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The
word which came to
Jeremiah from the
LORD, when
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon and
all his
army, with
all the
kingdoms of the
earth that were under his
dominion and
all the
peoples, were
fighting against Jerusalem and
against all its
cities,
saying,
h'wh.y teaem .Wh'y.m.rIy -l,a h'y'h -r,v]a r'b'D;h ? tw{k.l.m;m -l'k.w w{lyex -l'k.w l,b'B -.k,l,m r;Ca,r.d;k.Wb.n.W ? ~yim'x.lin ~yiM;['h -l'k.w w{d'y t,l,v.m,m #,r,a ? r{mael 'hy,r'[ -l'K -l;[.w ~i;l'v.Wr.y -l;[
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"Thus says the
LORD God of
Israel,
'Go and
speak to
Zedekiah king of
Judah and
say to him:
"Thus says the
LORD,
'Behold, I am
giving this city into the
hand of the
king of
Babylon, and he will
burn it with
fire.
'T.r;m'a.w .${l'h lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K ? wy'lea 'T.r;m'a.w h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m .Wh'Yiq.dic -l,a ? ta{Z;h ryi['h -t,a !et{n yin.nih h'wh.y r;m'a h{K ? vea'B H'p'r.f.W l,b'B -.k,l,m d;y.B
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'You will not
escape from his
hand, for you will
surely be
captured and
delivered into his
hand; and you will
see the
king of
Babylon eye to
eye, and he will
speak with you
face to
face, and you will
go to
Babylon.' "'
w{d'y.b.W fep'TiT f{p'T yiK w{d'Yim jel'Mit a{l h'T;a.w ? h'ny,a.riT l,b'B -.k,l,m yenye[ -t,a '$y,nye[.w !et'NiT ? aw{b'T l,b'b.W reB;d.y '$yiP -t,a .Whyip.W
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"Yet hear the
word of the
LORD, O
Zedekiah king of
Judah!
Thus says the
LORD concerning you, 'You will not
die by the
sword.
h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m .Wh'Yiq.dic h'wh.y -r;b.D [;m.v .$;a ? b,r'x,B t.Wm't a{l '$y,l'[ h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K
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'You will
die in
peace; and as spices were
burned for your
fathers, the
former kings who were
before you,
so they will
burn spices for you; and they will
lament for you,
"Alas,
lord!"' For I have
spoken the
word,"
declares the
LORD.
~yik'l.M;h '$y,tw{b]a tw{p.r.fim.k.W t.Wm'T ~w{l'v.B ? .$'l -.Wp.r.fIy !eK '$y,n'p.l .Wy'h -r,v]a ~yin{vair'h ? yiT.r;Bid -yin]a r'b'd -yiK .$'l -.Wd.P.sIy !w{d'a<0113!> yw{h.w ? h'wh.y -mUa.n
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Then
Jeremiah the
prophet spoke all these words to
Zedekiah king of
Judah in
Jerusalem
.$,l,m .Wh'Yiq.dic -l,a ayib'N;h .Wh'y.m.rIy reB;d.y;w ? ~i'l'v.WryiB h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;h -l'K tea h'd.Wh.y
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when the
army of the
king of
Babylon was
fighting against Jerusalem and
against all the
remaining cities of
Judah, that is,
Lachish and
Azekah, for they alone
remained as
fortified cities among the
cities of
Judah.
~i;l'v.Wr.y -l;[ ~yim'x.lin l,b'B -.k,l,m lyex.w ? vyik'l -l,a tw{r'tw{N;h h'd.Wh.y yer'[ -l'K l;[.w ? h'd.Wh.y yer'[.B .Wr]a.vin h'Neh yiK h'qez][ -l,a.w ? r'c.bim yer'[