H9002–/וְ–v

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.

וְנָתֹן֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke unto all the people, saying:

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

'Thus saith the LORD: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.

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

Then the princes said unto the king: 'Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them; for this man seeketh not

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the pit there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

וּבַבּ֤וֹר (וּ) u. “and”

Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an officer, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit; the king then sitting in the gate 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 under the treasury, and took thence worn clouts and worn rags, and let them down by cords into the pit to Jeremiah.

וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah: 'Put now these worn clouts and rags under thine armholes under the cords.' And Jeremiah did so.

וְהַמְּלָחִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah: 'If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.'

וְכִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Zedekiah the king swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying: 'As the LORD 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.'

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, thou, and t

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

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

But Jeremiah said: 'They shall not deliver thee. Hearken, I beseech thee, to the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.

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

But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, all the women that 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: Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, and t

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

And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon; and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.'

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

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

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But 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; also what the king said unto thee;

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

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 besieged it;

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out the way of the Arabah.

וְכֹ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the house of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

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

Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, the deserters also, that fell away to him, with the rest of the people that remained.

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