1 The dabar (word / matter) that Yahawah () dabar (word / matter) concerning Babal (Babylon), concerning the aratz (Earth/land) of the Kashaday (Chaldeans), by Yaramayah (Jeremiah) the nabayaa (prophet/prophecy).
2 “Nagad (declare) among the gawayam (heathen) and shamai (hearken / hear), and nashaa (lift) up a nas (standard); shamai (hearken / hear), and don't kachad (conceal): amar (said), ‘Babal (Babylon) is lakad (taken), Bal (Bel) is disappointed, Maradak (Merodach) is chathath (dismayed); her itzab (images) are disappointed, her galawal (idols) are chathath (dismayed).’
3 For out of the tzapawan (north) there ilah (go up / offer) up a gaway (heathen / nation) against her, which shall shayath (put / appoint / make) her aratz (Earth/land) shamah (desolate), and none shall yashab (inhabit/dwell) therein: they are nawad (fled), they are halak (move), both adam (man) and animal.
4 “In those yamayam (days), and in that ith (time),” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “the banay (children) of Yashar-Al (Israel) shall bawaa (come), they and the banay (children) of Yahawadah (Judah) yachad (together); they shall halak (move) on their yalak (way) bakah (weeping), and shall baqash (seek) Yahawah () their Alahayam ().
5 They shall inquire concerning Tzayawan (Zion) with their panayam (face) turned toward it, saying, ‘bawaa (come), and lawah (join) yourselves to Yahawah () in an iwalam (forever) barayath (covenant) that shall not be shakach (forgotten).’
6 My im (nation / people) abad (destroy / perish) been lost tzaan (sheep): their raih (shepherds) have thaih (caused) them to go astray; they have shawabab (turned) them away on the harayam (mountains); they have halak (move) from har (mountain) to gabaih (hill); they have shakach (forgotten) their rabatz (resting) place.
7 All who matzaa (found) them have akal (eat) them; and their tzar (oppressor / distressor) amar (spoke), ‘We are not asham (guilty), because they have chataa (sinned) against Yahawah (), the nawah (habitation) of tzadaq (righteous / just / fair), even Yahawah (), the maqawah (gathering / collection) of their ab (father).’
8 “Nawad (flee) out of the thawak (midst) of Babal (Babylon), and yatzaa (go out / come out) forth out of the aratz (Earth/land) of the Kashaday (Chaldeans), and be as the male ithawadayam (goats) panayam (face) the tzaan (flocks).
9 For, behold, I will ilah (go up / offer) up and ilah (go up / offer) to come up against Babal (Babylon) a qahal (company) of gadawal (very great/important/mighty) gawayam (heathen) from the tzapawan (north) aratz (Earth/land); and they shall irak (set) themselves in array against her; from there she shall be lakad (taken): their chatz (arrows) shall be as of an expert gabawar (mighty) shakal (man); none shall shawab (turn) in rayaqam (vain).
10 Kashaday (Chaldea) shall be a shalal (prey): all who shalal (prey) on her shall be shabai (satisfied),” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().
11 “Because you are shamach (glad), because you shamach (rejoice), O you who plunder my nachalah (heritage), because you are wanton as a igalah (heifer) that treads out the grain, and tzahal (neigh) as abayar (strong) horses;
12 Your am (mother) shall be maad (utterly) disappointed; she who yalad (birth / begot) you shall be chapar (confounded): behold, she shall be the least of the gawayam (heathen), a madabar (wilderness), a dry tzayah (land), and a irabah (desert).
13 Because of the qatzap (wrath) of Yahawah () she shall not be yashab (inhabit/dwell), but she shall be wholly shamamah (desolate): everyone who ibar (pass over/through) by Babal (Babylon) shall be shamam (astonished), and sharaq (hiss) at all her makah (plagues).
14 Irak (set) yourselves in array against Babal (Babylon) all around, all you who darak (bend) the qashath (bow); yadah (shoot) at her, chamal (spare) no chatz (arrows): for she has chataa (sinned) against Yahawah ().
15 Rawai (shout) against her all around: she nathan (give) submitted herself; her bulwarks are napal (fall / be cast down), her chawamah (walls) are haras (thrown) down; for it is the naqamah (vengeance) of Yahawah (): naqam (take) vengeance on her; as she ishah (make) done, ishah (make) to her.
16 Karath (cut) off the zarai (sower) from Babal (Babylon), and him who thapash (handles) the magal (sickle) in the ith (time) of qatzayar (harvest): for panayam (face) of the yanah (oppressing) charab (sword) they shall panah (turn) everyone to his im (nation / people), and they shall nawas (flee) everyone to his own aratz (Earth/land).
17 “Yashar-Al (Israel) is a hunted shah (sheep); the arayawath (lions) have nadach (driven) him away: raashawan (first), the malak (king) of Ashawar (Assyria) akal (eat) him; and now at acharawan (last) Nabawakadanaatzar (Nebuchadnezzar) malak (king) of Babal (Babylon) has itzam (broken) his bones.”
18 Therefore thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies), the Alahayam () of Yashar-Al (Israel): “Behold, I will paqad (visit) the malak (king) of Babal (Babylon) and his aratz (Earth/land), as I paqad (visit) punished the malak (king) of Ashawar (Assyria).
19 I will shawab (turn) Yashar-Al (Israel) again to his pasture, and he shall raih (feed) on Karamal (Carmel) and Bashan (Bashan), and his napash (soul) shall be shabai (satisfied) on the har (mountain) of Aparayam (Ephraim) and in Galaid (Gilead).
20 In those yamayam (days), and in that ith (time),” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “the iwan (guilt/iniquity) of Yashar-Al (Israel) shall be baqash (sought) for, and there shall be none; and the chataath (sins) of Yahawadah (Judah), and they shall not be matzaa (found): for I will salach (forgive/pardon/make clean) them whom I leave as a shaar (remnant).
21 “Ilah (go up / offer) up against the aratz (Earth/land) of Marathayam (Merathaim), even against it, and against the yawashabay (inhabitants) of Paqawad (Pekod): kill and utterly charam (destroy) achar (other) them,” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “and ishah (make) according to all that I have tzawah (commanded) you.
22 A qawal (sound / voice) of malachamah (battle) is in the aratz (Earth/land), and of gadawal (very great/important/mighty) shabar (destruction).
23 How is the patayash (hammer) of the whole aratz (Earth/land) gadai (cut) apart and shabar (broken)! How is Babal (Babylon) become a shamah (desolation) among the gawayam (heathen)!
24 I have laid a yaqash (snare) for you, and you are also lakad (taken), Babal (Babylon), and you weren't yadai (aware): you are matzaa (found), and also thapash (caught), because you have garah (striven) against Yahawah ().
25 Yahawah () pathach (has) opened his awatzar (armory), and yatzaa (go out / come out) brought forth the kalay (weapons) of his zaim (indignation); for the Adanay (), Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies), has a malaakah (work) to do in the aratz (Earth/land) of the Kashaday (Chaldeans).
26 Bawaa (bring) against her from the utmost qatz (border); pathach (open) her maabawas (storehouses); salal (cast) her up as iramayam (heaps), and charam (destroy) her utterly; let nothing of her be shaarayath (left).
27 Kill all her par (bulls); yarad (let) them go down to the tabach (slaughter): haway (Alas/Woe!) To them! For their yawam (day) bawaa (bring) come, the ith (time) of their paqadah (visitation).
28 The qawal (sound / voice) of those who nawas (flee) and palayat (escape) out of the aratz (Earth/land) of Babal (Babylon), to nagad (declare) in Tzayawan (Zion) the naqamah (vengeance) of Yahawah () our Alahayam (), the naqamah (vengeance) of his hayakal (temple).
29 “Shamai (hearken / hear) together the rabayam (archers) against Babal (Babylon), all those who darak (bend) the qashath (bow); chanah (encamp) against her all around; let none of it palayatah (escape): shalam (recompense) her according to her pail (work); according to all that she ishah (make) done, ishah (make) to her; for she has been zawad (proud) against Yahawah (), against the qadawash (holy) One of Yashar-Al (Israel).
30 Therefore her bachawar (young) men will napal (fall / be cast down) in her rachab (streets), and all her anashay (men) of malachamah (war) will be brought to damam (silence) in that yawam (day),” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().
31 “Behold, I am against you, you zadawan (proud) one,” naam (declares prophetically) the Adanay (), Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies); “for your yawam (day) bawaa (come) come, the ith (time) that I will paqad (visit) you.
32 The zadawan (proud) one shall kashal (stumble / stagger) and napal (fall / be cast down), and none shall qawam (rise up) him up; and I will yatzath (kindle) a ash (fire) in his iyar (cities), and it shall akal (eat) all who are around him.”
33 Thus amar (spoke) Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies): “The banay (children) of Yashar-Al (Israel) and the banay (children) of Yahawadah (Judah) are ishaq (oppressed) yachad (together); and all who shabah (took) them captive chazaq (hold) them fast; they maan (refuse) to shalach (send) them go.
34 Their gaal (redeemer) is chazaq (strong); Yahawah () of tzabaawath (armies) is his sham (name): he will rayab (thoroughly) rayab (plead) their rayab (cause), that he may give ragai (rest) to the aratz (Earth/land), and ragaz (disquiet) the yashabay (inhabitants) of Babal (Babylon).
35 “A charab (sword) is on the Kashaday (Chaldeans),” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “and on the yashabay (inhabitants) of Babal (Babylon), and on her shar (prince / ruler), and on her chakam (wise) men.
36 A charab (sword) is on the boasters, and they shall yaal (become) fools; a charab (sword) is on her gabawar (mighty) men, and they shall be chathath (dismayed).
37 A charab (sword) is on their sawas (horses), and on their rakab (chariots), and on all the mixed irab (evening) who are in the thawak (midst) of her; and they shall become as nashayam (women): a charab (sword) is on her awatzar (treasures), and they shall be bazaz (robbed).
38 A charab (drought) is on her mayam (Waters), and they shall be yabash (dry land) up; for it is a aratz (Earth/land) of engraved pasalayam (images), and they are halal (praise) over ayamayam (idols).
39 Therefore the tzayay (wild) animals of the desert with the wolves shall yashab (inhabit/dwell) there, and the ostriches shall yashab (inhabit/dwell) therein: and it shall be no more yashab (inhabit/dwell) natzach (forever); neither shall it be lived in from dawar (generation / age / period) to dawar (generation / age / period).
40 As when Alahayam () mahapakah (overthrew) Sadam (Sodom) and Imarah (Gomorrah) and the neighbor cities,” of it, naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “so shall no ayash (man / husband) yashab (inhabit/dwell) there, neither shall any ban (son) of adam (man) live therein.
41 “Behold, a im (nation / people) bawaa (bring) from the tzapawan (north); and a gadawal (very great/important/mighty) gaway (heathen / nation) and many malakayam (kings) shall be iwar (rouse / awaken) up from the uttermost yarakathay (parts) of the aratz (Earth/land).
42 They lay chazaq (hold) on qashath (bow) and kayadawan (spear); they are akazaray (cruel), and have no racham (show mercy / love); their qawal (sound / voice) hamah (great uproar) like the yam (sea/waters); and they rakab (ride) on sawasayam (horses), everyone irak (set) in array, as a ayash (man / husband) to the malachamah (battle), against you, banath (daughter) of Babal (Babylon).
43 The malak (king) of Babal (Babylon) has shamai (hearken / hear) the news of them, and his yad (hand) wax rapah (feeble): tzarah (anguish) has chazaq (taken) hold of him, chayal (pains) as of a yalad (birth / begot) in labor.
44 Behold, the enemy shall ilah (go up / offer) up like a aray (lion) from the gaawan (pride) of the Yaradan (Jordan) against the ayathan (strong) nawah (habitation): for I will ragai (suddenly) make them rawatz (run) away from it; and whoever is bachawar (chosen), him will I paqad (visit) over it: for who is like me? And who will yaid (appoint) me a time? And who is the raih (shepherd) who can imad (stand) panayam (face) me?”
45 Therefore shamai (hearken / hear) the itzah (counsel) of Yahawah (), that he has yaitz (taken) against Babal (Babylon); and his machashabah (purposes), that he has chashab (purposed) against the aratz (Earth/land) of the Kashaday (Chaldeans): Surely they shall drag them away, even the tzaiyar (little) ones of the tzaan (flock); surely he shall make their nawah (habitation) shamam (desolate) over them.
46 At the qawal (sound / voice) of the thapash (taking) of Babal (Babylon) the aratz (Earth/land) raish (trembles), and the zaiq (cry) is shamai (hearken / hear) among the gawayam (heathen).