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and tell them, Hear you the word of Yahweh, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:

בַּשְּׁעָרִ֥ים (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Thus says Yahweh, Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

בְּנַפְשֽׁוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “to”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day holy, neither do any work: but make the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.

בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;

בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֛י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בּ֖וֹ (בּ֖) bo “on <the>”

then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.

בְשַׁעֲרֵ֣י (בְ) ve. “in”בָּרֶ֣כֶב (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”וּבַסּוּסִ֗ים (בַ) va. “on <the>”

But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates of it, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

בַּחֹ֖מֶר (בַּ) ba. “with the”בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעֵינֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיָדִ֖י (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

בְּעֵינַ֔י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּקוֹלִ֑י (בְּ) be. “to”

Therefore thus says Yahweh: Ask you now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.

בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “among the”

For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [ergänzt: gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;

בְּדַרְכֵיהֶם֙ (בְּ) be. “in”

to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.

בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

בְּי֥וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

בַלָּשׁ֔וֹן (בַ) va. “with the”

Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [ergänzt: and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.

בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.

בְּעֵ֥ת (בְּ) be. “in”בָהֶֽם׃ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, that they didn't know, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

בוֹ֙ (ב) v “in <the>”

and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn't command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:

בָּאֵ֖שׁ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

בַּמָּק֣וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ (בַּ) ba. “by the”וּבְיַ֖ד (בְ) ve. “by”

I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.

בְּמָצוֹר֙ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמָצ֔וֹק (בְ) ve. “in”

and shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter's vessel, that can't be made whole again; and they shall bury in Topheth, until there be no place to bury.

וּבְתֹ֣פֶת (בְ) ve. “in”

Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where Yahweh had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of Yahweh's house, and said to all the people:

בַּחֲצַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

בְּבֵ֣ית (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh.

בְּשַׁ֤עַר (בְּ) be. “[was] at”בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “[was] in”

For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.

בְּחֶ֥רֶב (בְּ) be. “by”בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (בֶּ) be. “with the”