H9001–/וַ–v

And they sent and took Jeremiah out of the place of the watchmen, and gave him into the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him to his house: so he was living among the people.

וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Go and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my words will come true for this town, for evil and not for good: they will come about before your eyes on that day.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֡ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But I will keep you safe on that day, says the Lord: you will not be given into the hands of the men you are fearing.

וְהִצַּלְתִּ֥יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

For I will certainly let you go free, and you will not be put to the sword, but your life will be given to you out of the hands of your attackers: because you have put your faith in me, says the Lord.

וְהָיְתָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the captain of the armed men took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God gave word of the evil which was to come on this place:

וַיִּקַּ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

*** and the Lord has made it come, and has done as he said; because of your sin against the Lord in not giving ear to his voice; and that is why this thing has come on you.

וַיָּבֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֛עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made ruler over the towns of Judah, and make your living-place with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the arme

וַיִּתֶּן־ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah, and was living with him among the people who were still in the land.

וַיָּבֹ֧א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Now when it came to the ears of all the captains of the forces who were in the field, and their men, that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, ruler in the land, and had put under his care the men and women and children, all the poor

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then they came to Gedaliah in Mizpah, even Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah, the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear of the servants of the Chaldaeans: go on living in the land, and become the servants of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע (וַ) va “and”

Then all the Jews came back from all the places to which they had gone in flight, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and got in a great store of wine and summer fruit.

וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּאַסְפ֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

And said to him, Has it come to your knowledge that Baalis, the king of the children of Ammon, has sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to take your life? But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, put no faith in what they said.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in f

וְנָפֹ֙צוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָבְדָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, You are not to do this: for what you say about Ishmael is false.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now it came about in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, having with him ten men, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah; and they had a meal together in Mizpah.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אכְלוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, got up, and attacking Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, put to death him whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.

וַיָּקָם֩ (וַ) va “and”וַ֠יַּכּוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיָּ֣מֶת (וַ) va “and”

Now on the second day after he had put Gedaliah to death, when no one had knowledge of it,

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah with the purpose of meeting them, weeping on his way: and it came about that when he was face to face with them he said, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.

וַ֠יֵּצֵא (וַ֠) Va “and”וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֞ם (וַ) va “and”

But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, Do not put us to death, for we have secret stores, in the country, of grain and oil and honey. So he did not put them to death with their countrymen.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֶּחְדַּ֕ל (וַ) va “and”

Then Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, th

וַיִּ֣שְׁבְּ׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁבֵּם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֕לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the armed forces who were with him, had news of all the evil which Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,

וַיִּשְׁמַע֙ (וַ) va “and”

They took their men and went out to make war on Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and they came face to face with him by the great waters in Gibeon.

וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לְכ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”