H9001–/וַ–v

And the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה (וַ) va “and”וְֽהַעֲלִ֜יתָ (וְֽ) 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.

וַיִּקַּ֣ח׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֧ם (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and brought him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

וַיִּמְשְׁכ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And king Zedekiah sent and took the prophet Jeremiah unto him, into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah; and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing: hide nothing from me.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And king Zedekiah swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [ergänzt: 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.

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֞ע (וַ) va “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.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְחָיְתָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָיִ֖תָה (וְ) ve. “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.

וְנִתְּנָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂרָפ֖וּהָ (וּ) u. “and”

And king Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me over into their hand, and they mock me.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jeremiah said, They shall not give [ergänzt: 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.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “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?

וּבָ֣אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְֽאָמְר֪וּ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”

-- And all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. And they withdrew quietly from him; for the matter was not reported.

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגֵּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲרִ֣שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

וַיֵּ֤שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָ֕ה (וְ) ve. “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.

וַיָּצֻ֖רוּ (וַ) va “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.

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “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.

וַיְהִ֡י (וַ) va “and”וַֽ֠יִּבְרְחוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיֵּצְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment upon him.

וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשִּׂ֣גוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽ֠יַּעֲלֻהוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “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;

וַיִּשְׁחַט֩ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left [ergänzt: certain] of the people, the poor who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן (וַ) va “and”

And Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had given charge concerning Jeremiah by Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard, saying,

וַיְצַ֛ו (וַ) va “and”

So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard sent, and Nebushazban, chief chamberlain, and Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the king of Babylon's princes,

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”