Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 that hath
been
unto
Jeremiah from Jehovah
--
and
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
all his force
, and
all kingdoms of
the
land
of
the
dominion
of
his hand
, and all the peoples
are
fighting against Jerusalem ,
and against
all its cities --
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
said
Jehovah
, God of Israel :
Go ,
and thou
hast
spoken
unto
Zedekiah king of Judah ,
and hast
said
unto
him ,
Thus
said
Jehovah
: Lo
, I am giving
this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he hath
burned
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,
thou
dost
not escape out
of
his hand
, for
thou
art
certainly
caught,
and into his hand thou
art
given,
and
thine
eyes
see the eyes
of
the
king of Babylon ,
and his
mouth
with thy
mouth
speaketh,
and Babylon thou
enterest
.
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 ;
`Only,
hear a
word of Jehovah
, O Zedekiah king of Judah ,
Thus
said
Jehovah
unto
thee
: Thou
dost
not die by 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
. ”
in peace thou
diest,
and
with
the
burnings
of
thy
fathers, the former kings who have
been
before
thee
, so they
make
a
burning
for thee;
and Ah
, lord
, they
lament
for thee,
for
the
word
I have spoken --
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
. '
In
Jerusalem,
then,
Jeremiah the prophet relayed
all
these
words
to
Zedekiah king of Judah
And
Jeremiah the prophet speaketh
unto
Zedekiah king of Judah all
these
words
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.
and
the forces
of the king of Babylon are
fighting against Jerusalem ,
and against
all
the cities of Judah that
are
left
--
against Lachish ,
and against
Azekah ,
for these have
been
left
among
the cities of
Judah ,
cities
of
fortresses
.
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
hath
been
unto
Jeremiah
from
Jehovah,
after the
making
by
the
king Zedekiah of
a covenant with all the people who
`are'
in Jerusalem ,
to proclaim to
them
liberty,
that
each man should
free
his Hebrew slaves,
both
male
and female
, and
no
one
should
hold
his
fellow
Jew in
bondage.
to
send
out
each his
man -servant,
and
each
his maid-servant
--
the
Hebrew and the
Hebrewess
--
free
, so
as
not
to
lay
service
on
them,
any
on
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 ,
and
hearken
do
all the heads,
and all the people who have
come
in
to
the
covenant to
send
forth
each
his
man-servant
and each
his
maid-servant
free,
so
as
not
to
lay
service
on
them any
more,
yea,
they hearken,
and send
them away;
but
later
they changed
their
minds
and took
back
the menservants
and maidservants
they had freed
, and they forced
them to
become
slaves
again
.
and
they turn
afterwards,
and cause
the men-servants
and the
maid-servants
to
return,
whom
they had sent
forth
free
, and they subdue
them for
men-servants
and
for
maid-servants
.
Then
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
Jeremiah from the
LORD
, saying ,
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
Jeremiah from Jehovah
, 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
said
Jehovah
, God of Israel, I --
I
made a covenant with your fathers
in
the
day
of My
bringing
them
forth
from
the land of Egypt, from
a
house of servants
, 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
ye
do
send
forth
each
his brother ,
the
Hebrew,
who is
sold to thee,
and
hath
served
thee
six years, yea,
thou
hast
sent
him forth
free from
thee:
and
your fathers hearkened
not unto
Me,
nor
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
turn
back,
ye
to-day,
and
ye
do
that
which
is
right
in
Mine
eyes,
to
proclaim
liberty
each to
his neighbour,
and
ye
make
a covenant before Me in the house over
which
My name is
called
.
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
.
And --
ye
turn
back,
and
pollute
My name ,
and
ye
cause
each his
man-servant
and each
his
maid-servant,
whom he
had sent
forth
free,
(
at their
pleasure,)
to return
, and ye
subdue
them to be to
you
for
men-servants
and
for
maid-servants
.
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
said
Jehovah
: Ye
have not hearkened
unto
Me to
proclaim
freedom, each to
his brother ,
and each
to
his neighbour;
lo,
I am
proclaiming
to
you liberty
--
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
--
unto
the sword, unto
the
pestilence
, and unto
the
famine ,
and
I have
given
you for
a trembling
to all 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
have given
the
men
who
are
transgressing
My covenant ,
who
have not established
the words
of the covenant that
they have
made before Me, by
the calf ,
that
they have
cut in two ,
and
pass through
between its pieces --
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 ,
heads
of Judah ,
and heads
of
Jerusalem, the officers
, and
the priests, and all the people of the land those
passing
through
between the pieces 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.
yea,
I have
given
them
into the hand
of their enemies ,
and
into
the
hand
of
those
seeking
their soul,
and
their carcase
hath
been
for food
to
the fowl
of the heavens,
and to
the beast
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 heads,
I
give
into the hand
of their enemies ,
and
into
the
hand
of
those
seeking
their soul
, and
into
the hand
of the forces
of
the
king of Babylon ,
that are
going
up
from off
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. ”
Lo
, I am commanding
--
an
affirmation
of
Jehovah
--
and have
brought
them back unto
this city ,
and
they have
fought
against it, and
captured
it, and burned
it with
fire,
and the cities of Judah I
do
make
a desolation --
without inhabitant. '
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