The word [01697] which came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068], when Nebuchadnezzar [05019] king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and all his army [02428], and all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776] of his dominion [04475] [03027], and all the people [05971], fought [03898] against Jerusalem [03389], and against all the cities [05892] thereof, saying [0559],of his…: Heb. the dominion of his hand
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Go [01980] and speak [0559] to Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and tell [0559] him, Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Behold, I will give [05414] this city [05892] into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784]:
And thou shalt not escape out [04422] of his hand [03027], but shalt surely [08610] be taken [08610], and delivered [05414] into his hand [03027]; and thine eyes [05869] shall behold [07200] the eyes [05869] of the king [04428] of Babylon [0894], and he shall speak [01696] with thee mouth [06310] to mouth [06310], and thou shalt go [0935] to Babylon [0894].he shall…: Heb. his mouth shall speak to thy mouth
Yet hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], O Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068] of thee, Thou shalt not die [04191] by the sword [02719]:
But thou shalt die [04191] in peace [07965]: and with the burnings [04955] of thy fathers [01], the former [07223] kings [04428] which were before [06440] thee, so shall they burn [08313] odours for thee; and they will lament [05594] thee, saying, Ah [01945] lord [0113]! for I have pronounced [01696] the word [01697], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
Then Jeremiah [03414] the prophet [05030] spake [01696] all these words [01697] unto Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] in Jerusalem [03389],
When the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] army [02428] fought [03898] against Jerusalem [03389], and against all the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] that were left [03498], against Lachish [03923], and against Azekah [05825]: for these defenced [04013] cities [05892] remained [07604] of the cities [05892] of Judah [03063].
This is the word [01697] that came unto Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068], after [0310] that the king [04428] Zedekiah [06667] had made [03772] a covenant [01285] with all the people [05971] which were at Jerusalem [03389], to proclaim [07121] liberty [01865] unto them;
That every man [0376] should let his manservant [05650], and every man [0376] his maidservant [08198], being an Hebrew [05680] or an Hebrewess [05680], go [07971] free [02670]; that none should serve [05647] himself of them, to wit, of a Jew [03064] his brother [0251].
Now when all the princes [08269], and all the people [05971], which had entered [0935] into the covenant [01285], heard [08085] that every one [0376] should let his manservant [05650], and every one [0376] his maidservant [08198], go [07971] free [02670], that none should serve [05647] themselves of them any more, then they obeyed [08085], and let them go [07971].
But afterward [0310] they turned [07725], and caused the servants [05650] and the handmaids [08198], whom they had let go [07971] free [02670], to return [07725], and brought them into subjection [03533] [03533] for servants [05650] and for handmaids [08198].
Therefore the word [01697] of the Lord [03068] came to Jeremiah [03414] from the Lord [03068], saying [0559],
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; I made [03772] a covenant [01285] with your fathers [01] in the day [03117] that I brought them forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], out of the house [01004] of bondmen [05650], saying [0559],
At the end [07093] of seven [07651] years [08141] let ye go [07971] every man [0376] his brother [0251] an Hebrew [05680], which hath been sold [04376] unto thee; and when he hath served [05647] thee six [08337] years [08141], thou shalt let him go [07971] free [02670] from thee: but your fathers [01] hearkened [08085] not unto me, neither inclined [05186] their ear [0241].hath been…: or, hath sold himself
And ye were now [03117] turned [07725], and had done [06213] right [03477] in my sight [05869], in proclaiming [07121] liberty [01865] every man [0376] to his neighbour [07453]; and ye had made [03772] a covenant [01285] before [06440] me in the house [01004] which is called [07121] by my name [08034]:now: Heb. to daywhich…: Heb. whereupon my name is called
But ye turned [07725] and polluted [02490] my name [08034], and caused every man [0376] his servant [05650], and every man [0376] his handmaid [08198], whom ye had set [07971] at liberty [02670] at their pleasure [05315], to return [07725], and brought them into subjection [03533], to be unto you for servants [05650] and for handmaids [08198].
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Ye have not hearkened [08085] unto me, in proclaiming [07121] liberty [01865], every one [0376] to his brother [0251], and every man [0376] to his neighbour [07453]: behold, I proclaim [07121] a liberty [01865] for you, saith [05002] the Lord [03068], to the sword [02719], to the pestilence [01698], and to the famine [07458]; and I will make [05414] you to be removed [02113] [02189] into all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776].to be…: Heb. for a removing
And I will give [05414] the men [0582] that have transgressed [05674] my covenant [01285], which have not performed [06965] the words [01697] of the covenant [01285] which they had made [03772] before [06440] me, when they cut [03772] the calf [05695] in twain [08147], and passed [05674] between the parts [01335] thereof,
The princes [08269] of Judah [03063], and the princes [08269] of Jerusalem [03389], the eunuchs [05631], and the priests [03548], and all the people [05971] of the land [0776], which passed [05674] between the parts [01335] of the calf [05695];
I will even give [05414] them into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of them that seek [01245] their life [05315]: and their dead bodies [05038] shall be for meat [03978] unto the fowls [05775] of the heaven [08064], and to the beasts [0929] of the earth [0776].
And Zedekiah [06667] king [04428] of Judah [03063] and his princes [08269] will I give [05414] into the hand [03027] of their enemies [0341], and into the hand [03027] of them that seek [01245] their life [05315], and into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] army [02428], which are gone up [05927] from you.
Behold, I will command [06680], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], and cause them to return [07725] to this city [05892]; and they shall fight [03898] against it, and take [03920] it, and burn [08313] it with fire [0784]: and I will make [05414] the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] a desolation [08077] without an inhabitant [03427].