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But as soon as
Jeremiah,
whom the
LORD their
God had
sent, had
finished telling all the
people all the
words of the
LORD their
God -that is,
all these words -
~'['h -l'K -l,a reB;d.l .Wh'y.m.rIy tw{L;k.K yih.y;w ? w{x'l.v r,v]a ~,hyeh{l/a h'wh.y yer.biD -l'K -t,a ? ~yir'b.D;h -l'K tea ~,hyel]a ~,hyeh{l/a h'wh.y ? h,Lea'h
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Azariah the
son of
Hoshaiah, and
Johanan the
son of
Kareah, and
all the
arrogant men said to
Jeremiah, "You are
telling a
lie! The
LORD our
God has not
sent you to
say, 'You are not to
enter Egypt to
reside there ';
;xer'q -n,B !'n'xw{y.w h'y.[;vw{h -n,b h'y.r;z][ r,ma{Y;w ? .Wh'y.m.rIy -l,a ~yir.m{a ~yideZ;h ~yiv'n]a'h -l'k.w ? .Wnyeh{l/a h'wh.y '$]x'l.v a{l reB;d.m h'T;a r,q,v ? ~'v r.Wg'l ~Iy;r.cim .Wa{b't -a{l r{mael
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but
Baruch the
son of
Neriah is
inciting you against us to
give us over into the
hand of the
Chaldeans, so they will
put us to
death or
exile us to
Babylon."
!;[;m.l .Wn'B '$.t{a tyiS;m h'Yiren -n,B .$.Wr'B yiK ? .Wn't{a tyim'h.l ~yiD.f;K;h -d;y.b .Wn't{a teT ? l,b'B .Wn't{a tw{l.g;h.l.W
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So
Johanan the
son of
Kareah and
all the
commanders of the
forces, and
all the
people, did not
obey the
voice of the
LORD to
stay in the
land of
Judah.
yer'f -l'k.w ;xer'q -n,B !'n'xw{y [;m'v -a{l.w ? t,b,v'l h'wh.y lw{q.B ~'['h -l'k.w ~yil'y]x;h ? h'd.Wh.y #,r,a.B
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But
Johanan the
son of
Kareah and
all the
commanders of the
forces took the
entire remnant of
Judah who had
returned from
all the
nations to
which they had been
driven away, in order to
reside in the
land of
Judah -
~yil'y]x;h yer'f -l'k.w ;xer'q -n,B !'n'xw{y x;QiY;w ? ~Iyw{G;h -l'Kim .Wb'v -r,v]a h'd.Wh.y tyirea.v -l'K tea ? h'd.Wh.y #,r,a.B r.Wg'l ~'v -.Wx.Din r,v]a
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the
men, the
women, the
children, the
king's daughters and
every person that
Nebuzaradan the
captain of the
bodyguard had
left with
Gedaliah the
son of
Ahikam and grand
son of
Shaphan, together with
Jeremiah the
prophet and
Baruch the
son of
Neriah -
@;J;h -t,a.w ~yiv'N;h -t,a.w ~yir'b.G;h -t,a ? r,v]a v,p,N;h -l'K tea.w .$,l,M;h tw{n.B -t,a.w ? .Wh'y.l;d.G -t,a ~yix'B;j -b;r !'d]a.r;z.Wb.n ;xyiNih ? ayib'N;h .Wh'y.m.rIy tea.w !'p'v -n,B ~'qyix]a -n,B ? .Wh'Yiren -n,B .$.Wr'B -t,a.w
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and they
entered the
land of
Egypt (for they did not
obey the
voice of the
LORD ) and
went in as
far as
Tahpanhes.
lw{q.B .W[.m'v a{l yiK ~Iy;r.cim #,r,a .Wa{b'Y;w ? sex.n;P.x;T -d;[ .Wa{b'Y;w h'wh.y
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Then the
word of the
LORD came to
Jeremiah in
Tahpanhes,
saying,
sex.n;P.x;t.B .Wh'y.m.rIy -l,a h'wh.y -r;b.d yih.y;w ? r{mael
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"Take some
large stones in your
hands and
hide them in the
mortar in the
brick terrace
which is at the
entrance of
Pharaoh's palace in
Tahpanhes, in the
sight of
some of the
Jews;
j,l,M;B ~'T.n;m.j.W tw{l{d.G ~yin'b]a '$.d'y.B x;q ? sex.n;P.x;t.B h{[.r;P -tyeB x;t,p.B r,v]a !eB.l;M;B ? ~yid.Wh.y ~yiv'n]a yenye[.l
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and
say to them,
'Thus says the
LORD of
hosts, the
God of
Israel,
"Behold, I am going to
send and
get Nebuchadnezzar the
king of
Babylon, My
servant, and I am going to
set his
throne right
over these stones that I have
hidden; and he will
spread his
canopy over them.
tw{a'b.c h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K ~,hyel]a 'T.r;m'a.w ? r;Ca,r.d;k.Wb.n -t,a yiT.x;q'l.w ;xel{v yin.nih lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a ? ~yin'b]a'l l;[;Mim w{a.sik yiT.m;f.w yiD.b;[ l,b'B -.k,l,m ? w{r.Wr.p;v -t,a h'j'n.w yiT.n'm'j r,v]a h,Lea'h ? ~,hyel][
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"He will also
come and
strike the
land of
Egypt; those
who are meant for
death will be given over to
death, and those for
captivity to
captivity, and those for the
sword to the
sword.
t,w'M;l r,v]a ~Iy'r.cim #,r,a -t,a h'Kih.w h'a'b.W ? b,r'x,l b,r,x;l r,v]a;w yib,V;l yib.V;l r,v]a;w t,w'M;l
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"And I shall
set fire to the
temples of the
gods of
Egypt, and he will
burn them and
take them
captive. So he will
wrap himself with the
land of
Egypt as a
shepherd wraps himself with his
garment, and he will
depart from
there safely.
~'p'r.f.W ~Iy;r.cim yeh{l/a yeT'b.B vea yiT;Cih.w ? h,j.[;y -r,v]a;K ~Iy;r.cim #,r,a -t,a h'j'[.w ~'b'v.w ? ~w{l'v.B ~'Vim a'c'y.w w{d.giB -t,a h,[{r'h
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"He will also
shatter the
obelisks of
Heliopolis,
which is in the
land of
Egypt; and the
temples of the
gods of
Egypt he will
burn with
fire.""'
#,r,a.B r,v]a v,m,v tyeB tw{b.C;m -t,a r;Biv.w ? @{r.fIy ~Iy;r.cim -yeh{l/a yeT'B -t,a.w ~Iy'r.cim ? vea'B