H9002–/וְ–v

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. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard.

וְנָתֹן֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

וּגְדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְיוּכַל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפַשְׁח֖וּר (וּ) u. “and”

Thus saith Jehovah: 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; and he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

וּבַדָּ֑בֶר (וּ) u. “and”וְהַיֹּצֵ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

וּבַבּ֤וֹר (וּ) u. “and”

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon -- now the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin,

וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Ebed-melech took the men under his order, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old shreds and worn-out clothes, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put, I pray, [supplied: these] old shreds and rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

וְהַמְּלָחִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare [supplied: it] unto thee, wilt thou not certainly put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.

וְכִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And king Zedekiah swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [supplied: As] Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt freely go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house.

וְהָעִ֣יר (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

וְאִ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jeremiah said, They shall not give [supplied: thee] over. Hearken, I beseech thee, unto the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee; so shall it be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

וְיִ֥יטַב (וְ) ve. “so”וּתְחִ֥י (וּ) u. “so”

But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which Jehovah hath shewn me:

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes; and they shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֣נָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָכְל֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand; for thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; and what hath the king said unto thee?

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken, in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, chief chamberlain, Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain.

וְכֹ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the nobles of Judah;

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to him, with the rest of the people that were left.

וְאֵת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”