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Then Jeremiah took another book, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who put down in it, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book which had been burned in the fire by Jehoiakim, king of Judah: and in addition a number of oth

וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”

And Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, became king in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah.

וַיִּ֨מְלָךְ־ (וַ) va “and”

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.)

וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣עָל֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.

וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכָדֻ֖הָ (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׂרָפֻ֥הָ (וּ) u. “and”

For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.

וְנִ֨שְׁאֲרוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָֽׂרְפ֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came about that when the Chaldaean army outside Jerusalem had gone away for fear of Pharaoh's army,

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people.

וַיֵּצֵ֤א (וַ) va “and”

But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְפֹּ֞שׂ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

וַיִּקְצְפ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וְהִכּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתְנ֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.

וַיֵּֽשֶׁב־ (וַ) va “and”

Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place

וַיְצַוֶּ֞ה (וַ) va “and”וַיַּפְקִ֣דוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Now it came to the ears of Shephatiah, the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah, the son of Pashhur, and Jucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur, the son of Malchiah, that Jeremiah had said to all the people,

וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע (וַ) va “and”

These are the words of the Lord: Whoever goes on living in this town will come to his death by the sword or through need of food or by disease: but whoever goes out to the Chaldaeans will keep his life out of the power of the attackers and be safe.

וְחָיָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיְתָה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָחָֽי׃ (וָ) va. “and”

The Lord has said, This town will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.

וּלְכָדָֽהּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man be put to death, because he is putting fear into the hearts of the men of war who are still in the town, and into the hearts of the people, by saying such things to them: this man is not working for the well

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

So they took Jeremiah and put him into the water-hole of Malchiah, the king's son, in the place of the armed watchmen: and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And in the hole there was no water, but wet earth: and Jeremiah went down into the wet earth.

וַיִּקְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֨כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּטְבַּ֥ע (וַ) va “and”

Now it came to the ears of Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an unsexed servant in the king's house, that they had put Jeremiah into the water-hole; the king at that time being seated in the doorway of Benjamin:

וַיִּשְׁמַ֡ע (וַ) va “and”

And Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and said to the king,

וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have put into the water-hole; and he will come to his death in the place where he is through need of food: for there is no more bread in the town.

וַיָּ֤מָת (וַ) va “and”