New American Standard Bible 2020

Jeremiah 9:9-16

9Shall I not punishאֶפְקָד־'ef.kod-H6485them for theseH428thingsאֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehH428?”declaresנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068. “Shall I not avengeתִתְנַקֵּ֖םtit.na.KemH5358Myselfנַפְשִֽׁי׃ סnaf.ShiH5315On a nationבְּג֣וֹיbe.GoyH1471suchאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834as thisכָּזֶ֔הka.ZehH2088?

10“I will takeאֶשָּׂ֧א'e.Sa'H5375upH5375a weepingבְכִ֣יve.KhiH1065and wailingוָנֶ֗הִיva.Ne.hiH5092for themountainsהֶ֨הָרִ֜יםhe.ha.RimH2022,And for the pasturesנְא֤וֹתne.'otH4999of thewildernessמִדְבָּר֙mid.BarH4057a songH7015ofH7015mourningH7015,Becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588they arelaidH5327wasteH5327soמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H4480 H1097that noמִבְּלִ֖יmi.be.LiH1097oneאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376passesH5674throughH5674,And the soundק֣וֹלKolH6963of the livestockמִקְנֶ֑הmik.NehH4735is not heardשָׁמְע֖וּsha.me.'UH8085;BothH4480thebirdsמֵע֤וֹףme.'ofH5775of the skyהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimH8064and the animalsבְּהֵמָ֔הbe.he.MahH929have fledנָדְד֖וּna.de.DuH5074;they are goneהָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuH1980.

11I will makeוְנָתַתִּ֧יve.na.ta.TiH5414Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389aheapלְגַלִּ֖יםle.ga.LimH1530of ruins,A hauntמְע֣וֹןme.'onH4583ofjackalsH8565;And I will makeאֶתֵּ֥ן'e.TenH5414the citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063adesolationשְׁמָמָ֖הshe.ma.MahH8077withoutH1097inhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃ סyo.ShevH3427.”

12Whoמִֽי־mi-H4310is thewiseהֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.KhamH2450personהָאִ֤ישׁha.'IshH376who may understandוְיָבֵ֣ןve.ya.VenH995thisH2088? And who ishe to whomH834the mouthפִּֽי־pi-H6310of the LordH3068has spokenדִּבֶּ֧רdi.BerH1696,that he may declareוְיַגִּדָ֑הּve.ya.gi.DahH5046it?Whyמָה֙mahH5921 H4100is the landהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776destroyedאָבְדָ֣ה'a.ve.DahH6,laidH5327wasteH5327like the desertכַמִּדְבָּ֖רkha.mid.BarH4057,soH4480 H1097that noH1097oneH1097passesH5674throughH5674?

13The Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Becauseעַל־'al-H5921they haveabandonedעָזְבָם֙'a.ze.VamH5800My Lawתּ֣וֹרָתִ֔יto.ra.TiH8451whichH834I putנָתַ֖תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414beforeלִפְנֵיהֶ֑םlif.nei.HemH6440them, and have not obeyedשָׁמְע֥וּsha.me.'UH8085My voiceבְקוֹלִ֖יve.ko.LiH6963norH3808walkedH1980according to it,

14but havefollowedוַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּvai.Ye.le.KhuH1980 H310the stubbornnessשְׁרִר֣וּתshe.ri.RutH8307of their heartלִבָּ֑םli.BamH3820and theBaalsהַבְּעָלִ֔יםha.be.'a.LimH1168, as theirfathersאֲבוֹתָֽם׃ ס'a.vo.TamH1taughtלִמְּד֖וּםli.me.DumH3925them,”

15thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651thisH3541isH3541whatH3541the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068of armiesצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635,the Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478saysאָמַ֞ר'a.MarH559: “BeholdH2009,I will feedמַאֲכִילָ֛םma.'a.khi.LamH398thisהַזֶּ֖הha.ZehH2088peopleהָעָ֥םha.'AmH5971wormwoodלַֽעֲנָ֑הla.'a.NahH3939;and I will giveוְהִשְׁקִיתִ֖יםve.hish.ki.TimH8248thempoisonedרֹֽאשׁ׃RoshH7219waterמֵי־mei-H4325toH8248drinkH8248.

16I will alsoscatterוַהֲפִֽצוֹתִים֙va.ha.fi.tzo.TimH6327them among the nationsבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471,whomאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834neitherH3808they norH3808their fathersוַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑םva.'a.vo.TamH1have knownיָֽדְע֔וּya.de.'UH3045;and I will sendH7971theswordהַחֶ֔רֶבha.Che.revH2719afterאַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙'a.cha.rei.HemH310them untilעַ֥ד'adH5704I have putH3615anH3615endכַּלּוֹתִ֖יka.lo.TiH3615toH3615them.”

Read all of Jeremiah 9

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9