H9001–/וַ–v

Then took Jeremiah another scroll, 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 added besides to them many like words.

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

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.

וַיִּ֨מְלָךְ־ (וַ) va “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 Yahweh our God for us.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”

Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.

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

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

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall 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 you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

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

It happened 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 forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

וַיֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”

When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.

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

Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he didn't listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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

The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck 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 was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

וַיֵּֽשֶׁב־ (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Yahweh? Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, You shall 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, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

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

Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע (וַ) va “and”

Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

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

Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

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

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, 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”

Ebedmelech went forth 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 likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

וַיָּ֤מָת (וַ) va “and”