H9005–/ל–l

`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah, who is sending you unto Me, to seek Me: Lo, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help hath turned back to its land, to Egypt,

לְדָרְשֵׁ֑נִי (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְעֶזְרָ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לְאַרְצ֖וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

`Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go `to' the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion thence in the midst of the people.

לָלֶ֖כֶת (לָ) la. “to”לַחֲלִ֥ק (לַ) la. “to”

And it cometh to pass, he is at the gate of Benjamin, and there `is' a master of the ward -- and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah -- and he catcheth Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Unto the Chaldeans thou art falling.'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house -- the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house.

לְבֵ֥ית (לְ) le. “into”

And Jeremiah saith unto the king Zedekiah, `What have I sinned against thee, and against thy servants, and against this people, that ye have given me unto a prison-house?

לְךָ֤ (לְ) le. “to”וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ (לַ) la. “to”וְלָעָ֣ם (לָ) la. “to the”

And where `are' your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And now, hearken, I pray thee, my lord, O king, let my supplication fall, I pray thee, before thee, and cause me not to return `to' the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I die not there.'

לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers' street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.

ל֨וֹ (ל֨) l “to <the>”לַיּוֹם֙ (לַ) la “to the”

And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

`Thus said Jehovah: He who is remaining in this city dieth, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, and he who is going forth unto the Chaldeans liveth, and his soul hath been to him for a prey, and he liveth.

לּ֥וֹ (לּ֥) l “to <the>”לְשָׁלָ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

And the heads say unto the king, `Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war, who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them according to these words, for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people, but for its evil.'

לְדַבֵּ֣ר (לְ) le. “by”לְשָׁל֛וֹם (לְ) le. “for”לָעָ֥ם (לָ) la. “for the”לְרָעָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,

לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

`My lord, O king, these men have done evil `in' all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he dieth in his place because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.'

לְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּ (לְ) le. “to”

And the king commandeth Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying, `Take with thee from this thirty men, and thou hast brought up Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dieth.'

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah, `Put, I pray thee, the worn-out clouts and rags under thine arm-holes, at the place of the cords,' and Jeremiah doth so,

לַחֲבָלִ֑ים (לַ) la. “to”

And Jeremiah saith unto Zedekiah, `When I declare to thee, dost thou not surely put me to death? and when I counsel thee, thou dost not hearken unto me.'

לְךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

And the king Zedekiah sweareth unto Jeremiah in secret, saying, `Jehovah liveth, He who made for us this soul, I do not put thee to death, nor give thee unto the hand of these men who are seeking thy soul.'

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָ֨נוּ (לָ֨) La. “for <the>”

And Jeremiah saith, `They do not give thee up; hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of Jehovah, to that which I am speaking unto thee, and it is well for thee, and thy soul doth live.

לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (לַ) la. “to”לְךָ֖ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

`And if thou art refusing to go forth, this `is' the thing that Jehovah hath shewn me:

לָצֵ֑את (לָ) la. “to”

That, lo, all the women who have been left in the house of the king of Judah are brought forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, and lo, they are saying: Persuaded thee, and prevailed against thee, Have thine allies, Sunk into mire have thy feet, They have been turned backward.

לְךָ֙ (לְ) le. “to <the>”

and when the heads hear that I have spoken with thee, and they have come in unto thee, and have said unto thee, Declare to us, we pray thee, what thou didst speak unto the king, do not hide `it' from us, and we do not put thee to death, and what the king spake unto thee,

לָ֜נוּ (לָ֜) La. “to <the>”

then thou hast said unto them, I am causing my supplication to fall before the king, not to cause me to return to the house of Jonathan, to die there.'

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבִלְתִּ֧י (לְ) le. “to”לָמ֥וּת (לָ) la. “to”

And all the heads come in unto Jeremiah, and ask him, and he declareth to them according to all these words that the king commanded, and they keep silent from him, for the matter was not heard;

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, come hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his force unto Jerusalem, and they lay siege against it;

לְצִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ (לְ) le. “of”