1 וְאַתָּה בֶן־אָדָם קַח־לְךָ ׀ חֶרֶב חַדָּה תַּעַר הַגַּלָּבִים תִּקָּחֶנָּה לָּךְ וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ עַל־רֹאשְׁךָ וְעַל־זְקָנֶךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ לְךָ מֹאזְנֵי מִשְׁקָל וְחִלַּקְתָּם | 1 As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it like a barber's razor, passing it over your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair you have cut. |
2 שְׁלִשִׁית בָּאוּר תַּבְעִיר בְּתֹוךְ הָעִיר כִּמְלֹאת יְמֵי הַמָּצֹור וְלָקַחְתָּ אֶת־הַשְּׁלִשִׁית תַּכֶּה בַחֶרֶב סְבִיבֹותֶיהָ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית תִּזְרֶה לָרוּחַ וְחֶרֶב אָרִיק אַחֲרֵיהֶם | 2 Burn a third in the fire, within the city, when the days of your siege are completed; place another third around the city and strike it with the sword; the final third strew in the wind, and pursue it with the sword. |
3 וְלָקַחְתָּ מִשָּׁם מְעַט בְּמִסְפָּר וְצַרְתָּ אֹותָם בִּכְנָפֶיךָ | 3 (But of the last take a small number and tie them in the hem of your garment. |
4 וּמֵהֶם עֹוד תִּקָּח וְהִשְׁלַכְתָּ אֹותָם אֶל־תֹּוךְ הָאֵשׁ וְשָׂרַפְתָּ אֹתָם בָּאֵשׁ מִמֶּנּוּ תֵצֵא־אֵשׁ אֶל־כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ פ | 4 Then take some of these and throw them in the midst of the fire and burn them.) Say to the whole house of Israel: |
5 כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהֹוִה זֹאת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בְּתֹוךְ הַגֹּויִם שַׂמְתִּיהָ וּסְבִיבֹותֶיהָ אֲרָצֹות | 5 Thus says the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem! In the midst of the nations I placed her, surrounded by foreign countries. |
6 וַתֶּמֶר אֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי לְרִשְׁעָה מִן־הַגֹּויִם וְאֶת־חֻקֹּותַי מִן־הָאֲרָצֹות אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹותֶיהָ כִּי בְמִשְׁפָּטַי מָאָסוּ וְחֻקֹּותַי לֹא־הָלְכוּ בָהֶם׃ ס | 6 But she rebelled against my ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against my statutes more than the foreign countries surrounding her; she has spurned my ordinances and has not lived by my statutes. |
7 לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר ׀ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה יַעַן הֲמָנְכֶם מִן־הַגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹותֵיכֶם בְּחֻקֹּותַי לֹא הֲלַכְתֶּם וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי לֹא עֲשִׂיתֶם וּכְמִשְׁפְּטֵי הַגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹותֵיכֶם לֹא עֲשִׂיתֶם׃ ס | 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have been more rebellious than the nations surrounding you, not living by my statutes nor fulfilling my ordinances, but acting according to the ordinances of the surrounding nations; |
8 לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנְנִי עָלַיִךְ גַּם־אָנִי וְעָשִׂיתִי בְתֹוכֵךְ מִשְׁפָּטִים לְעֵינֵי הַגֹּויִם | 8 therefore thus says the Lord GOD: See, I am coming at you! I will inflict punishments in your midst while the nations look on. |
9 וְעָשִׂיתִי בָךְ אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָשִׂיתִי וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־לֹא־אֶעֱשֶׂה כָמֹהוּ עֹוד יַעַן כָּל־תֹּועֲבֹתָיִךְ׃ ס | 9 Because of all your abominations I will do with you what I have never done before, the like of which I will never do again. |
10 לָכֵן אָבֹות יֹאכְלוּ בָנִים בְּתֹוכֵךְ וּבָנִים יֹאכְלוּ אֲבֹותָם וְעָשִׂיתִי בָךְ שְׁפָטִים וְזֵרִיתִי אֶת־כָּל־שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ לְכָל־רוּחַ׃ פ | 10 This means that fathers within you shall eat sons, and sons shall eat fathers. I will inflict punishments upon you and scatter all that remain of your people in every direction. |
11 לָכֵן חַי־אָנִי נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אִם־לֹא יַעַן אֶת־מִקְדָּשִׁי טִמֵּאת בְּכָל־שִׁקּוּצַיִךְ וּבְכָל־תֹּועֲבֹתָיִךְ וְגַם־אֲנִי אֶגְרַע וְלֹא־תָחֹוס עֵינִי וְגַם־אֲנִי לֹא אֶחְמֹול | 11 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable abominations, I swear to cut you down. I will not look upon you with pity nor have mercy. |
12 שְׁלִשִׁתֵיךְ בַּדֶּבֶר יָמוּתוּ וּבָרָעָב יִכְלוּ בְתֹוכֵךְ וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁית בַּחֶרֶב יִפְּלוּ סְבִיבֹותָיִךְ וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁית לְכָל־רוּחַ אֱזָרֶה וְחֶרֶב אָרִיק אַחֲרֵיהֶם | 12 A third of your people shall die of pestilence and perish of hunger within you; another third shall fall by the sword all around you; and a third I will scatter in every direction, and I will pursue them with the sword. |
13 וְכָלָה אַפִּי וַהֲנִחֹותִי חֲמָתִי בָּם וְהִנֶּחָמְתִּי וְיָדְעוּ כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָה דִּבַּרְתִּי בְּקִנְאָתִי בְּכַלֹּותִי חֲמָתִי בָּם | 13 Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will wreak my fury upon them till I am appeased; they shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken in my jealousy when I spend my fury upon them. |
14 וְאֶתְּנֵךְ לְחָרְבָּה וּלְחֶרְפָּה בַּגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹותָיִךְ לְעֵינֵי כָּל־עֹובֵר | 14 I will make you a waste and a reproach among the nations that surround you, which every passer-by may see. |
15 וְהָיְתָה חֶרְפָּה וּגְדוּפָה מוּסָר וּמְשַׁמָּה לַגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹותָיִךְ בַּעֲשֹׂותִי בָךְ שְׁפָטִים בְּאַף וּבְחֵמָה וּבְתֹכְחֹות חֵמָה אֲנִי יְהוָה דִּבַּרְתִּי | 15 When I execute judgment upon you in anger and fury and with furious chastisements, you shall be a reproach and an object of scorn, a terrible warning to the nations that surround you. I, the LORD, have spoken! |
16 בְּשַׁלְּחִי אֶת־חִצֵּי הָרָעָב הָרָעִים בָּהֶם אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לְמַשְׁחִית אֲשֶׁר־אֲשַׁלַּח אֹותָם לְשַׁחֶתְכֶם וְרָעָב אֹסֵף עֲלֵיכֶם וְשָׁבַרְתִּי לָכֶם מַטֵּה־לָחֶם | 16 When I loose against you the cruel, destructive arrows of hunger, I will break your staff of bread; |
17 וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם רָעָב וְחַיָּה רָעָה וְשִׁכְּלֻךְ וְדֶבֶר וָדָם יַעֲבָר־בָּךְ וְחֶרֶב אָבִיא עָלַיִךְ אֲנִי יְהוָה דִּבַּרְתִּי׃ פ | 17 I will send famine against you, and wild beasts that shall rob you of your children. Pestilence and bloodshed shall stalk through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I, the LORD, have spoken! |