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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

וְנָתֹן֩ (וְ) ve. “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,

וּגְדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְיוּכַל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפַשְׁח֖וּר (וּ) u. “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.

וּבַדָּ֑בֶר (וּ) u. “and”וְהַיֹּצֵ֤א (וְ) ve. “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

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “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.

וּבַבּ֤וֹר (וּ) u. “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:

וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king, to the place where the clothing was kept, and got from there old clothing and bits of old cloth, and let them down by cords into the water-hole where Jeremiah was.

וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put these bits of old cloth under your arms under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

וְהַמְּלָחִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I give you the answer to your question, will you not certainly put me to death? and if I make a suggestion to you, you will not give it a hearing.

וְכִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So King Zedekiah gave his oath to Jeremiah secretly, saying, By the living Lord, who gave us our life, I will not put you to death, or give you up to these men who are desiring to take your life.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, These are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel: If you go out to the king of Babylon's captains, then you will have life, and the town will not be burned with fire, and you and your family will be ke

וְהָעִ֣יר (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

But if you do not go out to the king of Babylon's captains, then this town will be given into the hands of the Chaldaeans and they will put it on fire, and you will not get away from them.

וְאִ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jeremiah said, They will not give you up: be guided now by the word of the Lord as I have given it to you, and it will be well for you, and you will keep your life.

וְיִ֥יטַב (וְ) ve. “so”וּתְחִ֥י (וּ) u. “so”

But if you do not go out, this is what the Lord has made clear to me:

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

See, all the rest of the women in the house of the king of Judah will be taken out to the king of Babylon's captains, and these women will say, Your nearest friends have been false to you and have got the better of you: they have made your feet go deep i

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֣נָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָכְל֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they will take all your wives and your children out to the Chaldaeans: and you will not get away out of their hands, but will be taken by the hands of the king of Babylon: and this town will be burned with fire.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man have knowledge of these words, and you will not be put to death.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But if it comes to the ears of the rulers that I have been talking with you, and they come and say to you, Give us word now of what you have said to the king and what the king said to you, keeping nothing back and we will not put you to death;

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

And it came about, that when Jerusalem was taken, (in the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, with all his army, came against Jerusalem, shutting it in on every side;

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

All the captains of the king of Babylon came in and took their places in the middle doorway of the town, Nergal-shar-ezer, ruler of Sin-magir, the Rabmag, and Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and all the captains of the king of Babylon.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the men of war saw it, they went in flight from the town by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the doorway between the two walls: and they went out by the Arabah.

וְכֹ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes in Riblah: and the king of Babylon put to death all the great men of Judah.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And more than this, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and had him put in chains to take him away to Babylon.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Chaldaeans put the king's house on fire, as well as the houses of the people, and had the walls of Jerusalem broken down.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away to Babylon as prisoners, all the rest of the workmen who were still in the town, as well as those who had given themselves up to him, and all the rest of the people.

וְאֵת֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֛ת (וְ) ve. “and”