DB1 | Israel deserves to be punished. Jr.2.26-37 | RSV Contents | notes| 2 | Revised Standard Version | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| 26 | "As a thief is shamed when caught, so the house of Israel shall be shamed: they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, | Israel deserves to be punished. Jr.2.26-37 | כְּבֹשֶׁת גַּנָּב כִּי יִמָּצֵא כֵּן הֹבִישׁוּ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה מַלְכֵיהֶם שָׂרֵיהֶם וְכֹהֲנֵיהֶם וּנְבִיאֵיהֶם׃ |
| 27 | who say to a tree, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You gave me birth.' For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, 'Arise and save us!' | אֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ כ= יְלִדְתִּני ק= יְלִדְתָּנוּ כִּי־פָנוּ אֵלַי עֹרֶף וְלֹא פָנִים וּבְעֵת רָעָתָם יֹאמְרוּ קוּמָה וְהֹושִׁיעֵנוּ׃ | |
| 28 | But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you, in your time of trouble; for as many as your cities are your gods, O Judah. | וְאַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ לָּךְ יָקוּמוּ אִם־יֹושִׁיעוּךָ בְּעֵת רָעָתֶךָ כִּי מִסְפַּר עָרֶיךָ הָיוּ אֱלֹהֶיךָ יְהוּדָה׃ ס | |
| 29 | "Why do you complain against me? You have all rebelled against me, says the LORD. | לָמָּה תָרִיבוּ אֵלָי כֻּלְּכֶם פְּשַׁעְתֶּם בִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃ | |
| 30 | In vain have I smitten your children, they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion. | לַשָּׁוְא הִכֵּיתִי אֶת־בְּנֵיכֶם מוּסָר לֹא לָקָחוּ אָכְלָה חַרְבְּכֶם נְבִיאֵיכֶם כְּאַרְיֵה מַשְׁחִית׃ | |
| 31 | And you, O generation, heed the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, 'We are free, we will come no more to thee'? | הַדֹּור אַתֶּם רְאוּ דְבַר־יְהוָה הֲמִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אִם אֶרֶץ מַאְפֵּלְיָה מַדּוּעַ אָמְרוּ עַמִּי רַדְנוּ לֹוא־נָבֹוא עֹוד אֵלֶיךָ׃ | |
| 32 | Can a maiden forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number. | הֲתִשְׁכַּח בְּתוּלָה עֶדְיָהּ כַּלָּה קִשֻּׁרֶיהָ וְעַמִּי שְׁכֵחוּנִי יָמִים אֵין מִסְפָּר׃ | |
| 33 | "How well you direct your course to seek lovers! So that even to wicked women you have taught your ways. | מַה־תֵּיטִבִי דַּרְךֵּךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ אַהֲבָה לָכֵן גַּם אֶת־הָרָעֹות כ= לִמַּדְתִּי ק= לִמַּדְתְּ אֶת־דְּרָכָיִךְ׃ | |
| 34 | Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things | גַּם בִּכְנָפַיִךְ נִמְצְאוּ דַּם נַפְשֹׁות אֶבְיֹונִים נְקִיִּים לֹא־בַמַּחְתֶּרֶת מְצָאתִים כִּי עַל־כָּל־אֵלֶּה׃ | |
| 35 | you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.' Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, 'I have not sinned.' | וַתֹּאמְרִי כִּי נִקֵּיתִי אַךְ שָׁב אַפֹּו מִמֶּנִּי הִנְנִי נִשְׁפָּט אֹותָךְ עַל־אָמְרֵךְ לֹא חָטָאתִי׃ | |
| 36 | How lightly you gad about, changing your way! You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria. | מַה־תֵּזְלִי מְאֹד לְשַׁנֹּות אֶת־דַּרְךֵּךְ גַּם מִמִּצְרַיִם תֵּבֹושִׁי כַּאֲשֶׁר־בֹּשְׁתְּ מֵאַשּׁוּר׃ | |
| 37 | From it too you will come away with your hands upon your head, for the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you will not prosper by them. | גַּם מֵאֵת זֶה תֵּצְאִי וְיָדַיִךְ עַל־רֹאשֵׁךְ כִּי־מָאַס יְהֹוָה בְּמִבְטַחַיִךְ וְלֹא תַצְלִיחִי לָהֶם׃ | |