1And the D’var יהוה came to me, saying, 2“Go, and cry in the ears of Yerushalayim, saying thus says יהוה , ‘I remember for you the affection of your youth, the love of your espousals; how you went after Me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3Yisra’el is the hallowed portion of יהוה , His first-fruits of the increase; all that devour him shall be held guilty, evil shall come upon them’, says יהוה .” end Matot
Masei 4“Hear the D’var יהוה , O Beit Ya’akov, and all the families of Beit Yisra’el. 5Thus says יהוה , ‘What unrighteousness have your fathers found in Me, that they are gone far from Me, and have walked after things of nought, and are become nought? 6Neither did they say, ‘Where is יהוה that brought us up out of the land of Mitzrayim; that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of Tzal-Mavet, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?’ 7And I brought you into a land of fruitful fields, to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof; but when you entered, you defiled My land, and made My heritage an abomination. 8The priests did not say, ‘Where is יהוה ?’ And they that handle the Torah knew Me not, and the rulers transgressed against Me; the prophets also prophesied by Ba’al, and walked after things that do not profit. 9Therefore I will yet plead with you’, says יהוה , ‘and with your children’s children will I plead. 10For, pass over to the isles of the Kiti’im, and see, and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing. 11Has a nation changed its gods, which yet are not gods? But My people has changed its glory for that which does not profit. 12Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be exceedingly amazed’, says יהוה . ‘For13 My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of Mayim Khayim, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 14Is Yisra’el a servant? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a prey? 15The young lions have roared upon him, and let their voice resound; and they have made his land desolate, his cities are laid waste, without inhabitant. 16The children also of Nof and Takhpankhes feed upon the crown of your head. 17Is it not this that does cause it unto you, that you have forsaken יהוה your Elohim, when He led you by the way? 18And now what have you to do in the way to Mitzrayim, to drink the waters of Shikhor? Or what have you to do in the way to Ashur, to drink the waters of the River? 19Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know, therefore, and see that it is an evil and a bitter thing, that you have forsaken יהוה your Elohim, neither is My fear in you’, says Adonai יהוה Tzeva’ot. 20‘For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands, and you said, ‘I will not transgress’; upon every high hill and under every evergreen tree you did recline, playing the harlot. 21Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto Me? 22For though you wash yourself with nitre, and take much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before Me’, says Adonai יהוה . ‘How23 can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Ba’alim’? See your way in the valley, know what you have done; you are a swift young camel traversing her ways; 24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind in her desire; her lust, who can hinder it? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her khodesh they shall find her. 25Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst; but you said, ‘There is no hope; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.’ 26As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is Beit Yisra’el ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets; 27who say to a stock, ‘You are my father’, and to a stone, ‘You have brought us forth’, for they have turned their back unto Me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, ‘Arise, and save us’. 28But where are your gods that you have made you? Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble; for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Yehudah. 29Why will you contend with Me? You all have transgressed against Me’, says יהוה . ‘In30 vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction; your sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31O generation, see the D’var יהוה . Have I been a wilderness unto Yisra’el? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We roam at large; we will come no more unto You’? 32Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number. 33How do you trim your way to seek love! Therefore, even the wicked women have you taught your ways; 34also, in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor; you did not find them breaking in; yet for all these things 35you said, ‘I am innocent; surely His anger is turned away from me’; behold, I will enter into judgment with you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned’. 36How greatly do you cheapen yourself to change your way? You shall be ashamed of Mitzrayim also, as you were ashamed of Ashur. 37From him also shall you go forth, with your hands upon your head; for יהוה has rejected them in whom you did trust, and you shall not prosper in them’.”
אוַיְהִי דְבַר יהוה אֵלַי לֵאמֹר, בהָלֹךְ וְקָרָאתָ בְאָזְנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר יהוה זָכַרְתִּי לָךְ חֶסֶד נְעוּרַיִךְ אַהֲבַת כְּלוּלֹתָיִךְ לֶכְתֵּךְ אַחֲרַי בַּמִּדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא זְרוּעָה. גקֹדֶשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל לַיהוה רֵאשִׁית תְּבוּאָתֹה; כָּל אֹכְלָיו יֶאְשָׁמוּ רָעָה תָּבֹא אֲלֵיהֶם נְאֻם יהוה .
דשִׁמְעוּ דְבַר יהוה בֵּית יַעֲקֹב וְכָל מִשְׁפְּחוֹת בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל. הכֹּה אָמַר יהוה מַה מָּצְאוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בִּי עָוֶל כִּי רָחֲקוּ מֵעָלָי; וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי הַהֶבֶל וַיֶּהְבָּלוּ. ווְלֹא אָמְרוּ אַיֵּה יהוה הַמַּעֲלֶה אֹתָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם; הַמּוֹלִיךְ אֹתָנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ עֲרָבָה וְשׁוּחָה בְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְצַלְמָוֶת בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא עָבַר בָּהּ אִישׁ וְלֹא יָשַׁב אָדָם שָׁם. זוָאָבִיא אֶתְכֶם אֶל אֶרֶץ הַכַּרְמֶל לֶאֱכֹל פִּרְיָהּ וְטוּבָהּ; וַתָּבֹאוּ וַתְּטַמְּאוּ אֶת אַרְצִי וְנַחֲלָתִי שַׂמְתֶּם לְתוֹעֵבָה. חהַכֹּהֲנִים לֹא אָמְרוּ אַיֵּה יהוה וְתֹפְשֵׂי הַתּוֹרָה לֹא יְדָעוּנִי וְהָרֹעִים פָּשְׁעוּ בִי ; וְהַנְּבִאִים נִבְּאוּ בַבַּעַל וְאַחֲרֵי לֹא יוֹעִלוּ הָלָכוּ. טלָכֵן עֹד אָרִיב אִתְּכֶם נְאֻם יהוה ; וְאֶת בְּנֵי בְנֵיכֶם אָרִיב. יכִּי עִבְרוּ אִיֵּי כִתִּיִּים וּרְאוּ וְקֵדָר שִׁלְחוּ וְהִתְבּוֹנְנוּ מְאֹד; וּרְאוּ הֵן הָיְתָה כָּזֹאת. יאהַהֵימִיר גּוֹי אֱלֹהִים וְהֵמָּה לֹא אֱלֹהִים; וְעַמִּי הֵמִיר כְּבוֹדוֹ בְּלוֹא יוֹעִיל. יבשֹׁמּוּ שָׁמַיִם עַל זֹאת; וְשַׂעֲרוּ חָרְבוּ מְאֹד נְאֻם יהוה . יגכִּי שְׁתַּיִם רָעוֹת עָשָׂה עַמִּי: אֹתִי עָזְבוּ מְקוֹר מַיִם חַיִּים לַחְצֹב לָהֶם בֹּארוֹת בֹּארֹת נִשְׁבָּרִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָכִלוּ הַמָּיִם. ידהַעֶבֶד יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם יְלִיד בַּיִת הוּא: מַדּוּעַ הָיָה לָבַז. טועָלָיו יִשְׁאֲגוּ כְפִרִים נָתְנוּ קוֹלָם; וַיָּשִׁיתוּ אַרְצוֹ לְשַׁמָּה עָרָיו נצתה (נִצְּתוּ) מִבְּלִי יֹשֵׁב. טזגַּם בְּנֵי נֹף ותחפנס (וְתַחְפַּנְחֵס) יִרְעוּךְ קָדְקֹד. יזהֲלוֹא זֹאת תַּעֲשֶׂה לָּךְ: עָזְבֵךְ אֶת יהוה אֱלֹהַיִךְ בְּעֵת מוֹלִכֵךְ בַּדָּרֶךְ. יחוְעַתָּה מַה לָּךְ לְדֶרֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לִשְׁתּוֹת מֵי שִׁחוֹר; וּמַה לָּךְ לְדֶרֶךְ אַשּׁוּר לִשְׁתּוֹת מֵי נָהָר. יטתְּיַסְּרֵךְ רָעָתֵךְ וּמְשֻׁבוֹתַיִךְ תּוֹכִחֻךְ וּדְעִי וּרְאִי כִּי רַע וָמָר עָזְבֵךְ אֶת יהוה אֱלֹהָיִךְ; וְלֹא פַחְדָּתִי אֵלַיִךְ נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יהוה צְבָאוֹת. ככִּי מֵעוֹלָם שָׁבַרְתִּי עֻלֵּךְ נִתַּקְתִּי מוֹסְרוֹתַיִךְ וַתֹּאמְרִי לֹא אעבוד (אֶעֱבוֹר): כִּי עַל כָּל גִּבְעָה גְּבֹהָה וְתַחַת כָּל עֵץ רַעֲנָן אַתְּ צֹעָה זֹנָה. כאוְאָנֹכִי נְטַעְתִּיךְ שׂוֹרֵק כֻּלֹּה זֶרַע אֱמֶת; וְאֵיךְ נֶהְפַּכְתְּ לִי סוּרֵי הַגֶּפֶן נָכְרִיָּה. כבכִּי אִם תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר וְתַרְבִּי לָךְ בֹּרִית נִכְתָּם עֲוֹנֵךְ לְפָנַי נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יהוה . כגאֵיךְ תֹּאמְרִי לֹא נִטְמֵאתִי אַחֲרֵי הַבְּעָלִים לֹא הָלַכְתִּי רְאִי דַרְכֵּךְ בַּגַּיְא דְּעִי מֶה עָשִׂית: בִּכְרָה קַלָּה מְשָׂרֶכֶת דְּרָכֶיהָ. כדפֶּרֶה לִמֻּד מִדְבָּר בְּאַוַּת נפשו (נַפְשָׁהּ) שָׁאֲפָה רוּחַ תַּאֲנָתָהּ מִי יְשִׁיבֶנָּה; כָּל מְבַקְשֶׁיהָ לֹא יִיעָפוּ בְּחָדְשָׁהּ יִמְצָאוּנְהָ. כהמִנְעִי רַגְלֵךְ מִיָּחֵף וגורנך (וּגְרוֹנֵךְ) מִצִּמְאָה; וַתֹּאמְרִי נוֹאָשׁ לוֹא כִּי אָהַבְתִּי זָרִים וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם אֵלֵךְ. כוכְּבֹשֶׁת גַּנָּב כִּי יִמָּצֵא כֵּן הֹבִישׁוּ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל; הֵמָּה מַלְכֵיהֶם שָׂרֵיהֶם וְכֹהֲנֵיהֶם וּנְבִיאֵיהֶם. כזאֹמְרִים לָעֵץ אָבִי אַתָּה וְלָאֶבֶן אַתְּ ילדתני (יְלִדְתָּנוּ) כִּי פָנוּ אֵלַי עֹרֶף וְלֹא פָנִים; וּבְעֵת רָעָתָם יֹאמְרוּ קוּמָה וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ. כחוְאַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ לָּךְ יָקוּמוּ אִם יוֹשִׁיעוּךָ בְּעֵת רָעָתֶךָ: כִּי מִסְפַּר עָרֶיךָ הָיוּ אֱלֹהֶיךָ יְהוּדָה. כטלָמָּה תָרִיבוּ אֵלָי; כֻּלְּכֶם פְּשַׁעְתֶּם בִּי נְאֻם יהוה . ללַשָּׁוְא הִכֵּיתִי אֶת בְּנֵיכֶם מוּסָר לֹא לָקָחוּ; אָכְלָה חַרְבְּכֶם נְבִיאֵיכֶם כְּאַרְיֵה מַשְׁחִית. לאהַדּוֹר אַתֶּם רְאוּ דְבַר יהוה הֲמִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אִם אֶרֶץ מַאְפֵּלְיָה; מַדּוּעַ אָמְרוּ עַמִּי רַדְנוּ לוֹא נָבוֹא עוֹד אֵלֶיךָ. לבהֲתִשְׁכַּח בְּתוּלָה עֶדְיָהּ כַּלָּה קִשֻּׁרֶיהָ; וְעַמִּי שְׁכֵחוּנִי יָמִים אֵין מִסְפָּר. לגמַה תֵּיטִבִי דַּרְכֵּךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ אַהֲבָה; לָכֵן גַּם אֶת הָרָעוֹת למדתי (לִמַּדְתְּ) אֶת דְּרָכָיִךְ. לדגַּם בִּכְנָפַיִךְ נִמְצְאוּ דַּם נַפְשׁוֹת אֶבְיוֹנִים נְקִיִּים; לֹא בַמַּחְתֶּרֶת מְצָאתִים כִּי עַל כָּל אֵלֶּה. להוַתֹּאמְרִי כִּי נִקֵּיתִי אַךְ שָׁב אַפּוֹ מִמֶּנִּי; הִנְנִי נִשְׁפָּט אוֹתָךְ עַל אָמְרֵךְ לֹא חָטָאתִי. לומַה תֵּזְלִי מְאֹד לְשַׁנּוֹת אֶת דַּרְכֵּךְ; גַּם מִמִּצְרַיִם תֵּבֹשִׁי כַּאֲשֶׁר בֹּשְׁתְּ מֵאַשּׁוּר. לזגַּם מֵאֵת זֶה תֵּצְאִי וְיָדַיִךְ עַל רֹאשֵׁךְ: כִּי מָאַס יהוה בְּמִבְטַחַיִךְ וְלֹא תַצְלִיחִי לָהֶם.
D'var יהוה , The Word of יהוה 