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`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Go, and thou hast spoken unto Zedekiah king of Judah, and hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he hath burned it with fire,

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

and thou, thou dost not escape out of his hand, for thou art certainly caught, and into his hand thou art given, and thine eyes see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and his mouth with thy mouth speaketh, and Babylon thou enterest.

וּבְיָד֖וֹ (בְ) ve. “in”

`Only, hear a word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah, Thus said Jehovah unto thee: Thou dost not die by sword,

בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ (בֶּ) be. “by the”

in peace thou diest, and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings who have been before thee, so they make a burning for thee; and Ah, lord, they lament for thee, for the word I have spoken -- an affirmation of Jehovah.'

בְּשָׁל֣וֹם (בְּ) be. “in”

And Jeremiah the prophet speaketh unto Zedekiah king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem,

בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi. “in”

and the forces of the king of Babylon are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that are left -- against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these have been left among the cities of Judah, cities of fortresses.

בְּעָרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “among”

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, after the making by the king Zedekiah of a covenant with all the people who `are' in Jerusalem, to proclaim to them liberty,

בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם (בִּ) bi. “[was] in”

to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant -- the Hebrew and the Hebrewess -- free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;

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

and hearken do all the heads, and all the people who have come in to the covenant to send forth each his man-servant and each his maid-servant free, so as not to lay service on them any more, yea, they hearken, and send them away;

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

`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I -- I made a covenant with your fathers in the day of My bringing them forth from the land of Egypt, from a house of servants, saying,

בְּי֨וֹם (בְּ) be. “on”

`And ye turn back, ye to-day, and ye do that which is right in Mine eyes, to proclaim liberty each to his neighbour, and ye make a covenant before Me in the house over which My name is called.

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

yea, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcase hath been for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth.

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

`And Zedekiah king of Judah, and his heads, I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and into the hand of the forces of the king of Babylon, that are going up from off you.

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

Lo, I am commanding -- an affirmation of Jehovah -- and have brought them back unto this city, and they have fought against it, and captured it, and burned it with fire, and the cities of Judah I do make a desolation -- without inhabitant.'

בָאֵ֑שׁ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:

בִּימֵ֨י (בִּ) bi. “in”

and a house ye do not build, and seed ye do not sow, and a vineyard ye do not plant, nor have ye any; for in tents do ye dwell all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the ground whither ye are sojourning.

בָּאֳהָלִ֤ים (בָּ) bo. “in”

`And we hearken to the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, to all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters;

בְּק֨וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

and we dwell in tents, and we hearken, and we do according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us;

בָּֽאֳהָלִ֑ים (בָּֽ) bo. “in <the>”

and it cometh to pass, in the coming up of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon unto the land, that we say, Come, and we enter Jerusalem, because of the force of the Chaldeans, and because of the force of Aram -- and we dwell in Jerusalem.'

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

And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

but thou hast entered -- and thou hast read in the roll that thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah, in the ears of the people, in the house of Jehovah, in the day of the fast, and also in the ears of all Judah who are coming in from their cities thou dost read them;

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

And Baruch son of Neriah doth according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, to read in the book the words of Jehovah in the house of Jehovah.

בַסֵּ֛פֶר (בַ) va. “in the”

And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah have all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who are coming in from cities of Judah to Jerusalem;

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

and Baruch readeth in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, 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”

And declare to them doth Micaiah all the words that he hath heard, when Baruch readeth in the book in the ears of the people;

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