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But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon;

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out and ye should perish.

לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying: 'Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

לָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”

And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon, for they prophesy a lie unto you.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, and they prophesy falsely in My name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.'

לַשָּׁ֑קֶר (לַ) la. “to <the>”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying: Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they p

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live; wherefore should this city become desolate?

לָ֧מָּה (לָ֧) La. “<to>”

But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

לְבִלְתִּי־ (לְ) le. “to”

And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of

לְעֵינֵ֧י (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

'Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD,

לְעֵינֵ֤י (לְ) le. “to”וּלְעֵינֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

even the prophet Jeremiah said: 'Amen! the LORD do so! the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all them that are carried away captive, from Babylon unto this place!

לְהָשִׁ֞יב (לְ) le. “by”

The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

לְפָנַ֛י (לְ) le. “<to>”וּלְפָנֶ֖יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמִלְחָמָ֖ה (לְ) le. “of”וּלְרָעָ֥ה (לְ) le. “of”וּלְדָֽבֶר׃ (לְ) le. “of”

The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.'

לְשָׁל֑וֹם (לְ) le. “of”

And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from off the neck of all the nations within two full years.' And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

לְעֵינֵ֨י (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְדַרְכּֽוֹ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

'Go, and tell Hananiah, saying: Thus saith the LORD: Thou hast broken the bars of wood; but thou shalt make in their stead bars of iron.

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him; and I have given him the beasts of the field also.'

לַעֲבֹ֛ד (לַ) la. “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

'Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken perversion against the LORD.'

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying:

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all the captivity, whom I have caused to be carried away captive from Jerusalem unto Babylon:

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

לִבְנֵיכֶ֜ם (לִ) li “for”לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים (לַֽ) la. “to”

And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the LORD for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, beguile you, neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

לָכֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”