Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Shephatiah son of Mattan, and
Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and
Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah,
hear
the
words
that Jeremiah is
speaking
unto
all the people ,
saying,
Now
Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah
heard
that Jeremiah had
been
telling
all the people :
`Thus
said
Jehovah:
He
who
is remaining
in this city dieth,
by sword ,
by
famine ,
and by
pestilence
, and
he
who
is
going
forth
unto
the Chaldeans liveth,
and
his soul
hath
been
to
him
for
a prey
, and he liveth
.
“This
is what
the
LORD
says:
Whoever
stays
in this city will
die
by sword and
famine and plague
, but
whoever
surrenders
to
the Chaldeans will
live;
he
will
retain
his life
like
a spoil
of
war
, and he will
live
.
Thus
said
Jehovah
: This city is
certainly
given
into the hand
of the force
of the king of Babylon, and he hath
captured
it. '
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: This city will
surely
be
delivered
into the hands
of the army
of the king of Babylon, and he will
capture
it. ”
And
the heads
say
unto
the king, `Let,
we
pray
thee,
this man be
put
to death
, because
that
he is making
feeble
the
hands
of
the men
of
war,
who are
left
in this city, and
the
hands
of
all the people, by speaking unto
them
according
to
these
words ,
for
this man is not seeking for
the peace
of this
people, but for
its
evil
. '
Then
the officials
said
to
the king, “
This man ought
to die
, for
he is discouraging
the warriors
who remain
in this city, as
well
as
all the people, by speaking such
words to
them;
this man is not seeking the well-being
of these
people, but their
ruin
. ”
And
the
king Zedekiah saith,
`Lo,
he `
is '
in your hand:
for
the king is
not
able
for
you `in'
anything
. '
“Here
he
is,”
replied
King Zedekiah .
“
He is in your hands,
since
the king can
do
nothing
to
stop
you. ”
And
they take
Jeremiah ,
and cast
him into the pit
of Malchiah son
of
the king
, that
`is'
in the court
of the prison,
and
they send
down
Jeremiah with cords;
and
in
the pit
there
is
no water ,
but mire
, and Jeremiah sinketh
in
the mire
.
So
they took
Jeremiah and dropped
him into the cistern
of Malchiah ,
the king’s
son
, which
was
in the courtyard
of the guard.
They lowered
Jeremiah with ropes
into
the cistern,
which
had
no water but only
mud
, and Jeremiah sank
down
into
the mud
.
And
Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch
who
`is'
in the king's
house
, heareth
that they
have
put
Jeremiah into the pit;
and
the king is
sitting at the gate of Benjamin,
Now
Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court
official
in the royal
palace
, heard
that Jeremiah had
been
put
into the cistern.
While
the king was
sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
and
Ebed-Melech goeth
forth
from the king's
house,
and speaketh
unto
the king, saying,
Ebed-melech went
out
from the king’s
palace
and said
to
the king,
`
My lord ,
O
king, these men have done
evil
`
in '
all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet ,
whom
they have cast
into the pit
, and
he dieth
in
his
place
because
of
the
famine
, for there is no more bread in the city. '
“
My lord the
king, these men have acted
wickedly
in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet .
They have dropped
him
into the cistern
, where
he will
starve
to
death
, for there is no more bread in the city. ”
And
the king commandeth
Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying,
`
Take with
thee
from
this
thirty men ,
and thou
hast
brought
up
Jeremiah the prophet from
the pit,
before he dieth
. '
So
the king commanded
Ebed-melech the Cushite, “
Take thirty men from
here
with
you
and pull
Jeremiah the prophet out
of
the cistern
before he dies
. ”
And
Ebed-Melech taketh
the men with him ,
and entereth
the
house
of
the king
, unto
the
place of
the treasury,
and
taketh
thence
worn-out
clouts,
and worn-out rags,
and sendeth
them unto
Jeremiah unto
the pit
by
cords
.
Then
Ebed-melech took
the men with him and went
to
the king’s
palace
, to
a
place below
the storehouse.
From
there
he
took
old
rags
and worn-out clothes
and lowered
them with
ropes
to
Jeremiah in
the cistern
.
And
Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith
unto
Jeremiah, `
Put ,
I
pray
thee,
the
worn-out clouts
and
rags under thine
arm-holes,
at
the
place
of
the cords,'
and
Jeremiah doth
so,
Ebed-melech the Cushite cried
out
to
Jeremiah, “
Put these
worn-out rags and
clothes
under your
arms
to
pad
the ropes.”
Jeremiah did
so,
and they draw
out
Jeremiah
with cords,
and bring
him up
out of the pit,
and Jeremiah dwelleth
in the court
of the prison
.
and they pulled
him
up
with the
ropes
and lifted
him out of the cistern.
And Jeremiah remained
in the courtyard
of the guard
.
And
the
king Zedekiah sendeth,
and
taketh
Jeremiah the prophet unto
him ,
unto
the third entrance that
`is'
in
the house of Jehovah,
and
the king
saith
unto
Jeremiah,
`
I am asking
thee
a
thing
, do not hide from me anything
. '
Then
King Zedekiah sent
for
Jeremiah the prophet and
received
him at
the third entrance to
the house of the LORD.
“
I am going
to
ask
you
something
, ”
said
the
king
to
Jeremiah.
“
Do not hide anything
from me. ”
And
Jeremiah
saith
unto
Zedekiah,
`When
I declare
to
thee
, dost
thou
not
surely put me to death ?
and when
I counsel
thee
, thou
dost
not hearken
unto
me. '
“If
I tell
you
, ”
Jeremiah
replied,
“you
will
surely put me to death .
And even
if
I give
you
advice
, you
will
not listen
to
me. ”
And
the
king Zedekiah sweareth
unto
Jeremiah in
secret
, saying,
`Jehovah
liveth
, He
who made
for
us this soul
, I do
not put
thee
to
death
, nor give
thee
unto
the hand
of these men who are seeking thy
soul
. '
But
King Zedekiah swore
secretly
to
Jeremiah, “As
surely
as
the
LORD
lives
, who has
given
us this life
, I will
not kill
you
, nor will
I
deliver
you
into
the hands
of these men who are seeking your
life
. ”
And
Jeremiah saith
unto
Zedekiah,
`Thus
said Jehovah
, God of Hosts, God of Israel: If thou
dost
certainly
go
forth
unto
the heads
of the king of Babylon, then hath
thy
soul
lived
, and
this city is
not burned with
fire,
yea,
thou
hast
lived
, thou
and thy
house
.
Then
Jeremiah said to
Zedekiah
, “This
is
what
the
LORD
God of Hosts, the
God of Israel ,
says
: ‘
If you
indeed
surrender
to
the officers
of the king of Babylon, then you
will
live
, this city will
not be
burned down
, and you
and
your
household
will
survive
.
And
if thou
dost
not go
forth
unto
the heads
of the king of Babylon, then hath
this city been
given
into the hand
of the Chaldeans ,
and
they have
burnt
it with
fire
, and thou
dost
not escape from
their hand
. '
But
if you
do
not surrender
to
the officers
of the king of Babylon, then this city will
be
delivered
into the hands
of the Chaldeans .
They will
burn
it down
, and you
yourself
will
not escape their grasp
. ’”
And
the
king Zedekiah saith
unto
Jeremiah, `
I am fearing
the Jews who have fallen
unto
the Chaldeans, lest
they
give
me into their hand,
and
they
have
insulted
me. '
But
King Zedekiah said
to
Jeremiah, “
I am afraid
of
the Jews who have deserted
to
the Chaldeans, for
the
Chaldeans
may
deliver
me into their hands
to
abuse
me. ”
And
Jeremiah
saith,
`
They do
not give
thee
up;
hearken,
I
pray
thee
, to
the voice of Jehovah,
to
that
which
I am speaking
unto
thee
, and
it is
well for
thee,
and thy
soul
doth
live.
“
They will
not hand
you
over
, ”
Jeremiah
replied.
“Obey
the voice of the
LORD
in
what
I am telling
you
, that
it may
go
well with
you
and you
may
live.
`And
if thou
art
refusing
to go
forth
, this `
is '
the thing
that Jehovah
hath
shewn
me:
But
if you
refuse
to surrender
, this is the word
that the
LORD
has
shown
me:
That,
lo,
all the women who have
been
left
in the house
of the king of Judah are
brought forth
unto
the heads
of the king of Babylon, and lo,
they
are
saying
: Persuaded
thee,
and prevailed
against
thee,
Have
thine
allies,
Sunk
into mire have
thy
feet
, They have
been
turned
backward
.
All the women who remain
in the palace
of the king of Judah will
be
brought out
to
the officials
of the king of Babylon, and those
women
will
say
: ‘They
misled
you
and overcame
you—
those
trusted
friends
of
yours.
Your
feet
sank
into the
mire, and
they deserted
you
. ’
`And
all thy
wives ,
and thy
sons,
are
brought forth
unto
the Chaldeans ,
and thou
dost
not escape from
their hand
, for by the hand
of
the
king of Babylon thou
art
caught
, and this city is
burnt
with
fire
. '
All your
wives and children
will
be
brought out
to
the Chaldeans .
And you
yourself
will
not escape their grasp
, for you
will
be
seized
by the king of Babylon, and this city will
be
burned
down
. ”
And
Zedekiah saith
unto
Jeremiah, `
Let no
man
know of
these
words
, and
thou
dost
not
die ;
Then
Zedekiah warned
Jeremiah, “Do
not
let anyone
know about
this
conversation
, or
you
will
die .
and
when
the heads
hear that I have spoken with thee
, and they have
come in
unto
thee,
and have
said
unto
thee
, Declare
to
us ,
we
pray
thee,
what thou
didst
speak
unto
the king ,
do not hide `
it '
from us, and
we do
not
put
thee
to
death,
and
what
the
king
spake
unto
thee
,
If
the officials
hear that I have spoken with you
, and they come and demand
of
you
, ‘Tell
us what you
said
to
the king and
what
he
said
to
you;
do not hide it from us, or
we will
kill
you
, ’
then thou
hast
said
unto
them, I am
causing
my
supplication
to fall
before
the king ,
not to
cause
me
to
return to the house of Jonathan ,
to die there. '
then tell
them, ‘
I was
presenting
to the king my
petition
that
he
not return me
to the house of Jonathan to die there. ’”
And
all the heads
come
in
unto
Jeremiah ,
and ask
him, and
he declareth
to them according
to
all
these
words that
the king commanded ,
and
they keep
silent
from
him, for the matter
was
not
heard;
When
all the officials
came
to
Jeremiah and questioned
him, he relayed
to them the
exact
words the king had
commanded him
to
say.
So
they said
no
more
to
him, for no
one
had
overheard
the conversation.
and Jeremiah dwelleth
in the court
of the prison
till
the day that
Jerusalem hath
been
captured,
and
he
was `there'
when
Jerusalem
was
captured.
And Jeremiah remained
in the courtyard
of the guard
until
the day Jerusalem was captured.
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