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The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (the same was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon),

בַּשָּׁנָה֙ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה (בְּ) be. “by”

Yet you have not listened to me, says Yahweh; that you may provoke me to anger with the work of your hands to your own hurt.

בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (בְּ) be. “by”

I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

בַּסֵּ֣פֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

בָ֤ם (בָ֤) va “by <the>”

and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the isle which is beyond the sea;

בְּעֵ֥בֶר (בְּ) be. “[is] on”

and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;

בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Hosts.

בָעִ֜יר (בָ) va. “on the”

A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh.

בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “on the”

The slain of Yahweh shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Yahweh, saying,

בְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית (בְּ) be. “in”

Thus says Yahweh: Stand in the court of Yahweh's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in Yahweh's house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; don't diminish a word.

בַּחֲצַ֣ר (בַּ) ba. “in”

You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

בְּת֣וֹרָתִ֔י (בְּ) be. “in”

The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahweh.

בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

Why have you prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? All the people were gathered to Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh.

בְשֵׁם־ (בְ) ve. “in”בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of Yahweh; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's [ergänzt: house].

בְּפֶ֥תַח (בְּ) be. “at”

Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.

בְּק֖וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

בְיֶדְכֶ֑ם (בְ) ve. “[am] in”בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on the inhabitants of it; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

בֶאֱמֶ֗ת (בֶ) ve. “in”בְּאָזְנֵיכֶ֔ם (בְּ) be. “in”

Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.

בְּשֵׁ֛ם (בְּ) be. “in”

Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

בִּימֵ֖י (בִּ) bi. “in”

There was also a man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

בְּשֵׁ֣ם (בְּ) be. “in”

and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

בֶּחָ֑רֶב (בֶּ) be. “with the”

But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

בְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “in”