Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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 to Jeremiah from Yahweh,
when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
all his army, and
all the kingdoms of
the
earth
that
were
under his dominion
, and all the peoples,
were fighting against Jerusalem ,
and against
all the
cities of
it,
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
says
Yahweh
, the God of Israel, Go ,
and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah ,
and tell him ,
Thus
says Yahweh,
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 you shall
not escape out
of
his hand
, but shall
surely be taken,
and delivered into his hand ;
and
your
eyes
shall
see the eyes
of
the
king of Babylon ,
and he
shall
speak with you
mouth
to mouth,
and you shall
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 Yahweh
, O Zedekiah king of Judah :
thus
says Yahweh
concerning you ,
You shall
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
. ”
you shall
die in peace ;
and
with
the
burnings
of
your fathers, the former kings who were
before
you, so shall
they
make
a
burning
for you ;
and they
shall
lament you
, [saying]
, Ah
Lord
! for I have spoken the
word, says
Yahweh
.
In
Jerusalem,
then ,
Jeremiah the prophet relayed
all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke
all these words to 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
was fighting against Jerusalem ,
and against
all
the cities of Judah that
were
left,
against Lachish and against
Azekah ;
for these [alone]
remained
of
the cities of
Judah [as]
fortified
cities
.
After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in
Jerusalem to proclaim liberty ,
the
word
came
to Jeremiah
from
the
LORD
The
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
after that
the
king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who
were
at
Jerusalem ,
to proclaim liberty to 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 man-servant
, and every
man
his
maid-servant
, who
is
a
Hebrew
or
a
Hebrewess,
go
free;
that
none
should make
bondservants
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 ,
All the princes
and all the people obeyed,
who had
entered into the
covenant ,
that everyone
should
let
his
man-servant,
and everyone
his
maid-servant,
go
free,
that
none
should
make
bondservants
of
them any
more;
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 afterwards
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 Yahweh
came to Jeremiah from Yahweh
, 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
says
Yahweh
, 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 bondage
, 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
you shall
let
go
every
man
his brother who is
a
Hebrew,
who
has been
sold to you ,
and
has
served
you six years, you shall
let him go free from
you:
but your fathers didn't
listen to
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 .
You were
now
turned,
and had
done
that
which
is
right
in
my
eyes,
in
proclaiming
liberty
every
man
to
his neighbor ;
and
you 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 you turned
and profaned my name ,
and caused
every
man
his
servant,
and
every
man
his
handmaid,
whom you had let
go free
at
their
pleasure
, to
return;
and you brought
them into
subjection,
to be to
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
says Yahweh
: you have not listened
to
me, to
proclaim
liberty,
every
man to
his brother ,
and every
man
to
his neighbor :
behold,
I proclaim to
you a
liberty
, says
Yahweh,
to the
sword, to
the
pestilence
, and to
the
famine ;
and
I will make you to be
tossed
back
and
forth
among
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.
I
will
give
the
men
who have transgressed my covenant ,
who
have not performed
the words
of the covenant which
they made before me, when
they cut the
calf
in two and
passed
between the
parts
of
it;
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 ,
who 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
those
who seek their life;
and
their dead
bodies
shall
be
for food
to
the birds of the sky,
and to
the animals
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.
Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes
will
I
give
into the hand
of their enemies ,
and
into
the
hand
of
those
who seek their life
, and
into
the hand
of the king of Babylon's
army,
who
have
gone
away
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, says
Yahweh
, 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 inhabitant.
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