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The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth which were under his rule, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all its towns, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

You will come to your end in peace; and such burnings as they made for your fathers, the earlier kings before you, will be made for you; and they will be weeping for you and saying, Ah lord! for I have said the word, says the Lord.

לְפָנֶ֗יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “for <the>”לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “for <the>”

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made an agreement with all the people in Jerusalem, to give news in public that servants were to be made free;

לִקְרֹ֥א (לִ) li “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:

לְ֠שַׁלַּח (לְ֠) Le. “to”לְבִלְתִּ֧י (לְ) le. “to”

And this was done by all the rulers and the people who had taken part in the agreement, and every one let his man-servant and his servant-girl go free, not to be used as servants any longer; they did so, and let them go.

לְ֠שַׁלַּח (לְ֠) Le. “to”לְבִלְתִּ֥י (לְ) le. “to”

But later, they took back again the servants and the servant-girls whom they had let go free, and put them again under the yoke as servants and servant-girls.

לַעֲבָדִ֖ים (לַ) la. “for”וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ (לִ) li “for”

For this reason the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I made an agreement with your fathers on the day when I took them out of Egypt, out of the prison-house, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.

לְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking for every man to make his neighbour free; and you had made an agreement before me in the house which is named by my name:

לִקְרֹ֥א (לִ) li “by”לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנַ֔י (לְ) le. “<to>”

But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his servant-girl, whom you had sent away free, and you have put them under the yoke again to be your servants and servant-girls.

לְנַפְשָׁ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לִֽהְי֣וֹת (לִֽ) li “to”לָכֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “of”לַעֲבָדִ֖ים (לַ) la. “<into>”וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ (לִ) li “<into>”

And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among

לָכֵן֮ (לָ) la. “<to>”לִקְרֹ֣א (לִ) li “by”לְאָחִ֖יו (לְ) le. “to”לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶ֨ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְזַעֲוָ֔ה (לְ) li “into”לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

And I will give the men who have gone against my agreement and have not given effect to the words of the agreement which they made before me, when the ox was cut in two and they went between the parts of it,

לְפָנָ֑י (לְ) le. “<to>”לִשְׁנַ֔יִם (לִ) li “into”

Even these I will give up into the hands of their haters and into the hands of those who have designs against their lives: and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל (לְ) le. “<into>”לְע֥וֹף (לְ) le. “for”וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת (לְ) le. “for”

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And I took them into the house of the Lord, into the room of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the rulers' room, which was over the room of Maaseiah, the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door;

לְלִשְׁכַּ֛ת (לְ) le. “<to>”

And I put before the sons of the Rechabites basins full of wine and cups, and I said to them, Take some wine.

לִפְנֵ֣י׀ (לִ) li “<to>”

But they said, We will take no wine: for Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, gave us orders, saying, You are to take no wine, you or your sons, for ever:

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And you are to make no houses, or put in seed, or get vine-gardens planted, or have any: but all your days you are to go on living in tents, so that you may have a long life in the land where you are living as in a strange country.

לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

And we have kept the rules of Jonadab, the son of Rechab our father, in everything which he gave us orders to do, drinking no wine all our days, we and our wives and our sons and our daughters;

לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”לְבִלְתִּ֤י (לְ) le. “to”

Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:

וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י (לְ) le. “to”לְשִׁבְתֵּ֑נוּ (לְ) le. “to”לָּֽנוּ׃ (לָּֽ) La. “to <the>”

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Go and say to the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, Is there no hope of teaching you to give ear to my words? says the Lord.

לְאִ֣ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבֵ֖י (לְ) le. “to”לִשְׁמֹ֥עַ (לִ) li “to”

The orders which Jonadab, the son of Rechab, gave to his sons to take no wine, are done, and to this day they take no wine, for they do the orders of their father: but I have sent my words to you, getting up early and sending them, and you have not given

לְבִלְתִּ֣י (לְ) le. “to”

And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I h

לֵאמֹ֡ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְעָבְדָ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”וְלַאֲבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם (לַ) la. “to”