Revised Literal Translation

Jeremiah 10:19-25

19Woeא֥וֹי'oH188is me for my hurtשִׁבְרִ֔יshiv.RiH7667!my woundמַכָּתִ֑יma.ka.TiH4347is grievousנַחְלָ֖הnach.LahH2470:but I saidאָמַ֔רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559,Trulyאַ֛ךְ'akhH389this isa griefחֳלִ֖יcho.LiH2483,and I must bearוְאֶשָּׂאֶֽנּוּ׃ve.'e.sa.'E.nuH5375it.

20My tabernacleאָהֳלִ֣י'o.ho.LiH168is spoiledשֻׁדָּ֔דshu.DadH7703,and all my cordsמֵיתָרַ֖יmei.ta.RaiH4340are brokenנִתָּ֑קוּni.Ta.kuH5423:my childrenבָּנַ֤יba.NaiH1121are gone forthיְצָאֻ֙נִי֙ye.tza.'U.niH3318of me, and they are not: there isnone to stretch forthנֹטֶ֥הno.TehH5186my tentאָהֳלִ֔י'o.ho.LiH168any more, and to set upוּמֵקִ֖יםu.me.KimH6965my curtainsיְרִיעוֹתָֽי׃ye.ri.'o.TaiH3407.

21For the pastorsהָֽרֹעִ֔יםha.ro.'ImH7462are become brutishנִבְעֲרוּ֙niv.'a.RuH1197,and have not soughtדָרָ֑שׁוּda.Ra.shuH1875Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068:therefore they shall not prosperהִשְׂכִּ֔ילוּhis.Ki.luH7919,and all their flocksמַרְעִיתָ֖םmar.'i.TamH4830shall be scatteredנָפֽוֹצָה׃ סna.Fo.tzahH6327.

22Behold, the noiseק֤וֹלKolH6963of the bruitשְׁמוּעָה֙she.mu.'AhH8052is comeבָאָ֔הva.'AhH935,and a greatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419commotionוְרַ֥עַשׁve.Ra.'ashH7494out of the northצָפ֑וֹןtza.FonH6828countryמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776,to makeלָשׂ֞וּםla.SumH7760the citiesעָרֵ֧י'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063desolateשְׁמָמָ֖הshe.ma.MahH8077, anda denמְע֥וֹןme.'onH4583of dragonsתַּנִּֽים׃ סta.NimH8577.

23O Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,I knowיָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that the wayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870of manלָאָדָ֖םla.'a.DamH120is not in himself: it isnot in manלְאִ֣ישׁle.'IshH376that walkethהֹלֵ֔ךְho.LekhH1980to directוְהָכִ֖יןve.ha.KhinH3559his stepsצַעֲדֽוֹ׃tza.'a.DoH6806.

24O Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,correctיַסְּרֵ֥נִיya.se.Re.niH3256me, but with judgmentבְּמִשְׁפָּ֑טbe.mish.PatH4941;not in thine angerבְּאַפְּךָ֖be.'a.pe.KhaH639,lest thou bring me to nothingתַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃tam.'i.Te.niH4591.

25Pour outשְׁפֹ֣ךְshe.FokhH8210thy furyחֲמָתְךָ֗cha.ma.te.KhaH2534upon the heathenהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471that knowיְדָע֔וּךָye.da.'U.khaH3045thee not, and upon the familiesמִשְׁפָּח֔וֹתmish.pa.ChotH4940that callקָרָ֑אוּka.Ra.'uH7121not on thy nameבְּשִׁמְךָ֖be.shim.KhaH8034:for they have eaten upאָכְל֣וּ'a.khe.LuH398Jacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290,and devouredוַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙va.'a.kha.Lu.huH398him, and consumedוַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּvay.kha.Lu.huH3615him, and have made his habitationנָוֵ֖הוּna.Ve.huH5116desolateהֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃ פhe.Sha.muH8074.

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