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Jeremiah 38 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:1 - Shefatyah the son of Mattan, and Gedalyahu the son of Pashchur, and Yukhal the son of Shelemyahu, and Pashchur the son of Malkiyah, heard the words that Yirmeyahu spoke to all the people, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:2 - Thus says the LORD, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Kasdim shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:3 - Thus says the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Bavel, and he shall take it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:5 - Tzidkiyahu the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:6 - Then took they Yirmeyahu, and cast him into the dungeon of Malkiyah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Yirmeyahu with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Yirmeyahu sank in the mire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:7 - Now when `Eved-Melekh the Kushite, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Yirmeyahu in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Binyamin,)
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:8 - `Eved-Melekh went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:9 - My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Yirmeyahu the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:10 - Then the king commanded `Eved-Melekh the Kushite, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Yirmeyahu the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:11 - So `Eved-Melekh took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Yirmeyahu.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - `Eved-Melekh the Kushite said to Yirmeyahu, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armholes under the cords. Yirmeyahu did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:13 - So they drew up Yirmeyahu with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Yirmeyahu remained in the court of the guard.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:14 - Then Tzidkiyahu the king sent, and took Yirmeyahu the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said to Yirmeyahu, I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:15 - Then Yirmeyahu said to Tzidkiyahu, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:16 - So Tzidkiyahu the king swore secretly to Yirmeyahu, saying, As the LORD lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

Interview with Zedekiah

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:17 - Then said Yirmeyahu to Tzidkiyahu, Thus says the LORD, the God Tzva'ot,, the God of Yisra'el: If you will go forth to the king of Bavel's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - But if you will not go forth to the king of Bavel's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Kasdim, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:19 - Tzidkiyahu the king said to Yirmeyahu, I am afraid of the Yehudim who are fallen away to the Kasdim, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20 - But Yirmeyahu said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:21 - But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:22 - behold, all the women who are left in the king of Yehudah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Bavel's princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you: now that your feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 - They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Kasdim; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Bavel: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:24 - Then said Tzidkiyahu to Yirmeyahu, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:25 - But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don't hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:26 - then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Yonatan's house, to die there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:27 - Then came all the princes to Yirmeyahu, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:28 - So Yirmeyahu abode in the court of the guard until the day that Yerushalayim was taken.
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