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Then Jeremiah took another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were besides added to them many like words.

וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּ֨מְלָךְ־ (וַ) va “and”

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to the LORD our God for us.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then Pharaoh's army had come from Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣עָל֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then came the word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָדֻ֖הָ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׂרָפֻ֥הָ (וּ) u. “and”

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

וְנִ֨שְׁאֲרוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָֽׂרְפ֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

וַיֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”

And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְפֹּ֞שׂ (וַ) va “and”

Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and beat him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

וַיִּקְצְפ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וְהִכּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתְנ֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

וַיֵּֽשֶׁב־ (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, In what have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the baker's street, until all the bread in the city should be consumed. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

וַיְצַוֶּ֞ה (וַ) va “and”וַיַּפְקִ֣דוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying,

וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע (וַ) va “and”

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

וְחָיָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיְתָה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָחָֽי׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

וַיִּקְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֨כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּטְבַּ֥ע (וַ) va “and”

Now when Ebed-melech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

וַיִּשְׁמַ֡ע (וַ) va “and”

Ebed-melech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die by hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

וַיָּ֤מָת (וַ) va “and”