Yaram'Yahu (Jeremiah) — 8

1 “In that day,” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, “the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Yahudah, and the graves of the Kuhanym, Nabym, and common people of Yahushalam. 

2 They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars, the idols they have loved, served, and worshiped, Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried, but will be scattered on the ground like manure. 

3 And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them, I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Tsaba'ut, have spoken!

Deception by False Prophets

4 Yaramyahu, say to the people, ‘This is what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH Dabar: ‘When people fall down, do they not get up again? When they discover they are on the wrong road, do they not turn back?

5 Then why do these people stay on their self destructive path? Why do the people of Yahushalam refuse to turn back? They cling tightly to their lies and will not turn around.

6 I listen to their conversations and do not hear a word of truth, Is anyone sorry for doing wrong? Does anyone say, “What a terrible thing I have done”? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse galloping into battle!

7 Even the stork that flies across the sky knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane, They all return at the proper time each year, But not my people! They do not know 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s laws.

8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the Dabar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH,” when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies?

9 These wise teachers will fall into the trap of their own foolishness, for they have rejected the Dabar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, Are they really so wise as they think?

10 I will give their wives to others and their farms to strangers, From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed, Yes, even my Nabyms and Kuhanym are like that. They are all frauds.

11 They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound, they give assurances of Shalum when there is no Shalum.

12 Are they ashamed of these disgusting actions? Not at all, they do not even know how to behave themselves! Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered, They will be brought down when I punish them, says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

13 I will surely consume them, There will be no more harvests of figs and grapes, their fruit trees will all die, Whatever I gave them will soon be gone, I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, have spoken!’

14 “Then the people will say, ‘Why should we wait here to die? Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there, For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH our 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH has decreed our destruction and has given us a cup of poison to drink because we sinned against Him.

15 We hoped for Shalum, but no Shalum came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’

16 “The snorting of the enemies’ warhorses can be heard all the way from the land of Dan in the north! The neighing of their stallions makes the whole land tremble, They are coming to devour the land and everything in it, cities and people alike.

17 I will send these enemy troops among you like poisonous snakes you cannot charm, they will bite you, and you will die, I 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH have spoken!”

Yaramyahu Weeps for Sinful Yahudah

18 My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken.

19 Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. “Has 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH abandoned Yahushalam?” the people ask, “Is her King no longer there? “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols and their worthless foreign idols?” says 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH.

20 “The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone,” the people cry, “yet we are not saved!”

21 I am hurt with the hurt of my people, I mourn and am overcome with grief.

22 Is there no medicine in Gilaad? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people