Jeremiah 23 — English–Hebrew Parallel

1 “Haway (Alas/Woe!) Raihayam (shepherds) MaAbadayam (destroy - plural) WaMaPawatzayam (and scatter - plural) Ath-Tzaan (the entirety of Flock / Sheeps / Goats) Maraiyathay (my pasture)!” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().

2 LaKan (For sure) Kah (𐤊𐤄) YaAmar (thus says) Yahawah (), Alahayam (God) Yashar-Al (Israel), Il-HaRaihayam (over the shepherds) HaRaihayam (who feed - plural) Ath-Imay (the entirety of my people): “Athaham (you) HaPawatzatham (you [causing] scattered) Ath-Tzaanay (the entirety of my flock), WaThaNadachawam (and you driven them away), WaLaa (And not) Paqadatham (you visited); Atham (the entirety of them) Hananay (behold), Paqad (visit) Ilayakam (went up you) Ath-Rai (the entirety of evil / dysfunction) Mailalayakam (your doings),” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().

3 “WaAnay (And I / Me) AQabatz (I gather) Ath-Shaarayath (the entirety of remnant) Tzaanay (my flock) MaKal (from every) HaAratzawath (out of the countries) Ashar-HaNadachathay (who/that [causing] driven), Atham (the entirety of them) Sham (there) WaHaShawabathay (and [causing] bring again) Athan (the entirety of them) Il-Nawahan (over their folds); WaParahaw (and they fruitful) WaRabahaw (and multiply).

4 WaHaQawamathay (And [causing] set up) Ilayam (went up them) Raihayam (shepherds over), WaRaihawam (and feed them); WaLaa (And not) YaYaraaw (fear) Iwad (more), WaLaa (And not) YaChathathaw (dismayed), WaLaa (And not) YaPaqadaw (neither lacking),” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().

5 “Hanah (Behold) Yawamayam (Behold, days) Bawaayam (come - plural),” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “WaHaQawamathay (and [causing] raise) LaDawad (to David) Tzamach (sprout / spring forth), Tzadayaq (righteous) WaYaMalak (and he reign) Malak (king) WaYaHaShakayal (and [causing] wisely), WaYaIshah (and execute) Mashapat (judgement) WaTzadaqah (and righteousness) BaAratz (in land).

6 BaYawamayaw (In his days) ThaYawashai (saved), Yashar-Al (Israel) Yahawadah (Judah) YaShakan (dwell) LaBatach (safely); WaZah (and this / that / these) Shamaw (his name) Ashar-YaQaraaw (who/that he called him): Yahawah () Tzadaqanaw (our righteousness).

7 “LaKan (For sure) Hanah (Behold) Yawamayam (Therefore, behold, days) Bawaayam (come - plural),” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “WaLaa (And not) YaAmaraw (more say), Iwad (more/again) Chay (living), ‘Yahawah () AsharaYaHaIlah (who/that [causing] brought up) Ath-Banay (the entirety of son) Yashar-Al (Israel) MaAratz (from land) Matzarayam (Egypt);’

8 ‘KayaAm-Chay (Surely although - rhetorical living), Yahawah () AsharaYaHaIlah (who/that [causing] brought up) WaAsharaYaHaBawayaa (and who/that [causing] led) Ath-Zarai (the entirety of seed) Bayath (house) Yashar-Al (Israel) MaAratz (from country), Tzapawanah (toward out of north) WaMaKal (and from every) HaAratzawath (the countries) AsharaHaNadachathayam (who/that [causing] driven them).’ Sham (there) WaYashabaw (and they dwell) Il-Adamahatham (over their own land).”

9 LaNabayaayam (Prophets). YaNaShabar (broken), Labay (my heart) BaQarabay (my within) Rachapaw (shake) Kal (every) Itzamawathay (my bones); Hayahayathay (came to pass) KaAyash (as man), Shakawar (like drunken) WaKaGabar (and like man) Ibaraw (overcome him), Yayan (wine) MaPanayam (because) Yahawah (), WaMaPanayam (and from face/presence/surface) Dabaray (Dabaray) Qadashaw (his holy).

10 KayaMaNaapayam (Surely adulterers) Malaah (full) HaAratz (the land); Kay-MaPanayam (surely from for) Alah (curse / oath) Abalah (mourns) HaAratz (the land); Yabashaw (dried up) Naahawath (pastures) Madabar (wilderness). WaThaHayah (and came to pass) Marawatzahatham (their course) Raih (evil), WaGabawarahatham (and their right); Laa (NOT) Kan (for sure)

11 Kay-Gam (Surely indeed / moreover) Nabayaa (prophet/prophecy) Gam (indeed / moreover) Kahan (priest) Chanapaw (profane); Gam (yes), BaBayathay (in my house) Matzaathay (find / discover) Raitham (their wickedness),” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().

12 LaKan (For sure) YaHayah (came to pass) Darakam (their way) Lam (for them) KaChalaqalaqahawath (as slippery - plural) BaApalah (places in darkness): YaDachahaw (driven), WaNapalaw (and fall) Bah (therein her); Kay-ABawayaa (surely I bring) Ilayam (went up them) Raih (evil), Shanahath (year) Paqadahatham (their visitation),” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().

13 “WaBaNabayaay (And in prophets) Shamarawan (Samaria) Raahayathay (saw/seen) Thapalah (folly); HaNabaaw (they [causing] prophesied) BaBail (by Baal), WaYaThaihaw (and err) Ath-Imay (the entirety of my people) Ath (the entirety of) Yashar-Al (Israel).

14 WaBaNabayaay (And in prophets) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem) Raahayathay (saw/seen) Shairawarah (horrible thing): Naawap (commit adultery), WaHalak (and walk) BaShaqar (in lies); WaChazaqaw (and they strengthen) Yaday (hands) MaRaiiyam (evildoers), LaBalathay-Shawabaw (to/towards return) Ayash (man) MaRaithaw (from his wickedness become): Hayahaw (came to pass) Lay (for me) Kalam (their every) KaSadam (as Sodom), WaYashabayah (and its inhabitants) KaImarah (as Gomorrah).”

15 LaKan (For sure) Kah (𐤊𐤄) YaAmar (thus says) Yahawah () Tzabaawath (armies) Il-HaNabayaayam (over the prophets): “Hananay (Behold), MaAkayal (eat) Awatham (the entirety of them) Lainah (wormwood), WaHaShaqahathayam (and them [causing] drink) Mayamay (waters) Raash (head); KayaMaAthaNabayaay (surely from entirety prophets) Yarawashalam (Jerusalem) Yatzaah (ungodliness gone forth) Chanapah (𐤇𐤍𐤐𐤄) LaKal (every) HaAratz (the land).”

16 Kah (𐤊𐤄) YaAmar (thus says) Yahawah () Tzabaawath (armies), “Al (not) ThaShamaiw (you listen) Il-Dabaray (over Dabaray) HaNabayaayam (the prophets) HaNaNabaayam (who prophesy - plural): Lakam (teach vanity you); MaHaHabalayam (𐤄𐤁𐤋 - plural) Hamah (they / them) Athakam (the entirety of you) Chazawan (vision) Labam (their heart), YaDabaraw (speak) Laa (NOT) MaPahay (out of mouth) Yahawah ().

17 Amarayam (Say - plural) Amawar (said), LaMaNaatzay (continually to despise me), ‘YaDabar (said), Yahawah () “Shalawam (peace / safety);”’ YaHayah (came to pass) Lakam (for you) WaKal (and every) Halak (move) BaSharayarawath (in 𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤕) Labaw (stubbornness his heart) ‘Amaraw (said/spoke) Laa (NOT) ThaBawaa (you come) Ilayakam (went up you) Raih (evil).’

18 KayaMay (Surely Who) YaImad (stood council) BaSawad (in 𐤎𐤅𐤃) Yahawah (), WaYaRaah (and he perceive) WaYaShamai (and hear) Ath-Dabaraw (the entirety of his word)? May (Who) YaHaQashayab ([causing] marked) Dabaray (my word), WaYaShamai (and heard)?

19 Hanah (Behold) Sairath (Behold storm) Yahawah (), Chamah (wrath / heat), Yatzaah (gone forth Yes)., WaSair (and whirling storm). MaThaChawalal (𐤇𐤅𐤋𐤋) IlaRaash (over burst head) Rashaiyam (wicked - plural) YaChawal (𐤇𐤅𐤋).

20 Laa (NOT) YaShawab (return), Ap (nostril / picture: bull snorting) Yahawah () Id-Ishahathaw (as far as executed him), WaId-HaQawayamaw (and as far as [causing] performed him) Mazamahawath (intents) Labaw (his heart): BaAcharayath (in latter) HaYawamayam (the days) ThaThaBayawananaw (you [reflexive] understand) Bah (within him her) Bayanah (perfectly).

21 Laa (NOT) Shalachathay (send) Ath-HaNabayaayam (the entirety of these prophets), WaHam (and they / them) Rawatzaw (they ran): Laa (NOT) Dabarathay (speaking), Alayam (to them) WaHam (and they / them) NaNabaaw (they prophesied).

22 WaAm-Imadaw (And only / if only they stood) BaSawaday (in my council), WaYaShamaiw (and hear) Dabaray (my words), Ath-Imay (the entirety of my people) WaYaShawabawam (and turned them) MaDarakam (from their way), HaRai (the evil) WaMaRai (and from evil) Mailalayam (their doings).

23 “Alahayam (God) MaQarawab (from hand),” Anay (I / Me) Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “WaLaa (And not) Alahayam (God) MaRachawaq (afar off)?

24 Am-YaSathar (Although - rhetorical hide) Ayash (man) BaMasatharayam (in secret places) WaAnay (and I / Me) Laa (NOT) ARaahaw (I see him)?” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (). “HaLawaa (NOT) Ath-HaShamayam (the entirety of the heaven) WaAth-HaAratz (and the entirety of the earth) Anay (I / Me) Malaa (fill/be full)?” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().

25 “Shamaithay (Hearken / hear) AthaAshar-Amaraw (the entirety of who/that said), HaNabayaayam (the prophets) HaNaNabaayam (who prophesy - plural) BaShamay (in my name), Shaqar (lies) LaAmar (saying), ‘Chalamathay (dream), Chalamathay (dream).’

26 Id-Mathay (As far as 𐤌𐤕𐤉) HaYash (Exist) BaLab (in heart) HaNabayaayam (the prophets) NaNabaay (prophesy) HaShaqar (the lies), WaNabayaay (and prophets) Tharamahath (deceit) Labam (their heart)?

27 HaChashabayam (Who think - plural) LaHaShakayach (to [causing] forget) Ath-Imay (the entirety of my people) Shamay (my name) BaChalawamatham (by their dreams) AsharaYaSaparaw (who/that tell) Ayash (man) LaRaiw (his neighbor), KaAsharaShakachaw (as who/that forgot) Abawatham (their fathers) Ath-Shamay (the entirety of my name) BaBail (In baal).

28 HaNabayaa (The prophet) Ashar-Athaw (who/that entirety him) Chalawam (dream), YaSapar (let tell) Chalawam (dream); WaAsharaDabaray (and who/that my word), Athaw (entirety him) YaDabar (speak) Dabaray (my word) Amath (faithfully). Mah (what / why / how) LaThaban (straw) Ath-HaBar (entirety the wheat)?” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().

29 “HaLawaa (NOT) Kah (like) Dabaray (my word) KaAsh (as fire)?” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (); “WaKaPatayash (and like hammer) YaPawatzatz (breaks) Salai (rock) YaPawatzatz (in pieces)?

30 “LaKan (For sure) Hananay (behold) Il-HaNabayaayam (over Therefore, behold, the prophets),” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “MaGanabay (steal) Dabaray (my words) Ayash (man) MaAthaRaiw (from entirety his neighbor).

31 Hananay (Behold) Il-HaNabayaam (over Behold the prophets),” Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “HaLaqachayam (who take / seize - plural) Lashawanam (use their tongues), WaYaNaamaw (and say), ‘Naam (declares prophetically).’

32 Hananay (Behold) Il-NaNabaay (over Behold against prophesy) Chalawamawath (dreams),” Shaqar (lying) Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “WaYaSaparawam (and tell them), WaYaThaihaw (and err) Ath-Imay (the entirety of my people) BaShaqarayam (by their lies), WaBaPachazawatham (and in their vain boasting): WaAnakay (and I) Laa (NOT) Shalachathayam (send them), WaLaa (And not) Tzawahayathayam (commanded them); WaHaYawaiyal (and [causing] neither profit) Laa (NOT) YaYawaiyalaw (at all) LaIm (people),” HaZah (this / that / these) Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().

33 “WaKay-YaShaalak (And surely ask you), HaIm (this people), HaZah (this / that / these) Aw-HaNabayaa (or the prophet), Aw-Kahan (or priest), LaAmar (saying), Mah (what / why / how) ‘Mashaa (burden) Yahawah ()?’ WaAmarath (and you tell), ‘“Alayam (to them) Ath-Mah (the entirety of what / why / how) Mashaa (burden)! WaNatashathay (and cast off),” Athakam (the entirety of you) Naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().’

34 WaHaNabayaa (And the prophet), WaHaKahan (and the priest), WaHaIm (and the people), AsharaYaAmar (who/that say), ‘Mashaa (burden) Yahawah (),’ WaPaqadathay (and punish) Il-HaAyash (over that man) HaHawaa (which/who/that is) WaIl-Bayathaw (and over his house).

35 Kah (𐤊𐤄) ThaAmaraw (you say) Ayash (man) Il-Raiw (over his neighbor), WaAyash (and man) Al-Achayaw (to everyone his brother), ‘Mah (what / why / how) YaInah (answered) Yahawah ()?’, ‘WaMah (and what / why / how) YaDabar (spoken) Yahawah ()?’

36 WaMashaa (And burden) Yahawah () Laa (NOT) ThaZakaraw (you mention him) Iwad (more): KayaHaMashaa (surely the burden) YaHayah (came to pass) LaAyash (for man's) Dabaraw (his word); WaHapakatham (and transform / overthrow) Ath-Dabaray (the entirety of perverted Dabaray) Alahayam (God), Chayayam (living - plural) Yahawah () Tzabaawath (armies) Alahayam (God).

37 Kah (𐤊𐤄) ThaAmar (you say) Al-HaNabayaa (to the prophet), ‘Mah (what / why / how) Inahak (answered you) Yahawah ()?’, ‘WaMah (and what / why / how) YaDabar (spoken) Yahawah ()?’

38 ‘WaAm-Mashaa (And only / if only burden) Yahawah ();’ ThaAmaraw (you say), LaKan (for sure) Kah (𐤊𐤄) YaAmar (thus says) Yahawah (): ‘YainaAmarakam (𐤉𐤏𐤍 you say) Ath-HaDabar (the entirety of this word), HaZah (this / that / these) “Mashaa (burden) Yahawah (),” WaAShalach (And I sent), Alayakam (to you) LaAmar (saying), Laa (NOT) ThaAmaraw (you say), “Mashaa (burden) Yahawah ();”

39 LaKan (For sure) Hananay (behold) WaNashahayathay (and forget), Athakam (the entirety of you) Nashaa (Therefore behold deceive) WaNatashathay (and cast off), Athakam (the entirety of you) WaAth-HaIyar (and the entirety of the city) AsharaNathanathay (who/that gave) Lakam (for you) WaLaAbawathayakam (and to you fathers), MaIlaPanayamay (from over my presence):

40 WaNathanathay (And bring) Ilayakam (went up you) Charapahath (Reproach / Shame / Disgrace), Iwalam (eternity) WaKalamawath (and shame), Iwalam (eternity) AsharaLaa (who/that NOT) ThaShakach (you forgotten).’”