H4428G–מֶ֫לֶךְ–me.lekh

Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

מֶ֔לֶךְ Me.lekh “king”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.

הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ (מֶּ֨לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Thus shall you tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Yahweh? Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ (מֶּ֨לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ (מֶּ֤לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

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. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (מֶּ֗לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (מֶּ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (מֶּ֖לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (מֶּ֗לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (מֶּ֔לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (מֶּ֙לֶךְ֙) Me.lekh “king”

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from me.

הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (מֶּ֣לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (מֶּ֜לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ (מֶּ֧לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

But if you will 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 you shall not escape out of their hand.

מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (מֶּ֥לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you: [ergänzt: now that] your feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”מֶ֣לֶךְ Me.lekh “[the] king of”

They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

מֶֽלֶךְ־ Me.lekh- “[the] king of”

But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don't hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:

הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (מֶּ֛לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (מֶּֽלֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”

then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (מֶּ֑לֶךְ) Me.lekh “king”