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”

Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

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

Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

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

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.

וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּבַבּ֤וֹר (וּ) u. “and”

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),

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

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.

וּבְלוֹיֵ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armholes under the cords. Jeremiah did so.

וְהַמְּלָחִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.

וְכִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

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

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.

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

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

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

But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

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

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.

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

Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

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:

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

It happened 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 besieged it;

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

that all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, [ergänzt: to wit], Nergal Sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, with all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened 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, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.

וְכֹ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon killed 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”

The Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses 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 residue of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the residue of the people who remained.

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