Kedumah 157 (25111) 150

כִּי-אֵשׁ קָדְחָה בְאַפִּי

וַתִּיקַד עַד-שְׁאוֹל תַּחְתִּית

וַתֹּאכַל אֶרֶץ וִיבֻלָהּ

וַתְּלַהֵט מוֹסְדֵי הָרִים

אַסְפֶּה עָלֵימוֹ, רָעוֹת

חִצַּי, אֲכַלֶּה-בָּם

מְזֵי רָעָב וּלְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף

וְקֶטֶב מְרִירִי

וְשֶׁן-בְּהֵמֹת, אֲשַׁלַּח-בָּם

עִם-חֲמַת, זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר

מִחוּץ, תְּשַׁכֶּל-חֶרֶב, וּמֵחֲדָרִים, אֵימָה; גַּם-בָּחוּר

גַּם-בְּתוּלָה--יוֹנֵק, עִם-אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה

אָמַרְתִּי, אַפְאֵיהֶם

אַשְׁבִּיתָה מֵאֱנוֹשׁ, זִכְרָם

לוּלֵי, כַּעַס אוֹיֵב אָגוּר

פֶּן-יְנַכְּרוּ, צָרֵימוֹ

פֶּן-יֹאמְרוּ יָדֵנוּ רָמָה

וְלֹא יְהוָה פָּעַל כָּל-זֹאת

כִּי-גוֹי אֹבַד עֵצוֹת, הֵמָּה

וְאֵין בָּהֶם, תְּבוּנָה

לוּ חָכְמוּ, יַשְׂכִּילוּ זֹאת

יָבִינוּ, לְאַחֲרִיתָם

אֵיכָה יִרְדֹּף אֶחָד, אֶלֶף

וּשְׁנַיִם, יָנִיסוּ רְבָבָה

אִם-לֹא כִּי-צוּרָם מְכָרָם

וַיהוָה הִסְגִּירָם

כִּי לֹא כְצוּרֵנוּ, צוּרָם

וְאֹיְבֵינוּ, פְּלִילִים

כִּי-מִגֶּפֶן סְדֹם גַּפְנָם

וּמִשַּׁדְמֹת עֲמֹרָה

עֲנָבֵמוֹ, עִנְּבֵי-רוֹשׁ

אַשְׁכְּלֹת מְרֹרֹת, לָמוֹ

חֲמַת תַּנִּינִם, יֵינָם

וְרֹאשׁ פְּתָנִים, אַכְזָר

הֲלֹא-הוּא, כָּמֻס עִמָּדִי

חָתוּם, בְּאוֹצְרֹתָי

לִי נָקָם וְשִׁלֵּם

לְעֵת תָּמוּט רַגְלָם

כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם אֵידָם

וְחָשׁ עֲתִדֹת לָמוֹ

כִּי-יָדִין יְהוָה עַמּוֹ

וְעַל-עֲבָדָיו יִתְנֶחָם

כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי-אָזְלַת יָד

וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזוּב

וְאָמַר, אֵי אֱלֹהֵימוֹ

צוּר, חָסָיוּ בוֹ

אֲשֶׁר חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ

יִשְׁתּוּ יֵין נְסִיכָם

יָקוּמוּ, וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם

יְהִי עֲלֵיכֶם, סִתְרָה

For fire will have been kindled in My nostrils and blaze to the lowest depths. It shall consume the earth and its produce, and set ablaze what is founded on mountains.

I shall accumulate evils against them, My arrows shall I use up against them;

bloating of famine, battles of flaming demons,
cutting down by the noontime demon,
and the teeth of beasts shall I dispatch against them,
with the venom of those that creep on the earth.

On the outside, the sword will bereave, while indoors there will be dread — even a young man, even a virgin, a suckling with the gray-haired man.

I had said, 'I will scatter them,
I will cause their memory to cease from man' —

were it not that the anger of the enemy was pent up,
lest the tormenter misinterpret;
lest they say, 'Our hand was raised in triumph,
and it was not Hashem Who accomplished all this!'

For they are a nation bereft of counsel, and there is no discernment in them.

Were they wise they would comprehend this,
they would discern it from their end.

For how could one pursue a thousand, and two cause a myriad to flee,
if not that their Rock had sold them out, and Hashem had delivered them?

— for not like our Rock is their rock — yet our enemies judge us.

For their vineyard is from the vineyard of Sodom,
and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of gall, so clusters of bitterness were given them.

Serpents' venom is their wine, the poison of cruel vipers.

Is it not revealed with Me, sealed in My treasuries?

Mine is vengeance and retribution at the time when their foot will falter,
for the day of their catastrophe is near, and future events are rushing at them."

When Hashem will have judged His people,
He shall relent regarding His servants,
when He sees that enemy power progresses, and none is saved or assisted.

He will say, "Where is their god, the rock in whom they sought refuge,

the fat of whose offerings they would eat,
they would drink the wine of their libations?
Let them stand and help you! Let them be a shelter for you.