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Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.

וּבְיָד֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”

Yet hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah: thus says Yahweh concerning you, You shall not die by the sword;

בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (בֶּ) be. “by the”

you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, [ergänzt: saying], Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says Yahweh.

בְּשָׁל֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

when the king of Babylon's army was fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and against Azekah; for these [ergänzt: alone] remained of the cities of Judah [ergänzt: as] fortified cities.

בְּעָרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “among”

The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them;

בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “[was] in”

that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, [ergänzt: to wit], of a Jew his brother.

בָּ֛ם (בָּ֛) ba “by <the>”בִּיהוּדִ֥י (בִּ) bi. “by”

All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his man-servant, and everyone his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

בַבְּרִ֗ית (בַ) va. “in the”בָּ֖ם (בָּ֖) ba “by <the>”

Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

בְּי֨וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

You were now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

בְּעֵינַ֔י (בְּ) be. “in”בַּבַּ֕יִת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth.

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְיַ֖ד (בְ) ve. “in”

Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, who have gone away from you.

בְּיַ֣ד (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְיַ֖ד (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְיַד (בְ) ve. “in”

Behold, I will command, says Yahweh, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

בָאֵ֑שׁ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

בִּימֵ֨י (בִּ) bi. “in”

neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any; but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land in which you sojourn.

בָּאֳהָלִ֤ים (בָּ) bo. “in”

We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters;

בְּק֨וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

but we have lived in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

בָּֽאֳהָלִ֑ים (בָּֽ) bo. “in <the>”

But it happened, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians; so we dwell at Jerusalem.

בַּעֲל֨וֹת (בַּ) ba. “when”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

therefore go you, and read in the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of Yahweh in the ears of the people in Yahweh's house on the fast-day; and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.

בַמְּגִלָּ֣ה (בַ) va. “in the”בְּאָזְנֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּי֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”בְּאָזְנֵ֧י (בְּ) be. “in”

Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Yahweh in Yahweh's house.

בַסֵּ֛פֶר (בַ) va. “in the”

Now it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Yahweh.

בַשָּׁנָ֣ה (בַ) va. “in the”בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (בַּ) ba. “in the”בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (בִּ) bi. “in”בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's house, in the ears of all the people.

בַּסֵּ֛פֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡ת (בְּ) be. “in”בֶּחָצֵ֣ר (בֶּ) be. “in the”בְּאָזְנֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

בִּקְרֹ֥א (בִּ) bi “when”בַּסֵּ֖פֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּאָזְנֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”