Yaram'Yahu (Jeremiah) — 15

Yahudah’s Inevitable Doom

1 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar to me, “Even if Musha and Shamual stood before me pleading for these people, I will not help them, away with them! Get them out of my sight! 

2 And if they say to you, ‘But where can we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: ‘Those who are destined for death, will die; those who are destined for war, will go to war; those who are destined for famine, will stay in famine; those who are destined for captivity, will be in captivity.’

3 “I will send four kinds of destroyers against them,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. “I will send the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the vultures to devour, and the wild animals to finish up what is left. 

4 Because of the wicked things Manassah son of Hazakyahu king of Yahudah did in Yahushalam, I will make my people an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the Arath.

5 “Who will feel sorry for you, Yahushalam? Who will weep for you? Who will even bother to ask how you are?

6 You have abandoned me and turned your back on me,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, Therefore I will raise my fist to destroy you, I Am tired of always giving you another chance.

7 I will winnow you like grain at the gates of your cities and take away the children you hold dear, I will destroy my own people, because they refuse to change their evil ways.

8 There will be more widows than the grains of sand on the seashore, at noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of young men, I will cause anguish and terror to come upon them suddenly.

9 The mother of seven grows faint and gasps for breath; her sun has gone down while it is still day, she sits childless now, shame and humiliated, and I will hand over those who are left to be killed by the enemy, I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH have spoken!”

Yaramyahu’s Complaint

10 Then I said, “What sorrow is mine, my mother, Oh, that I had died at birth! I am hated everywhere I go, I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose nor a borrower who refuses to pay, yet they all curse me.”

11 Then 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH replied, “I will take care of you Yaramyahu, Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf in times of trouble and distress.

12 Can a man break a bar of iron from the north, or a bar of bronze?

13 At no cost to them, I will hand over your wealth and treasures as plunder to your enemies, for sin runs rampant in your land.

14 I will tell your enemies to take you as captives to a foreign land, for My anger blazes like a fire that will burn forever.”

15 Then I said, “O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, you know what’s happening to me, Please step in and help me Punish my persecutors! Please give me time; do not let me die young, It is for your sake that I am suffering.

16 When I discovered your Dabar, I devoured them, they are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your Name, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH my 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH.

17 I never joined the people in their merry feasts, I sat alone because your hand was on me, I was filled with indignation at their sins.

18 Why then does my suffering continue?    Why is my wound so incurable? Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook,    like a spring that has gone dry.”

19 This is how 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH responds: “If you return to me, I will restore you so you can continue to serve me, If you speak good words rather than worthless ones, you will be my spokesman, you must influence them; do not let them influence you!

20 They will fight against you like an attacking army, but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze, they will not conquer you, for I am with you to protect and rescue you, I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, have spoken!

21 Yes, I will certainly keep you safe from these wicked men, I will rescue you from their cruel hands.”