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Then the king gave orders to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take with you three men from here and get Jeremiah out of the water-hole before death overtakes him.

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”וְֽהַעֲלִ֜יתָ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king, to the place where the clothing was kept, and got from there old clothing and bits of old cloth, and let them down by cords into the water-hole where Jeremiah was.

וַיִּקַּ֣ח׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֧ם (וַ) va “and”

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put these bits of old cloth under your arms under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

So pulling Jeremiah up with the cords they got him out of the water-hole: and Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.

וַיִּמְשְׁכ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and took him into the rulers' doorway in the house of the Lord: and the king said to Jeremiah, I have a question to put to you; keep nothing back from me.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I give you the answer to your question, will you not certainly put me to death? and if I make a suggestion to you, you will not give it a hearing.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So King Zedekiah gave his oath to Jeremiah secretly, saying, By the living Lord, who gave us our life, I will not put you to death, or give you up to these men who are desiring to take your life.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֞ע (וַ) va “and”

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, These are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel: If you go out to the king of Babylon's captains, then you will have life, and the town will not be burned with fire, and you and your family will be ke

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְחָיְתָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָיִ֖תָה (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you do not go out to the king of Babylon's captains, then this town will be given into the hands of the Chaldaeans and they will put it on fire, and you will not get away from them.

וְנִתְּנָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂרָפ֖וּהָ (וּ) u. “and”

And King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, I am troubled on account of the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldaeans, for fear that they may give me up to them and they will put me to shame.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jeremiah said, They will not give you up: be guided now by the word of the Lord as I have given it to you, and it will be well for you, and you will keep your life.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man have knowledge of these words, and you will not be put to death.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But if it comes to the ears of the rulers that I have been talking with you, and they come and say to you, Give us word now of what you have said to the king and what the king said to you, keeping nothing back and we will not put you to death;

וּבָ֣אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְֽאָמְר֪וּ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah, questioning him: and he gave them an answer in the words the king had given him orders to say. So they said nothing more to him; for the thing was not made public.

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲרִ֣שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen till the day when Jerusalem was taken.

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came about, that when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, with all his army, came against Jerusalem, shutting it in on every side;

וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ (וַ) va “and”

All the captains of the king of Babylon came in and took their places in the middle doorway of the town, Nergal-shar-ezer, ruler of Sin-magir, the Rabmag, and Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and all the captains of the king of Babylon.

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the men of war saw it, they went in flight from the town by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the doorway between the two walls: and they went out by the Arabah.

וַיְהִ֡י (וַ) va “and”וַֽ֠יִּבְרְחוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיֵּצְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

But the Chaldaean army went after them and overtook Zedekiah in the lowlands of Jericho: and they made him a prisoner and took him up to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, to be judged by him.

וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשִּׂ֣גוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽ֠יַּעֲלֻהוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Then the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes in Riblah: and the king of Babylon put to death all the great men of Judah.

וַיִּשְׁחַט֩ (וַ) va “and”

And more than this, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and had him put in chains to take him away to Babylon.

וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, let the poorest of the people, who had nothing whatever, go on living in the land of Judah, and gave them vine-gardens and fields at the same time.

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

Now Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, gave orders about Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, saying,

וַיְצַ֛ו (וַ) va “and”

So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, sent Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and Nergal-shar-ezer, the Rabmag, and all the chief captains of the king of Babylon,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”