The LORD appeared to us in the past, [saying]: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore… I have drawn you with loving devotion.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤍𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤒 𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤍 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤇𐤎𐤃
יְהוָ֖ה נִרְאָ֣ה לִ֑י מֵרָח֕וֹק אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ עוֹלָם֙ וְאַהֲבַ֤ת עַל־ כֵּ֖ן מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ חָֽסֶד׃ Yah·weh nir·’āh lî mê·rā·ḥō·wq ’ă·haḇ·tîḵ ‘ō·w·lām wə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ ‘al- kên mə·šaḵ·tîḵ ḥā·seḏ — WLC · 3
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Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤁𐤍𐤊 𐤅𐤍𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤋𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤕𐤏𐤃𐤉 𐤕𐤐𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤇𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤅𐤋
ע֤וֹד אֶבְנֵךְ֙ וְֽנִבְנֵ֔ית בְּתוּלַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ע֚וֹד תַּעְדִּ֣י תֻפַּ֔יִךְ וְיָצָ֖את מְשַׂחֲקִֽים׃ בִּמְח֥וֹל ‘ō·wḏ ’eḇ·nêḵ wə·niḇ·nêṯ bə·ṯū·laṯ yiś·rā·’êl ‘ō·wḏ ta‘·dî ṯup·pa·yiḵ wə·yā·ṣāṯ mə·śa·ḥă·qîm bim·ḥō·wl — WLC · 4
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Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤕𐤈𐤏𐤉 𐤊𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤄𐤓𐤉 𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤍𐤈𐤏𐤅 𐤍𐤈𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤇𐤋𐤋𐤅
ע֚וֹד תִּטְּעִ֣י כְרָמִ֔ים בְּהָרֵ֖י שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן נָטְע֥וּ נֹטְעִ֖ים וְחִלֵּֽלוּ׃ ‘ō·wḏ tiṭ·ṭə·‘î ḵə·rā·mîm bə·hā·rê šō·mə·rō·wn nā·ṭə·‘ū nō·ṭə·‘îm wə·ḥil·lê·lū — WLC · 5
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For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”
𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤍𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤄𐤓 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤅 𐤅𐤍𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤐
כִּ֣י יֶשׁ־ י֔וֹם נֹצְרִ֖ים קָרְא֥וּ בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם ק֚וּמוּ וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה צִיּ֔וֹן אֶל־ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃פ kî yeš- yō·wm nō·ṣə·rîm qā·rə·’ū bə·har ’ep̄·rā·yim qū·mū wə·na·‘ă·leh ṣî·yō·wn ’el- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū — WLC · 6
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For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤓𐤍𐤅 𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤅𐤑𐤄𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤄𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤏𐤅 𐤄𐤋𐤋𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 𐤏𐤌𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤀𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
כִּי־ כֹ֣ה׀ יְהוָ֗ה אָמַ֣ר רָנּ֤וּ שִׂמְחָ֔ה לְיַֽעֲקֹב֙ וְצַהֲל֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם הַשְׁמִ֤יעוּ הַֽלְלוּ֙ וְאִמְר֔וּ יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת־ הוֹשַׁ֤ע עַמְּךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ kî- ḵōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar rān·nū śim·ḥāh lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ wə·ṣa·hă·lū bə·rōš hag·gō·w·yim haš·mî·‘ū hal·lū wə·’im·rū Yah·weh ’eṯ- hō·wō·ša‘ ‘am·mə·ḵā ’êṯ šə·’ê·rîṯ yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 7
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Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return… as a great assembly!
𐤄𐤍𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤒𐤁𐤑𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤉𐤓𐤊𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤁𐤌 𐤏𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤐𐤎𐤇 𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤅 𐤄𐤓𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤃𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤅 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋 𐤒𐤄𐤋
הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֗וֹן וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־ אָרֶץ֒ בָּ֚ם עִוֵּ֣ר וּפִסֵּ֔חַ יַחְדָּ֑ו הָרָ֥ה וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת יָשׁ֥וּבוּ הֵֽנָּה׃ גָּד֖וֹל קָהָ֥ל hin·nî mê·ḇî ’ō·w·ṯām mê·’e·reṣ ṣā·p̄ō·wn wə·qib·baṣ·tîm mî·yar·kə·ṯê- ’ā·reṣ bām ‘iw·wêr ū·p̄is·sê·aḥ yaḥ·dāw hā·rāh wə·yō·le·ḏeṯ yā·šū·ḇū hên·nāh gā·ḏō·wl qā·hāl — WLC · 8
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They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn…”
𐤉𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤁𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤁𐤕𐤇𐤍𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤋𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤍𐤇𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤊𐤔𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤅𐤀𐤎
יָבֹ֗אוּ בִּבְכִ֣י וּֽבְתַחֲנוּנִים֮ אֽוֹבִילֵם֒ אֽוֹלִיכֵם֙ אֶל־ נַ֣חֲלֵי מַ֔יִם יָשָׁ֔ר בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ לֹ֥א יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ בָּ֑הּ כִּֽי־ הָיִ֤יתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְאָ֔ב וְאֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּכֹ֥רִי הֽוּא׃ס yā·ḇō·’ū biḇ·ḵî ū·ḇə·ṯa·ḥă·nū·nîm ’ō·w·ḇî·lêm ’ō·w·lî·ḵêm ’el- na·ḥă·lê ma·yim yā·šār bə·ḏe·reḵ lō yik·kā·šə·lū bāh kî- hā·yî·ṯî lə·yiś·rā·’êl lə·’āḇ wə·’ep̄·ra·yim bə·ḵō·rî hū — WLC · 9
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Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands -: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd [keeps] his flock.
𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅 𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤂𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤌𐤌𐤓𐤇𐤒 𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤒𐤁𐤑𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤊𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤏𐤃𐤓𐤅
שִׁמְע֤וּ גּוֹיִ֔ם דְבַר־ יְהוָה֙ וְהַגִּ֥ידוּ מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק בָאִיִּ֖ים וְאִמְר֗וּ מְזָרֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יְקַבְּצֶ֔נּוּ וּשְׁמָר֖וֹ כְּרֹעֶ֥ה עֶדְרֽוֹ׃ šim·‘ū gō·w·yim ḏə·ḇar- Yah·weh wə·hag·gî·ḏū mim·mer·ḥāq ḇā·’î·yîm wə·’im·rū mə·zā·rêh yiś·rā·’êl yə·qab·bə·ṣen·nū ū·šə·mā·rōw kə·rō·‘eh ‘eḏ·rōw — WLC · 10
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For the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the hand that had overpowered him.
𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤐𐤃𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤅𐤂𐤀𐤋𐤅 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤉𐤃 𐤇𐤆𐤒
כִּֽי־ יְהוָ֖ה אֶֽת־ פָדָ֥ה יַעֲקֹ֑ב וּגְאָל֕וֹ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ מִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֥ק kî- Yah·weh ’eṯ- p̄ā·ḏāh ya·‘ă·qōḇ ū·ḡə·’ā·lōw mim·men·nū mî·yaḏ ḥā·zāq — WLC · 11
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They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD— the grain, new wine, and oil,… and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
𐤅𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤓𐤍𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤌 𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤍𐤄𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤃𐤂𐤍 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤔 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤑𐤄𐤓 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤑𐤀𐤍 𐤅𐤁𐤒𐤓 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤓𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤂𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤐𐤅 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤋𐤃𐤀𐤁𐤄
וּבָאוּ֮ וְרִנְּנ֣וּ בִמְרוֹם־ צִיּוֹן֒ וְנָהֲר֞וּ אֶל־ ט֣וּב יְהוָ֗ה עַל־ דָּגָן֙ תִּירֹ֣שׁ וְעַל־ יִצְהָ֔ר וְעַל־ וְעַל־ בְּנֵי־ צֹ֖אן וּבָקָ֑ר נַפְשָׁם֙ וְהָיְתָ֤ה רָוֶ֔ה כְּגַ֣ן וְלֹא־ יוֹסִ֥יפוּ עֽוֹד׃ לְדַאֲבָ֖ה ū·ḇā·’ū wə·rin·nə·nū ḇim·rō·wm- ṣî·yō·wn wə·nā·hă·rū ’el- ṭūḇ Yah·weh ‘al- dā·ḡān tî·rōš wə·‘al- yiṣ·hār wə·‘al- wə·‘al- bə·nê- ṣōn ū·ḇā·qār nap̄·šām wə·hā·yə·ṯāh rā·weh kə·ḡan wə·lō- yō·w·sî·p̄ū ‘ō·wḏ lə·ḏa·’ă·ḇāh — WLC · 12
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Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
𐤀𐤆 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤕𐤔𐤌𐤇 𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤅𐤋 𐤅𐤁𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤐𐤊𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤋𐤌 𐤋𐤔𐤔𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤍𐤇𐤌𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤌𐤇𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤉𐤂𐤅𐤍𐤌
אָ֣ז בְּתוּלָה֙ תִּשְׂמַ֤ח בְּמָח֔וֹל וּבַחֻרִ֥ים וּזְקֵנִ֖ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וְהָפַכְתִּ֨י אֶבְלָ֤ם לְשָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְנִ֣חַמְתִּ֔ים וְשִׂמַּחְתִּ֖ים מִיגוֹנָֽם׃ ’āz bə·ṯū·lāh tiś·maḥ bə·mā·ḥō·wl ū·ḇa·ḥu·rîm ū·zə·qê·nîm yaḥ·dāw wə·hā·p̄aḵ·tî ’eḇ·lām lə·śā·śō·wn wə·ni·ḥam·tîm wə·śim·maḥ·tîm mî·ḡō·w·nām — WLC · 13
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I will fill the souls of the priests abundantly, and will fill My people with My goodness,” declares the LORD.
𐤅𐤓𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤄𐤊𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤃𐤔𐤍 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤏𐤅 𐤅𐤏𐤌𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤈𐤅𐤁𐤉 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤎
וְרִוֵּיתִ֛י נֶ֥פֶשׁ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים דָּ֑שֶׁן יִשְׂבָּ֖עוּ וְעַמִּ֛י אֶת־ טוּבִ֥י נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ס wə·riw·wê·ṯî ne·p̄eš hak·kō·hă·nîm dā·šen yiś·bā·‘ū wə·‘am·mî ’eṯ- ṭū·ḇî nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 14
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This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children [and] refusing to be comforted -, because they are no more.”
𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤒𐤅𐤋 𐤍𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤁𐤓𐤌𐤄 𐤍𐤄𐤉 𐤕𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤊𐤉 𐤓𐤇𐤋 𐤌𐤁𐤊𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤍𐤄 𐤋𐤄𐤍𐤇𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤍𐤍𐤅𐤎
כֹּ֣ה׀ יְהוָ֗ה אָמַ֣ר ק֣וֹל נִשְׁמָע֙ בְּרָמָ֤ה נְהִי֙ תַמְרוּרִ֔ים בְּכִ֣י רָחֵ֖ל מְבַכָּ֣ה עַל־ בָּנֶ֑יהָ מֵאֲנָ֛ה לְהִנָּחֵ֥ם עַל־ בָּנֶ֖יהָ כִּ֥י אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ס kōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar qō·wl niš·mā‘ bə·rā·māh nə·hî ṯam·rū·rîm bə·ḵî rā·ḥêl mə·ḇak·kāh ‘al- bā·ne·hā mê·’ă·nāh lə·hin·nā·ḥêm ‘al- bā·ne·hā kî ’ê·nen·nū — WLC · 15
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This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then [your children] will return from the land of the enemy.
𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤉 𐤒𐤅𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤁𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤃𐤌𐤏𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤔𐤊𐤓 𐤋𐤐𐤏𐤋𐤕𐤊 𐤉𐤔 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤅𐤉𐤁
כֹּ֣ה׀ יְהוָ֗ה אָמַ֣ר מִנְעִ֤י קוֹלֵךְ֙ מִבֶּ֔כִי וְעֵינַ֖יִךְ מִדִּמְעָ֑ה כִּי֩ שָׂכָ֤ר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ֙ יֵ֨שׁ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה וְשָׁ֖בוּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ אוֹיֵֽב׃ kōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar min·‘î qō·w·lêḵ mib·be·ḵî wə·‘ê·na·yiḵ mid·dim·‘āh kî śā·ḵār lip̄·‘ul·lā·ṯêḵ yêš nə·’um- Yah·weh wə·šā·ḇū mê·’e·reṣ ’ō·w·yêḇ — WLC · 16
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So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
𐤅𐤉𐤔 𐤕𐤒𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤕𐤊 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤋𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤎
וְיֵשׁ־ תִּקְוָ֥ה לְאַחֲרִיתֵ֖ךְ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה בָנִ֖ים וְשָׁ֥בוּ לִגְבוּלָֽם׃ס wə·yêš- tiq·wāh lə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯêḵ nə·’um- Yah·weh ḇā·nîm wə·šā·ḇū liḡ·ḇū·lām — WLC · 17
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I have surely heard… Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely…, like an untrained… calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You [are] the LORD my God.
𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤏 𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤕𐤍𐤅𐤃𐤃 𐤉𐤎𐤓𐤕𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤅𐤎𐤓 𐤋𐤀 𐤋𐤌𐤃 𐤊𐤏𐤂𐤋 𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉
שָׁמ֣וֹעַ שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ מִתְנוֹדֵ֔ד יִסַּרְתַּ֙נִי֙ וָֽאִוָּסֵ֔ר לֹ֣א לֻמָּ֑ד כְּעֵ֖גֶל הֲשִׁיבֵ֣נִי וְאָשׁ֔וּבָה כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃ šā·mō·w·a‘ šā·ma‘·tî ’ep̄·ra·yim miṯ·nō·w·ḏêḏ yis·sar·ta·nî wā·’iw·wā·sêr lō lum·māḏ kə·‘ê·ḡel hă·šî·ḇê·nî wə·’ā·šū·ḇāh kî ’at·tāh Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hāy — WLC · 18
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After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck [my thigh]… in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤉 𐤍𐤇𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤏𐤉 𐤎𐤐𐤒𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤓𐤊 𐤁𐤔𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤍𐤊𐤋𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤇𐤓𐤐𐤕 𐤍𐤏𐤅𐤓𐤉
כִּֽי־ אַחֲרֵ֤י שׁוּבִי֙ נִחַ֔מְתִּי וְאַֽחֲרֵי֙ הִוָּ֣דְעִ֔י סָפַ֖קְתִּי עַל־ יָרֵ֑ךְ בֹּ֚שְׁתִּי וְגַם־ נִכְלַ֔מְתִּי כִּ֥י נָשָׂ֖אתִי חֶרְפַּ֥ת נְעוּרָֽי׃ kî- ’a·ḥă·rê šū·ḇî ni·ḥam·tî wə·’a·ḥă·rê hiw·wā·ḏə·‘î sā·p̄aq·tî ‘al- yā·rêḵ bō·šə·tî wə·ḡam- niḵ·lam·tî kî nā·śā·ṯî ḥer·paṯ nə·‘ū·rāy — WLC · 19
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Is not Ephraim… a precious son to Me, a delightful… child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him… Therefore… My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him…,” declares the LORD.
𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤒𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤁𐤍 𐤋𐤉 𐤔𐤏𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤋𐤃 𐤌𐤃𐤉 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 𐤁𐤅 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤆𐤊𐤓 𐤀𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤍𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤍 𐤌𐤏𐤉 𐤋𐤅 𐤄𐤌𐤅 𐤓𐤇𐤌 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤎
אֶפְרַ֗יִם אִ֚ם יַקִּ֨יר הֲבֵן֩ לִ֜י שַׁעֲשֻׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־ יֶ֣לֶד מִדֵּ֤י דַבְּרִי֙ בּ֔וֹ ע֑וֹד זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖נּוּ עַל־ כֵּ֗ן מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ הָמ֤וּ רַחֵ֥ם אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ס ’ep̄·ra·yim ’im yaq·qîr hă·ḇên lî ša·‘ă·šu·‘îm kî- ye·leḏ mid·dê ḏab·bə·rî bōw ‘ō·wḏ zā·ḵōr ’ez·kə·ren·nū ‘al- kên mê·‘ay lōw hā·mū ra·ḥêm ’ăra·ḥă·men·nū nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 20
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“Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind…, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤁𐤉 𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤉𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤌𐤉 𐤋𐤊 𐤕𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤌𐤎𐤋𐤄 𐤔𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤁𐤊 𐤃𐤓𐤊 𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤕𐤉 𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤉 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤋𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤔𐤁𐤉 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤊
הַצִּ֧יבִי לָ֣ךְ צִיֻּנִ֗ים שִׂ֤מִי לָךְ֙ תַּמְרוּרִ֔ים לַֽמְסִלָּ֖ה שִׁ֣תִי לִבֵּ֔ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הָלָכְתִּי שׁ֚וּבִי בְּתוּלַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שֻׁ֖בִי אֶל־ אֵֽלֶּה׃ עָרַ֥יִךְ haṣ·ṣî·ḇî lāḵ ṣî·yu·nîm śi·mî lāḵ tam·rū·rîm lam·sil·lāh ši·ṯî lib·bêḵ de·reḵ hå̄·lå̄·ḵə·tī šû·b̲î bə·ṯū·laṯ yiś·rā·’êl šu·ḇî ’el- ’êl·leh ‘ā·ra·yiḵ — WLC · 21
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How long… will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.”
𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤕𐤕𐤇𐤌𐤒𐤉𐤍 𐤄𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤁𐤄 𐤄𐤁𐤕 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤁𐤓𐤀 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤍𐤒𐤁𐤄 𐤕𐤎𐤅𐤁𐤁 𐤂𐤁𐤓𐤎
עַד־ מָתַי֙ תִּתְחַמָּקִ֔ין הַשּֽׁוֹבֵבָ֑ה הַבַּ֖ת כִּֽי־ יְהוָ֤ה בָרָ֨א חֲדָשָׁה֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ נְקֵבָ֖ה תְּס֥וֹבֵֽב גָּֽבֶר׃ס ‘aḏ- mā·ṯay tiṯ·ḥam·mā·qîn haš·šō·w·ḇê·ḇāh hab·baṯ kî- Yah·weh ḇā·rā ḥă·ḏā·šāh bā·’ā·reṣ nə·qê·ḇāh tə·sō·w·ḇêḇ gā·ḇer — WLC · 22
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This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤒 𐤍𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤒𐤃𐤔 𐤄𐤓
כֹּֽה־ יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אָמַ֞ר בְּשׁוּבִ֖י אֶת־ שְׁבוּתָ֑ם ע֣וֹד יֹאמְר֞וּ אֶת־ הַזֶּ֗ה הַדָּבָ֣ר בְּאֶ֤רֶץ יְהוּדָה֙ וּבְעָרָ֔יו יְהוָ֛ה יְבָרֶכְךָ֧ צֶ֖דֶק נְוֵה־ הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ הַ֥ר kōh- Yah·weh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ ’ĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·’êl ’ā·mar bə·šū·ḇî ’eṯ- šə·ḇū·ṯām ‘ō·wḏ yō·mə·rū ’eṯ- haz·zeh had·dā·ḇār bə·’e·reṣ yə·hū·ḏāh ū·ḇə·‘ā·rāw Yah·weh yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā ṣe·ḏeq nə·wêh- haq·qō·ḏeš har — WLC · 23
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And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in [the land], the farmers and those who move with the flocks,
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤉𐤇𐤃𐤅 𐤁𐤄 𐤀𐤊𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤍𐤎𐤏𐤅 𐤁𐤏𐤃𐤓
יְהוּדָ֥ה וְכָל־ עָרָ֖יו וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ יַחְדָּ֑ו בָ֛הּ אִכָּרִ֕ים וְנָסְע֖וּ בַּעֵֽדֶר׃ yə·hū·ḏāh wə·ḵāl ‘ā·rāw wə·yā·šə·ḇū yaḥ·dāw ḇāh ’ik·kā·rîm wə·nā·sə·‘ū ba·‘ê·ḏer — WLC · 24
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for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all… who are weak.”
𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤓𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤉𐤐𐤄 𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤃𐤀𐤁𐤄
כִּ֥י הִרְוֵ֖יתִי עֲיֵפָ֑ה נֶ֣פֶשׁ מִלֵּֽאתִי׃ וְכָל־ נֶ֥פֶשׁ דָּאֲבָ֖ה kî hir·wê·ṯî ‘ă·yê·p̄āh ne·p̄eš mil·lê·ṯî wə·ḵāl ne·p̄eš dā·’ă·ḇāh — WLC · 25
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At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
𐤏𐤋 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤒𐤉𐤑𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤅𐤔𐤍𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤓𐤁𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤎
עַל־ זֹ֖את הֱקִיצֹ֣תִי וָאֶרְאֶ֑ה וּשְׁנָתִ֖י עָ֥רְבָה לִּֽי׃ס ‘al- zōṯ hĕ·qî·ṣō·ṯî wā·’er·’eh ū·šə·nā·ṯî ‘ā·rə·ḇāh lî — WLC · 26
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“- The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man [and] of beast.
𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤆𐤓𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤅𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤄𐤌𐤄
הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה וְזָרַעְתִּ֗י אֶת־ בֵּ֤ית יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאֶת־ בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה זֶ֥רַע אָדָ֖ם וְזֶ֥רַע בְּהֵמָֽה׃ hin·nêh yā·mîm bā·’îm nə·’um- Yah·weh wə·zā·ra‘·tî ’eṯ- bêṯ yiś·rā·’êl wə·’eṯ- bêṯ yə·hū·ḏāh ze·ra‘ ’ā·ḏām wə·ze·ra‘ bə·hê·māh — WLC · 27
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- Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant,” declares the LORD.
𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤔𐤒𐤃𐤕𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤍𐤕𐤅𐤔 𐤅𐤋𐤍𐤕𐤅𐤑 𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤎 𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤊𐤍 𐤀𐤔𐤒𐤃 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤍𐤈𐤅𐤏 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
וְהָיָ֞ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר שָׁקַ֣דְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לִנְת֧וֹשׁ וְלִנְת֛וֹץ וְלַהֲרֹ֖ס וּלְהַאֲבִ֣יד וּלְהָרֵ֑עַ כֵּ֣ן אֶשְׁקֹ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם לִבְנ֥וֹת וְלִנְט֖וֹעַ נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ wə·hā·yāh ka·’ă·šer šā·qaḏ·tî ‘ă·lê·hem lin·ṯō·wōš wə·lin·ṯō·wṣ wə·la·hă·rōs ū·lə·ha·’ă·ḇîḏ ū·lə·hā·rê·a‘ kên ’eš·qōḏ ‘ă·lê·hem liḇ·nō·wṯ wə·lin·ṭō·w·a‘ nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 28
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“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
𐤄𐤄𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤅 𐤁𐤎𐤓 𐤅𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤒𐤄𐤉𐤍𐤄
הָהֵ֔ם בַּיָּמִ֣ים לֹא־ ע֔וֹד יֹאמְר֣וּ אָב֖וֹת אָ֣כְלוּ בֹ֑סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י בָנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃ hā·hêm bay·yā·mîm lō- ‘ō·wḏ yō·mə·rū ’ā·ḇō·wṯ ’ā·ḵə·lū ḇō·ser wə·šin·nê ḇā·nîm tiq·he·nāh — WLC · 29
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Instead…, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone… eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤉𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤏𐤅𐤍𐤅 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤁𐤎𐤓 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤅𐤎 𐤕𐤒𐤄𐤉𐤍𐤄
כִּ֛י אִם־ אִ֥ישׁ יָמ֑וּת בַּעֲוֺנ֖וֹ כָּל־ הָֽאָדָ֛ם הָאֹכֵ֥ל הַבֹּ֖סֶר שִׁנָּֽיו׃ס תִּקְהֶ֥ינָה kî ’im- ’îš yā·mūṯ ba·‘ă·wō·nōw kāl- hā·’ā·ḏām hā·’ō·ḵêl hab·bō·ser šin·nāw tiq·he·nāh — WLC · 30
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Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤀𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤄 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄
הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה וְכָרַתִּ֗י חֲדָשָֽׁה׃ בְּרִ֥ית אֶת־ בֵּ֧ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאֶת־ בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה hin·nêh yā·mîm bā·’îm nə·’um- Yah·weh wə·ḵā·rat·tî ḥă·ḏā·šāh bə·rîṯ ’eṯ- bêṯ yiś·rā·’êl wə·’eṯ- bêṯ yə·hū·ḏāh — WLC · 31
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It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke -, though I was a husband to them, declares the LORD.
𐤋𐤀 𐤊𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤊𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤇𐤆𐤉𐤒𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤅𐤑𐤉𐤀𐤌 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤄𐤐𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
לֹ֣א כַבְּרִ֗ית אֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּרַ֙תִּי֙ אֶת־ אֲבוֹתָ֔ם בְּיוֹם֙ הֶחֱזִיקִ֣י בְיָדָ֔ם לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם מֵאֶ֖רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אֲשֶׁר־ בְּרִיתִ֗י הֵ֜מָּה הֵפֵ֣רוּ אֶת־ וְאָנֹכִ֛י בָּעַ֥לְתִּי בָ֖ם נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ lō ḵab·bə·rîṯ ’ă·šer kā·rat·tî ’eṯ- ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām bə·yō·wm he·ḥĕ·zî·qî ḇə·yā·ḏām lə·hō·w·ṣî·’ām mê·’e·reṣ miṣ·rā·yim ’ă·šer- bə·rî·ṯî hêm·māh hê·p̄ê·rū ’eṯ- wə·’ā·nō·ḵî bā·‘al·tî ḇām nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 32
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“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
𐤊𐤉 𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤊𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤄𐤄𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤕 𐤕𐤅𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁𐤌 𐤀𐤊𐤕𐤁𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤋 𐤋𐤁𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤌𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤉 𐤋𐤏𐤌
כִּ֣י זֹ֣את הַבְּרִ֡ית אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶכְרֹת֩ אֶת־ בֵּ֨ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אַחֲרֵ֨י הָהֵם֙ הַיָּמִ֤ים נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה נָתַ֤תִּי אֶת־ תּֽוֹרָתִי֙ בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם אֶכְתֲּבֶ֑נָּה וְעַל־ לִבָּ֖ם וְהָיִ֤יתִי לָהֶם֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים וְהֵ֖מָּה יִֽהְיוּ־ לִ֥י לְעָֽם׃ kî zōṯ hab·bə·rîṯ ’ă·šer ’eḵ·rōṯ ’eṯ- bêṯ yiś·rā·’êl ’a·ḥă·rê hā·hêm hay·yā·mîm nə·’um- Yah·weh nā·ṯat·tî ’eṯ- tō·w·rā·ṯî bə·qir·bām ’eḵ·tă·ḇen·nāh wə·‘al- lib·bām wə·hā·yî·ṯî lā·hem lê·lō·hîm wə·hêm·māh yih·yū- lî lə·‘ām — WLC · 33
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No longer will each man teach his neighbor [or] his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤋𐤌𐤃𐤅 𐤓𐤏𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤃𐤏𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤊𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤌𐤒𐤈𐤍𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤎𐤋𐤇 𐤋𐤏𐤅𐤍𐤌 𐤀𐤆𐤊𐤓 𐤅𐤋𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤏𐤅𐤃𐤎
וְלֹ֧א ע֗וֹד אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־ יְלַמְּד֣וּ רֵעֵ֜הוּ וְאִ֤ישׁ אֶת־ אָחִיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר דְּע֖וּ אֶת־ יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי־ כוּלָּם֩ יֵדְע֨וּ אוֹתִ֜י לְמִקְטַנָּ֤ם וְעַד־ גְּדוֹלָם֙ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֤י אֶסְלַח֙ לַֽעֲוֺנָ֔ם אֶזְכָּר־ וּלְחַטָּאתָ֖ם לֹ֥א עֽוֹד׃ס wə·lō ‘ō·wḏ ’îš ’eṯ- yə·lam·mə·ḏū rê·‘ê·hū wə·’îš ’eṯ- ’ā·ḥîw lê·mōr də·‘ū ’eṯ- Yah·weh kî- ḵūl·lām yê·ḏə·‘ū ’ō·w·ṯî lə·miq·ṭan·nām wə·‘aḏ- gə·ḏō·w·lām nə·’um- Yah·weh kî ’es·laḥ la·‘ă·wō·nām ’ez·kār- ū·lə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām lō ‘ō·wḏ — WLC · 34
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Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, [who] sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD of Hosts is His name:
𐤊𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤔𐤌𐤔 𐤋𐤀𐤅𐤓 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤌 𐤇𐤒𐤕 𐤉𐤓𐤇 𐤅𐤊𐤅𐤊𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤉𐤋𐤄 𐤓𐤂𐤏 𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤂𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤌𐤅 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤔𐤌𐤅
כֹּ֣ה׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה נֹתֵ֥ן שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לְא֣וֹר יוֹמָ֔ם חֻקֹּ֛ת יָרֵ֥חַ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים לְא֣וֹר לָ֑יְלָה רֹגַ֤ע הַיָּם֙ גַלָּ֔יו וַיֶּהֱמ֣וּ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁמֽוֹ׃ kōh ’ā·mar Yah·weh nō·ṯên še·meš lə·’ō·wr yō·w·mām ḥuq·qōṯ yā·rê·aḥ wə·ḵō·w·ḵā·ḇîm lə·’ō·wr lā·yə·lāh rō·ḡa‘ hay·yām ḡal·lāw way·ye·hĕ·mū Yah·weh ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ šə·mōw — WLC · 35
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“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever… cease to be a nation before Me.”
𐤀𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤇𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤌𐤔𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤂𐤌 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌𐤎 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤕𐤅 𐤌𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤂𐤅𐤉 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉
אִם־ הָאֵ֛לֶּה הַחֻקִּ֥ים יָמֻ֜שׁוּ מִלְּפָנַ֖י נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל זֶ֨רַע גַּם֩ כָּל־ הַיָּמִֽים׃ס יִשְׁבְּת֗וּ מִֽהְי֥וֹת גּ֛וֹי לְפָנַ֖י ’im- hā·’êl·leh ha·ḥuq·qîm yā·mu·šū mil·lə·p̄ā·nay nə·’um- Yah·weh yiś·rā·’êl ze·ra‘ gam kāl- hay·yā·mîm yiš·bə·ṯū mih·yō·wṯ gō·w lə·p̄ā·nay — WLC · 36
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This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below… searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤌 𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤄 𐤉𐤌𐤃𐤅 𐤌𐤅𐤎𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤋𐤌𐤈𐤄 𐤂𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤒𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤌𐤀𐤎 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤆𐤓𐤏 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤎
כֹּ֣ה׀ יְהוָ֗ה אָמַ֣ר אִם־ שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִלְמַ֔עְלָה יִמַּ֤דּוּ מֽוֹסְדֵי־ אֶ֖רֶץ לְמָ֑טָּה גַּם־ וְיֵחָקְר֥וּ אֲנִ֞י אֶמְאַ֨ס בְּכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל זֶ֧רַע עַֽל־ כָּל־ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשׂ֖וּ נְאֻם־ יְהוָֽה׃ס kōh Yah·weh ’ā·mar ’im- šā·ma·yim mil·ma‘·lāh yim·mad·dū mō·ws·ḏê- ’e·reṣ lə·māṭ·ṭāh gam- wə·yê·ḥā·qə·rū ’ă·nî ’em·’as bə·ḵāl yiś·rā·’êl ze·ra‘ ‘al- kāl- ’ă·šer ‘ā·śū nə·’um- Yah·weh — WLC · 37
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“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for [Me], from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤅𐤍𐤁𐤍𐤕𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤌𐤌𐤂𐤃𐤋 𐤇𐤍𐤍𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤐𐤍𐤄 𐤔𐤏𐤓
יָמִ֥יםִָּ֖ הִנֵּ֛ה נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֑ה הָעִיר֙ וְנִבְנְתָ֤ה לַֽיהוָ֔ה מִמִּגְדַּ֥ל חֲנַנְאֵ֖ל הַפִּנָּֽה׃ שַׁ֥עַר yå̄·mī·må̄ hin·nêh nə·ʾum- Yah·weh hā·‘îr wə·niḇ·nə·ṯāh Yah·weh mim·miḡ·dal ḥă·nan·’êl hap·pin·nāh ša·‘ar — WLC · 38
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The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
𐤄𐤌𐤃𐤄 𐤒𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤍𐤂𐤃𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤂𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤂𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤍𐤎𐤁 𐤂𐤏𐤕𐤄
הַמִּדָּה֙ קְוֵה ע֜וֹד וְיָצָ֨א נֶגְדּ֔וֹ עַ֖ל גִּבְעַ֣ת גָּרֵ֑ב וְנָסַ֖ב גֹּעָֽתָה׃ ham·mid·dāh qə·wēh ‘ō·wḏ wə·yā·ṣā neḡ·dōw ‘al giḇ·‘aṯ gā·rêḇ wə·nā·saḇ gō·‘ā·ṯāh — WLC · 39
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The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never… again be uprooted… or demolished.”
𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤒 𐤄𐤐𐤂𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤃𐤔𐤍 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤔𐤓𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤏𐤃 𐤒𐤃𐤓𐤅𐤍 𐤍𐤇𐤋 𐤏𐤃 𐤐𐤍𐤕 𐤄𐤎𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤏𐤓 𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤇𐤄 𐤒𐤃𐤔 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤋𐤀 𐤋𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌𐤎 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤉𐤍𐤕𐤔 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤄𐤓𐤎
וְכָל־ הָעֵ֣מֶק הַפְּגָרִ֣ים׀ וְהַדֶּ֡שֶׁן וְכָֽל־ הַשְּׁרֵמוֹת עַד־ קִדְר֜וֹן נַ֨חַל עַד־ פִּנַּ֨ת הַסּוּסִים֙ שַׁ֤עַר מִזְרָ֔חָה קֹ֖דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֑ה לֹֽא־ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ס ע֖וֹד יִנָּתֵ֧שׁ וְֽלֹא־ יֵהָרֵ֛ס wə·ḵāl hā·‘ê·meq hap·pə·ḡā·rîm wə·had·de·šen wə·ḵāl haš·šə·rē·mōṯ ‘aḏ- qiḏ·rō·wn na·ḥal ‘aḏ- pin·naṯ has·sū·sîm ša·‘ar miz·rā·ḥāh qō·ḏeš Yah·weh lō- lə·‘ō·w·lām ‘ō·wḏ yin·nā·ṯêš wə·lō- yê·hā·rês — WLC · 40