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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
This
is
the word that
came to
Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly
kingdoms under
his control
, and all the other
nations
were
fighting
against Jerusalem and all its
surrounding
cities .
The word which
came unto
Jeremiah from the LORD ,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
all his army, and
all the kingdoms of
the
earth
of
his dominion
, and all the people,
fought
against Jerusalem ,
and against
all the
cities thereof,
saying,
The LORD, the God of Israel ,
told
Jeremiah
to
go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that
this
is
what
the LORD says:
“
Behold, I am
about
to
deliver
this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will
burn it down.
Thus
saith
the LORD, the God of Israel ;
Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah ,
and tell him ,
Thus
saith
the LORD ;
Behold, I will
give
this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall
burn it with
fire:
And you
yourself
will
not escape his grasp
, but will
surely be captured
and delivered into his hand .
You
will
see
the king of Babylon eye
to
eye
and speak with him
face
to face;
and you
will
go to Babylon.
And thou
shalt
not escape out
of
his hand
, but shalt
surely be taken,
and delivered into his hand ;
and
thine
eyes
shall
behold
the eyes
of
the
king of Babylon ,
and he
shall
speak with thee
mouth
to mouth,
and thou
shalt
go to Babylon.
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah .
This
is
what
the LORD says
concerning
you:
You
will
not die by the sword ;
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah ;
Thus
saith
the LORD of
thee,
Thou
shalt
not die by the sword :
you
will
die in peace .
As
spices
were
burned
for
your
fathers, the former kings who
preceded
you
, so people
will
burn spices
for you
and lament, ‘Alas
, O
master
! ’
For I Myself
have spoken
this
word, declares
the LORD. ”
But
thou
shalt
die in peace :
and
with
the
burnings
of
thy
fathers, the former kings which
were
before
thee
, so shall
they
burn odours
for thee;
and they
will
lament thee
, saying
, Ah
lord
! for I have pronounced
the
word, saith
the LORD.
In
Jerusalem,
then ,
Jeremiah the prophet relayed
all these words to
Zedekiah king of Judah
Then Jeremiah the prophet spake
all these words unto
Zedekiah king of Judah in
Jerusalem,
as
the
army
of
the king of Babylon
was
fighting
against Jerusalem and the remaining
cities of Judah —
against Lachish and Azekah .
For these were
the only
fortified
cities remaining
in
Judah.
When
the king of Babylon's
army
fought
against Jerusalem ,
and against
all
the cities of Judah that
were
left,
against Lachish ,
and against
Azekah :
for these defenced
cities
remained
of
the cities of
Judah.
After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in
Jerusalem to proclaim liberty ,
the
word
came
to
Jeremiah
from
the
LORD
This
is
the
word
that
came
unto
Jeremiah
from
the
LORD,
after that
the
king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which
were
at
Jerusalem ,
to proclaim liberty unto
them;
that each
man should free
his Hebrew
slaves
, both
male
and female
, and
no
one
should hold
his
fellow
Jew in
bondage
.
That every
man should let
his manservant
, and every
man
his
maidservant
, being
an
Hebrew
or
an
Hebrewess,
go
free;
that
none
should serve
himself
of
them,
to
wit,
of
a
Jew his
brother
.
So
all the officials
and all the people who
entered into this
covenant agreed
that they
would
free
their
menservants
and
maidservants
and no
longer
hold
them in
bondage.
They obeyed and released
them ,
Now
when
all the princes,
and all the people ,
which
had
entered into the
covenant ,
heard
that every
one
should
let
his
manservant,
and every
one
his
maidservant,
go
free,
that
none
should
serve
themselves
of
them any
more,
then
they obeyed ,
and let
them go.
but later
they changed
their
minds
and took
back
the menservants
and maidservants
they had freed
, and they
forced
them to
become
slaves
again
.
But afterward
they turned,
and caused
the servants
and the
handmaids,
whom
they had let
go
free
, to
return,
and brought
them into
subjection
for
servants
and
for
handmaids
.
Then
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Therefore
the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
“This
is
what
the LORD, the God of Israel ,
says:
I made a covenant with your forefathers
when
I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery
, saying :
Thus
saith
the LORD, 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 bondmen
, saying ,
Every
seventh
year,
each
of you
must
free
his Hebrew
brother who
has
sold himself
to
you.
He may
serve
you
six years, but
then
you
must
let him go free .
But your fathers did
not listen
or
incline
their ear.
At
the
end
of seven
years
let
ye
go
every
man
his brother an
Hebrew,
which
hath
been
sold unto
thee;
and
when
he hath
served
thee
six years, thou
shalt
let him go free from
thee:
but your fathers hearkened
not unto
me,
neither
inclined
their ear.
Recently
you
repented
and did
what
pleased
Me;
each
of
you
proclaimed
freedom
for
his neighbor.
You
made a covenant before Me in the house that
bears
My Name .
And ye
were
now
turned,
and
had
done
right
in
my
sight,
in
proclaiming
liberty
every
man
to
his neighbour;
and
ye
had
made a covenant before me in the house which
is
called
by
my name :
But now
you
have
changed
your
minds
and profaned
My name .
Each
of
you
has
taken
back
the
menservants
and maidservants
whom you
had set at liberty to go
wherever
they
wanted
, and you
have
again
forced
them to be your
slaves
.
But ye
turned
and polluted
my name ,
and caused
every
man
his
servant,
and
every
man
his
handmaid,
whom he
had set at liberty at
their
pleasure,
to return
, and brought
them into
subjection,
to be unto
you
for
servants
and
for
handmaids
.
Therefore this
is
what
the LORD says:
You
have
not
obeyed
Me
; you
have not proclaimed
freedom
, each
man
for
his brother and for
his neighbor.
So
now
I proclaim freedom
for you, declares
the LORD —freedom
to fall
by
sword, by
plague
, and by
famine !
I will make you a
horror
to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Therefore thus
saith
the LORD; Ye
have not hearkened
unto
me
, in
proclaiming
liberty,
every
one
to
his brother ,
and every
man
to
his neighbour:
behold,
I proclaim a
liberty
for you, saith
the LORD ,
to the
sword, to
the
pestilence
, and to
the
famine ;
and
I will make you to be
removed
into
all the kingdoms of the earth.
And those
who
have transgressed My covenant and
have not fulfilled
the terms
of the covenant they made before Me, I
will
treat
like
the
calf
they cut in
two
in order
to
pass
between its
pieces.
And I
will
give
the
men
that
have transgressed my covenant ,
which
have not performed
the words
of the covenant which
they had
made before me, when
they cut the
calf
in twain,
and
passed
between the
parts
thereof,
The officials
of Judah and Jerusalem, the court
officials
, the priests, and all the people of the land who
passed between the pieces
of the calf ,
The princes
of Judah ,
and the
princes
of
Jerusalem, the eunuchs
, and
the priests, and all the people of the land ,
which
passed between the parts
of the calf ;
I will deliver
into the hands
of their enemies who
seek their lives.
Their corpses
will
become
food
for the birds
of the air
and the beasts of the earth.
I will even
give
them
into the hand
of their enemies ,
and
into
the
hand
of
them
that
seek their life:
and
their dead
bodies
shall
be
for meat
unto
the fowls
of the heaven,
and to
the beasts of the earth.
And I
will
deliver
Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials
into the hands
of their enemies who
seek their lives
, to
the army
of the king of Babylon
that
had
withdrawn
from you.
And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes
will
I
give
into the hand
of their enemies ,
and
into
the
hand
of
them
that
seek their life
, and
into
the hand
of the king of Babylon's
army,
which
are
gone
up
from you.
Behold, I am
going
to
give
the
command, declares
the LORD, and I
will
bring
them back
to this city .
They will
fight against it, capture
it, and burn it down.
And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation ,
without inhabitant. ”
Behold, I will
command, saith
the LORD, 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 an
inhabitant.
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