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1 Stroll in the streets of Jerusalem, and see now and
know, and seek in its squares, whether you will find a
man, whether there is one who performs justice, who  
seeks faith, and I will forgive her.
‫א ֽׁש ֹוְט ֞ט ּו ְּב חּו֣צ ֹות ְי ֽר ּוָׁש ִַ֗ל ם ּוְר אּו־ָ֚נא‬
‫ּוְד עּ֙ו ּוַב ְק ׁ֣ש ּו ִב ְר ֽח ֹובֹוֶ֔ת יָה ִא ם־ִּת ְמ ְצ ֣א ּו‬
‫ִ֔א יׁש ִא ם־ֵ֛יׁש ֹעֶׂ֥ש ה ִמ ְׁש ָּ֖פ ט ְמ ַב ֵּ֣ק ׁש ֱא מּוָ֑נה‬
:‫ְו ֶא ְס ַ֖לח ָֽל ּה‬

2 And if they say, "As the Lord lives," they, ‫ב ְו ִ֥א ם ַח י־ְי ָ֖וֹהה ֹיאֵ֑מ רּו ָל ֵ֥כ ן ַל ֶּׁ֖ש ֶק ר‬
 
nevertheless, will swear falsely.
:‫ִי ָּׁש ֵֽב עּו‬

3 O Lord, are not Your eyes upon faith? You smote ‫ג ְי ָ֗וֹהה ֵע יֶנ יָ֘ך ֲה ֣ל ֹוא ֶֽל ֱא מּוָנ ֒ה ִה ִּ֚כ יָת ה‬
them but they felt no pain, You consumed them, [but]
‫ֹאָת ֙ם ְו ֹלא־ָ֔ח לּו ִּכ ִּל יָ֕ת ם ֵֽמ ֲא ֖נ ּו ַ֣ק ַח ת מּוָ֑ס ר‬
they refused to receive correction. They have made  

their faces harder than a rock, they have refused to :‫ִח ְּז ֚ק ּו ְפ ֵנ יֶה ֙ם ִמ ֶּ֔ס ַל ע ֵֽמ ֲא ֖נ ּו ָל ֽׁש ּוב‬
repent.

4 And I said, "But they are poor, they have become ‫ד ַֽו ֲא ִ֣ני ָא ַ֔מ ְר ִּת י ַא ְך־ַּד ִּ֖ל ים ֵ֑ה ם ֽנ ֹוֲא ֕ל ּו ִּ֣כ י‬
foolish, for they did not know the way of the Lord, the  
:‫ֹ֚ל א ָֽיְד עּ֙ו ֶּ֣ד ֶר ְך ְי ָ֔וֹהה ִמ ְׁש ַּ֖פ ט ֱא ֹֽל ֵה יֶֽה ם‬
judgment of their God.

5 I will go to the great ones and speak with them, for ‫ה ֵֽא ְל ָכ ה־ִּ֚לי ֶא ל־ַה ְּג ֹדִל י֙ם ַֽו ֲא ַד ְּב ָ֣ר ה אֹוָ֔ת ם‬
they know the way of the Lord, the judgment of their
  ‫יֶ֑ה ם‬ ‫ִּ֣כ י ֵ֗ה ָּמ ה ָֽיְד עּ֙ו ֶּ֣ד ֶר ְך ְי ָ֔וֹהה ִמ ְׁש ַּ֖פ ט ֱא ֹֽל ֵה‬
God: but they together broke the yoke, burst the
bands. :‫ַ֣א ְך ֵ֚ה ָּמ ה ַי ְח ָּד ֙ו ָׁ֣ש ְב רּו ֹ֔ע ל ִנ ְּת ֖ק ּו ֽמ ֹוֵס ֽר ֹות‬
 
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6 Therefore, a lion from the forest smote them, a wolf ‫ו ַע ל־ֵּכ ֩ן ִה ָּ֨כ ם ַא ְר ֵ֜י ה ִמ ַּ֗י ַע ר ְזֵ֚א ב ֲע ָר בֹו֙ת‬
of the deserts spoils them, a leopard hastens upon
‫ְי ָׁש ְד ֵ֔ד ם ָנֵ֚מ ר ֹׁשֵק ֙ד ַע ל־ָ֣ע ֵר יֶ֔ה ם ָּכ ל־ַה ּיֹוֵ֥צ א‬
their cities, anyone who comes out of them shall be
torn to pieces, for their transgressions are many, their ‫ֵמ ֵ֖ה ָּנ ה ִי ָּט ֵ֑ר ף ִּ֚כ י ַר ּבּ֙ו ִּפ ְׁש ֵע יֶ֔ה ם ָֽע ְצ ֖מ ּו‬
backslidings are increased. :‫ְמ ֻׁש ֽב ֹוֵת יֶֽה ם‬

7 Shall I forgive you for this? Your children have ‫ָ֔ל ְך‬ )‫(כתיב ֶא ְס ַל וח־‬ ‫ז ֵ֚א י ָל ֹזא֙ת ֶא ְס ַל ח־‬
forsaken Me, and they swore by no-gods. Here I sated
  ‫ָּב ַ֣נִי ְך ֲע ָז ֔ב ּוִנ י ַו ִּי ָּֽׁש ְב ֖ע ּו ְּב ֹ֣ל א ֱא ֹלִ֑ה ים ָֽו ַא ְׂש ִּ֚ב ַע‬
them and they committed adultery, and they banded
together in the house of a harlot. :‫אֹוָת ֙ם ַו ִּי ְנ ָ֔א פּו ּוֵ֥ב ית זֹוָ֖נה ִי ְת ּגֹוָֽד דּו‬

8 Like armed stallions, they would arise early; they ‫ַמ ְׁש ִּ֣כ ים‬ )‫(כתיב ְמ ֻו ָּז ִ֖נים‬ ‫ח סּוִ֥ס ים ְמ ֻי ָּז ִ֖נים‬
would neigh, each one over his friend's wife.  
:‫ָה ֑י ּו ִ֛א יׁש ֶא ל־ֵ֥א ֶׁש ת ֵר ֵ֖ע הּו ִי ְצ ָֽה לּו‬

9 Shall I not punish for these things? says the Lord, or ‫ט ַֽה ַע ל־ֵ֥א ֶּל ה ֽל ֹוא־ֶא ְפ ֹ֖ק ד ְנ ֻא ם־ְי ָ֑וֹהה ְו ִא ֙ם‬
for a nation such as this shall My soul not wreak  
:‫ְּב ֣ג ֹוי ֲא ֶׁש ר־ָּכ ֶ֔ז ה ֹ֥ל א ִת ְת ַנ ֵּ֖ק ם ַנ ְפ ִֽׁש י‬
vengeance?

10 Ascend upon its rows and destroy, but make no ‫י ֲע ֚ל ּו ְב ָֽׁש רֹוֶ֙ת יָ֙ה ְו ַׁש ֵ֔ח תּו ְו ָכ ָ֖לה ַֽא ל־ַּֽת ֲע ׂ֑ש ּו‬
complete end; remove its roots, for they are not the  
:‫ָה ִ֙ס ירּ֙ו ְנ ִ֣ט יׁשֹוֶ֔ת יָה ִּ֛כ י ֥ל ֹוא ַֽל יָ֖וֹהה ֵֽה ָּמ ה‬
Lord's.

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah ‫יא ִּכ ֩י ָב ֨ג ֹוד ָּֽב ְג ֜ד ּו ִּ֗ב י ֵּ֧ב ית ִי ְׂש ָר ֵ֛א ל ּוֵ֥ב ית‬
have dealt treacherously with Me, says the Lord.  
:‫ְי הּוָ֖ד ה ְנ ֻא ם־ְי ָֽוֹה ה‬

12 They denied the Lord and said, "It is not He, and no ‫יב ִּֽכ ֲח ׁשּ֙ו ַּֽב יָ֔וֹהה ַו ֹּֽי אְמ ֖ר ּו לֹוא־֑ה ּוא‬
evil will befall us, neither will we see sword or famine.
  ‫ְו ֹֽל א־ָת ֚ב ֹוא ָע ֵ֙ל ינּ֙ו ָר ָ֔ע ה ְו ֶ֥ח ֶר ב ְו ָר ָ֖ע ב ֥ל ֹוא‬
:‫ִנ ְר ֶֽא ה‬

13 And the prophets shall become wind, for there is no ‫יג ְו ַה ְּנ ִב יִא י֙ם ִֽיְה ֣י ּו ְל ֔ר ּוַח ְו ַה ִּד ֵּ֖ב ר ֵ֣א ין ָּב ֶ֑ה ם‬
speech in them." So shall be done to them.  
:‫ֹּ֥כ ה ֵֽיָע ֶׂ֖ש ה ָל ֶֽה ם‬

14 Therefore, so says the Lord God of Hosts, because   ‫יד ָל ֵ֗כ ן ֹּֽכ ה־ָא ַ֚מ ר ְי ָוֹה ֙ה ֱא ֹלֵ֣ה י ְצ ָב ֔א ֹות ַי ַע ן‬
you have spoken this word. Behold I put My words into
‫ַּד ֶּב ְר ֶ֔כ ם ֶא ת־ַה ָּד ָ֖ב ר ַה ֶּ֑זה ִה ְנ ִ֣ני ֹנֵת ֩ן ְּד ָב ַ֨ר י‬
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your mouth as fire, and this people [shall be wood] and :‫ְּב ִ֜פ יָך ְל ֵ֗א ׁש ְו ָה ָ֥ע ם ַה ֶּ֛זה ֵע ִ֖צ ים ַֽו ֲא ָכ ָֽל ַת ם‬
it shall consume them.

15 Behold I bring upon you a nation from afar, O
house of Israel, says the Lord; it is a mighty nation, it is
an ancient nation, a nation whose language you will  
not know, and you will not understand what he will
speak.
‫טו ִה ְנ ִ֣ני ֵמ ִב י֩א ֲע ֵל יֶ֨כ ם ּ֧ג ֹוי ִמ ֶּמ ְר ָ֛ח ק ֵּ֥ב ית‬
‫| ֵא יָ֣ת ן ֗ה ּוא ּ֚גֹוי‬ ‫ִי ְׂש ָר ֵ֖א ל ְנ ֻא ם־ְי ָ֑וֹהה ּ֣ג ֹוי‬
‫ֵֽמ עֹוָל ֙ם ֔ה ּוא ּגֹוי ֹֽל א־ֵת ַ֣ד ע ְל ֹׁש֔נ ֹו ְו ֹ֥ל א‬
:‫ִת ְׁש ַ֖מ ע ַמ ה־ְי ַד ֵּֽב ר‬

16 His quiver is like an open grave, all of them are :‫טז ַא ְׁש ָּפ ֖ת ֹו ְּכֶ֣ק ֶב ר ָּפ ֑ת ּוַח ֻּכ ָּ֖לם ִּג ּבֹוִֽר ים‬
 
mighty men.

17 And he will devour your harvest and your bread;
they will devour your sons and your daughters; he will
devour your flocks and your cattle; he will devour your  
vines and your fig trees; he will impoverish your
fortified cities upon which you rely, with the sword.
‫יז ְו ָא ַ֨כ ל ְק ִֽצ יְר ָ֜ך ְו ַל ְח ֶ֗מ ָך ֹֽי אְכ לּ֙ו ָּב ֶ֣ניָך‬
‫ּוְב נֹוֶ֔ת יָך ֹיאַ֚כ ל ֹֽצ אְנ ָ֙ך ּוְב ָק ֶ֔ר ָך ֹיאַ֥כ ל ַּג ְפ ְנ ָ֖ך‬
‫ּוְת ֵֽא ָנ ֶ֑ת ָך ְי ֹרֵׁ֞ש ׁש ָע ֵ֣ר י ִמ ְב ָצ ֶ֗ר יָך ֲא ֶׁ֥ש ר ַא ָּ֛ת ה‬
:‫ֹּבֵ֥ט ַח ָּב ֵ֖ה ָּנ ה ֶּב ָֽח ֶר ב‬

18 And also in those days, says the Lord, I will not ‫יח ְו ַ֛גם ַּב ָּי ִ֥מ ים ָה ֵ֖ה ָּמ ה ְנ ֻא ם־ְי ָ֑וֹהה‬
 
make an end to you.
:‫ֹֽל א־ֶא ֱע ֶׂ֥ש ה ִא ְּת ֶ֖כם ָּכ ָֽל ה‬

19 And it will be that you will say, "For what reason ‫יט ְו ָה ָי ֙ה ִּ֣כ י ֹתאְמ ֔ר ּו ַּ֣ת ַח ת ֶ֗מ ה ָע ָׂ֨ש ה ְי ָ֧וֹהה‬
has the Lord our God done all these to us?" you shall
‫ֱא ֹלֵ֛ה ינּו ָ֖ל נּו ֶא ת־ָּכ ל־ֵ֑א ֶּל ה ְו ָא ַמ ְר ָּ֣ת ֲא ֵל יֶ֗ה ם‬
say to them: As you have forsaken Me and worshipped
foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers   ‫ַּֽכ ֲא ֶׁ֨ש ר ֲע ַז ְב ֶּ֚ת ם אֹוִת ֙י ַו ַּֽת ַע ְב ֞ד ּו ֱא ֹלֵ֚ה י ֵנ ָכ ֙ר‬
in a land not yours. ‫ְּב ַא ְר ְצ ֶ֔כ ם ֵּכ ן ַּת ַע ְב ֣ד ּו ָז ִ֔ר ים ְּב ֶ֖א ֶר ץ ֹ֥ל א‬
:‫ָל ֶֽכ ם‬

20 Tell this in the house of Jacob and make it heard in ‫כ ַה ִּ֥גידּו ֹ֖ז את ְּב ֵ֣בית ַֽיֲע ֹ֑ק ב ְו ַה ְׁש ִמ י֥ע ּוָה‬
Judah, saying:  
:‫ִֽב יהּוָ֖ד ה ֵל אֹֽמ ר‬

21 Hearken to this, foolish people without  

‫כא ִׁש ְמ עּו־ָ֣נא ֹ֔ז את ַ֥ע ם ָס ָ֖כל ְו ֵ֣א ין ֵ֑לב‬
understanding; they have eyes yet they see not, they
‫ֵע יַ֚נִי ם ָל ֶה ֙ם ְו ֹ֣ל א ִי ְר ֔א ּו ָא ְז ַ֥נִי ם ָל ֶ֖ה ם ְו ֹ֥ל א‬
have ears yet they hear not.
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22 Will you not fear Me? says the Lord, or, do you not
quake from before Me, for I made sand a boundary for
the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it cannot  
pass, and [its waves] toss themselves, yet they cannot
prevail; and its waves roar, but they do not pass it.
23 And this people had a revolting and rebellious
heart; they turned away and they were gone.
24 And they did not say in their heart, "Let us now fear
the Lord our God, Who gives rain, the early rain and
the latter rain in its time, the weeks of the laws of  
harvest He keeps for us."
25 Your iniquities have brought these about, and your
sins have withheld the good from you.
26 For wicked men are found in My people; they lie in
wait as a trap bites; they station an ambush, they catch  
people.
27 As a cage is full, so are their houses full of deceit;
therefore, they have become great and they have  
become rich.
28 They have become fat, they have become thick;
also they transgress in deeds of wickedness; they did
 
not plead the cause of an orphan that they prosper,
and the judgment of the poor they did not judge.
29 Shall I not punish for these? says the Lord, or for
such a nation shall My soul not take vengeance?
30 An appalling and horrible thing has come about in  
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‫כב ַֽה אֹוִ֨ת י ֹֽל א־ִת יָ֜ר אּו ְנ ֻא ם־ְי ָ֗וֹהה ִ֚א ם‬
‫ִמ ָּפ ַנ ֙י ֹ֣ל א ָת ִ֔ח ילּו ֲא ֶׁש ר־ַׂ֚ש ְמ ִּת י חֹו֙ל ְּג ֣ב ּול‬
‫ַל ָּ֔י ם ָח ק־עֹוָ֖לם ְו ֹ֣ל א ַֽיַע ְב ֶ֑ר ְנ הּו ַו ִּֽיְת ָּֽגֲע ׁשּ֙ו‬
:‫ְו ֹ֣ל א יּוָ֔כ לּו ְו ָה ֥מ ּו ַג ָּ֖ל יו ְו ֹ֥ל א ַֽיַע ְב ֻֽר ְנ הּו‬
‫כג ְו ָל ָ֚ע ם ַה ֶּז ֙ה ָה ָ֔י ה ֵ֖לב סֹוֵ֣ר ר ּומֹוֶ֑ר ה ָ֖ס רּו‬
:‫ַו ֵּי ֵֽלכּו‬
‫כד ְו לֹוא־ָֽא ְמ ֣ר ּו ִב ְל ָב ָ֗ב ם ִ֚ניָר א ָנ ֙א‬
‫(כתיב‬ ‫ֶא ת־ְי ָ֣וֹהה ֱא ֹלֵ֔ה ינּו ַה ֹּנֵ֥ת ן ֶּ֛גֶׁש ם יֹוֶ֥ר ה‬
‫ּוַמ ְל ֖ק ֹוׁש ְּב ִע ּ֑ת ֹו ְׁש ֻב ֹ֛ע ת ֻח ּ֥ק ֹות ָק ִ֖צ יר‬ )‫וֹיֶ֥ר ה‬
:‫ִי ְׁש ָמ ר־ָֽל נּו‬
‫כה ֲע ֹ‍וֽנ ֹוֵת יֶ֖כם ִה ּטּו־ֵ֑א ֶּל ה ְו ַח ֹּ֣ט אוֵת יֶ֔כ ם‬
:‫ָֽמ ְנ ֥ע ּו ַה ּ֖ט ֹוב ִמ ֶּֽכ ם‬
‫כו ִּֽכ י־ִנ ְמ ְצ ֥א ּו ְב ַע ִּ֖מ י ְר ָׁש ִ֑ע ים ָי ׁשּו֙ר ְּכ ַׁ֣ש ְך‬
:‫ְי קּוִׁ֔ש ים ִה ִּ֥צ יבּו ַמ ְׁש ִ֖ח ית ֲא ָנ ִׁ֥ש ים ִי ְל ֹּֽכ דּו‬
‫כז ִּכ ְכ לּו֙ב ָ֣מ ֵל א ֔ע ֹוף ֵּ֥כ ן ָּב ֵּת יֶ֖ה ם ְמ ֵל ִ֣א ים‬
:‫ִמ ְר ָ֑מ ה ַע ל־ֵּ֥כ ן ָּֽגְד ֖ל ּו ַֽוַּֽיֲע ִֽׁש ירּו‬
‫כח ָֽׁש ְמ ֣נ ּו ָֽע ְׁש ֗ת ּו ַּג ם ָֽע ְב ֣ר ּו ִד ְב ֵר י־ָ֔ר ע ִּ֣ד ין‬
‫ֹֽל א־ָ֔ד נּו ִּ֥ד ין ָי ֖ת ֹום ְו ַי ְצ ִ֑ל יחּו ּוִמ ְׁש ַּ֥פ ט‬
:‫ֶא ְב יֹוִ֖נים ֹ֥ל א ָׁש ָֽפ טּו‬
‫כט ַֽה ַע ל־ֵ֥א ֶּל ה ֹֽל א־ֶא ְפ ֹ֖ק ד ְנ ֻא ם־ְי ָ֑וֹהה ִא ם‬
:‫ְּב ֣ג ֹוי ֲא ֶׁש ר־ָּכ ֶ֔ז ה ֹ֥ל א ִת ְת ַנ ֵּ֖ק ם ַנ ְפ ִֽׁש י‬
:‫ל ַׁש ָּמ ֙ה ְו ַׁ֣ש ֲע רּוָ֔ר ה ִֽנ ְה ְי ָ֖ת ה ָּב ָֽא ֶר ץ‬
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the land.

31 The prophets have prophesied falsely, and the ‫לא ַה ְּנ ִב ִ֞א ים ִנ ְּב ֣א ּו־ַב ֶּׁ֗ש ֶק ר ְו ַה ֹּֽכ ֲה ִנ י֙ם ִי ְר ּ֣ד ּו‬
priests govern after them, and My people love to have
  ‫ַע ל־ְי ֵד יֶ֔ה ם ְו ַע ִּ֖מ י ָֽ֣א ֲה בּו ֵ֑כן ּוַֽמ ה־ַּֽת ֲע ׂ֖ש ּו‬
it so. Now what shall you do in the end thereof?
:‫ְל ַֽא ֲח ִר יָֽת ּה‬
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