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1 # 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 <03027> <04475> , and all the people <05971>, fought <03898> (8737) against Jerusalem <03389>, and against all the cities <05892> thereof, saying <0559> (8800),
2 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Go <01980> (8800) and speak <0559> (8804) to Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, and tell <0559> (8804) him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; Behold, I will give <05414> (8802) this city <05892> into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall burn <08313> (8804) it with fire <0784>:
3 And thou shalt not escape out <04422> (8735) of his hand <03027>, but shalt surely <08610> (8800) be taken <08610> (8735), and delivered <05414> (8735) into his hand <03027>; and thine eyes <05869> shall behold <07200> (8799) the eyes <05869> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, and he shall speak <01696> (8762) with thee mouth <06310> to mouth <06310>, and thou shalt go <0935> (8799) to Babylon <0894>.
4 Yet hear <08085> (8798) the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, O Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>; Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of thee, Thou shalt not die <04191> (8799) by the sword <02719> :
5 But thou shalt die <04191> (8799) 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> (8799) odours for thee; and they will lament <05594> (8799) thee, saying, Ah <01945> lord <0113>! for I have pronounced <01696> (8765) the word <01697> , saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>.
6 Then Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030> spake <01696> (8762) all these words <01697> unto Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063> in Jerusalem <03389>,
7 When the king <04428> of Babylon's <0894> army <02428> fought <03898> (8737) against Jerusalem <03389> , and against all the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> that were left <03498> (8737), against Lachish <03923>, and against Azekah <05825>: for these defenced <04013> cities <05892> remained <07604> (8738) of the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>.
8 # 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> (8800) a covenant <01285> with all the people <05971> which were at Jerusalem <03389>, to proclaim <07121> (8800) liberty <01865> unto them;
9 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> (8763) free <02670>; that none should serve <05647> (8800) himself of them, to wit, of a Jew <03064> his brother <0251>.
10 Now when all the princes <08269>, and all the people <05971>, which had entered <0935> (8804) into the covenant <01285> , heard <08085> (8799) that every one <0376> should let his manservant <05650>, and every one <0376> his maidservant <08198> , go <07971> (8763) free <02670>, that none should serve <05647> (8800) themselves of them any more, then they obeyed <08085> (8799), and let them go <07971> (8762).
11 But afterward <0310> they turned <07725> (8799), and caused the servants <05650> and the handmaids <08198>, whom they had let go <07971> (8765) free <02670>, to return <07725> (8686), and brought them into subjection <03533> (8799) (8675) <03533> (8686) for servants <05650> and for handmaids <08198>.
12 Therefore the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came to Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068>, saying <0559> (8800),
13 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; I made <03772> (8804) a covenant <01285> with your fathers <01> in the day <03117> that I brought them forth <03318> (8687) out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, out of the house <01004> of bondmen <05650>, saying <0559> (8800),
14 At the end <07093> of seven <07651> years <08141> let ye go <07971> (8762) every man <0376> his brother <0251> an Hebrew <05680>, which hath been sold <04376> (8735) unto thee; and when he hath served <05647> (8804) thee six <08337> years <08141>, thou shalt let him go <07971> (8765) free <02670> from thee: but your fathers <01> hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto me, neither inclined <05186> (8689) their ear <0241>.
15 And ye were now <03117> turned <07725> (8799), and had done <06213> (8799) right <03477> in my sight <05869>, in proclaiming <07121> (8800) liberty <01865> every man <0376> to his neighbour <07453>; and ye had made <03772> (8799) a covenant <01285> before <06440> me in the house <01004> which is called <07121> (8738) by my name <08034>:
16 But ye turned <07725> (8799) and polluted <02490> (8762) my name <08034>, and caused every man <0376> his servant <05650>, and every man <0376> his handmaid <08198>, whom ye had set <07971> (8765) at liberty <02670> at their pleasure <05315>, to return <07725> (8686), and brought them into subjection <03533> (8799), to be unto you for servants <05650> and for handmaids <08198>.
17 Therefore thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; Ye have not hearkened <08085> (8804) unto me, in proclaiming <07121> (8800) liberty <01865>, every one <0376> to his brother <0251>, and every man <0376> to his neighbour <07453> : behold, I proclaim <07121> (8802) a liberty <01865> for you, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, to the sword <02719>, to the pestilence <01698>, and to the famine <07458>; and I will make <05414> (8804) you to be removed <02189> (8675) <02113> into all the kingdoms <04467> of the earth <0776>.
18 And I will give <05414> (8804) the men <0582> that have transgressed <05674> (8802) my covenant <01285> , which have not performed <06965> (8689) the words <01697> of the covenant <01285> which they had made <03772> (8804) before <06440> me, when they cut <03772> (8804) the calf <05695> in twain <08147>, and passed <05674> (8799) between the parts <01335> thereof,
19 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> (8802) between the parts <01335> of the calf <05695>;
20 I will even give <05414> (8804) them into the hand <03027> of their enemies <0341> (8802), and into the hand <03027> of them that seek <01245> (8764) 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>.
21 And Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063> and his princes <08269> will I give <05414> (8799) into the hand <03027> of their enemies <0341> (8802), and into the hand <03027> of them that seek <01245> (8764) their life <05315>, and into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon's <0894> army <02428>, which are gone up <05927> (8802) from you.
22 Behold, I will command <06680> (8764), saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>, and cause them to return <07725> (8689) to this city <05892>; and they shall fight <03898> (8738) against it, and take <03920> (8804) it, and burn <08313> (8804) it with fire <0784>: and I will make <05414> (8799) the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> a desolation <08077> without an inhabitant <03427> (8802).