8 Jeremiah 21-36: A Translation
- For David: A Righteous Shoot (23:5-6)
23 5 Look, days are coming-oracle of Yahweh-
when I will raise up for David a righteous Shoot
And he shall reign as king and shall succeed
and do justice and righteousness in the land
(^6) In his days Judah will be saved
and Israel will dwell in security
And this is his name by which one will call him:
'Yahweh is our righteousness.'
- New Exodus, New Oath (23:7-8)
23 7 Look, hereafter, days are coming-oracle of Yahweh-when they will
no longer say, 'As Yahweh lives who brought up the children of Israel from
the land of Egypt,'^8 but, 'As Yahweh lives who brought up and who brought
in the offspring of the house of Israel from a land to the north and from all
the lands where I scattered them.' And they shall dwell on their own soil.
B. Speaking of Prophets (23:9-40)
- Of Adulterers the Land is Full! (23:9-12)
23 9 To the prophets:
My heart is broken within me
all my bones waver
I have become like a drunken man
and like a mighty man whom wine has overcome
before Yahweh
and before his holy words.
(^10) Indeed of adulterers
the land is full!
Indeed before the curse the land mourns
pastures of the wild are dried up
Yes, their course has become evil
and their might is not right
llindeed even prophet
even priest-they are polluted!
Even in my house
I have found their evil
-oracle of Yahweh.