H0776G–אֶ֫רֶץ–e.rets

Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

Therefore thus says Yahweh: you have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim to you a liberty, says Yahweh, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (אָֽרֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, who passed between the parts of the calf;

הָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.

הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (אָֽרֶץ) 'A.retz “earth”

But it happened, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.

הָאָרֶץ֒ (אָרֶץ֒) 'a.Retz “land”

Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and animal?

הָאָ֣רֶץ (אָ֣רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (אֶ֥רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did listen to the words of Yahweh, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

הָאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

לְאַרְצ֖וֹ (אַרְצ֖) 'ar.Tz “own land”

then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

אֶ֣רֶץ 'E.retz “[the] land of”

Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

הָאָ֥רֶץ (אָ֥רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”

Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to you; but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.

הָאָ֣רֶץ (אָ֣רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (אָֽרֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Babylon;

בָּאָ֑רֶץ (אָ֑רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”הָאָ֔רֶץ (אָ֔רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

בָאָ֗רֶץ (אָ֗רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

Likewise when all the Jews who were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan;

הָֽאֲרָצוֹת֙ (אֲרָצוֹת֙) 'a.ra.tzOt “lands”

then all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.

אֶֽרֶץ־ 'e.retz- “[the] land of”

Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (אָֽרֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (אָֽרֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done to you.

בָּאָ֣רֶץ (אָ֣רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

בָּאָ֣רֶץ (אָ֣רֶץ) 'A.retz “land”

saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

אֶ֤רֶץ 'E.retz “[the] land of”

then it shall happen, that the sword, which you fear, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are afraid, shall follow hard after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (אֶ֣רֶץ) 'E.retz “[the] land of”