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Now
Zedekiah the
son of
Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon had
made king in the
land of
Judah,
reigned as
king in
place of
Coniah the
son of
Jehoiakim.
t;x;T .Wh'Yiva{y -n,B .Wh'Yiq.dic .$,l,m -.k'l.miY;w ? r;Ca,r.d;k.Wb.n .$yil.mih r,v]a ~yiq'yw{h.y -n,B .Wh'y.n'K ? h'd.Wh.y #,r,a.B l,b'B -.k,l,m
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But
neither he
nor his
servants nor the
people of the
land listened to the
words of the
LORD which He
spoke through Jeremiah the
prophet.
yer.biD -l,a #,r'a'h ~;[.w wy'd'b][;w a.Wh [;m'v a{l.w ? ayib'N;h .Wh'y.m.rIy d;y.B r,BiD r,v]a h'wh.y
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Yet
King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the
son of
Shelemiah, and
Zephaniah the
son of
Maaseiah, the
priest, to
Jeremiah the
prophet,
saying,
"Please pray to the
LORD our
God on our
behalf."
h'y.m,l,v -n,B l;k.Wh.y -t,a .Wh'Yiq.dic .$,l,M;h x;l.viY;w ? .Wh'y.m.rIy -l,a !eh{K;h h'yef][;m -n,b .Wh'y.n;p.c -t,a.w ? h'wh.y -l,a .Wned][;b a'n -l,L;P.tih r{mael ayib'N;h ? .Wnyeh{l/a
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Now
Jeremiah was still
coming in and
going out
among the
people, for they had not yet
put him in the
prison *.
.Wn.t'n -a{l.w ~'['h .$w{t.B aec{y.w a'B .Wh'y.m.rIy.w ? ayil.K;h tyeB w{t{a
5
Meanwhile,
Pharaoh's army had
set out from
Egypt; and when the
Chaldeans who had been
besieging * Jerusalem heard the
report about them, they
lifted the siege from
Jerusalem.
~yiD.f;K;h .W[.m.viY;w ~Iy'r.ciMim a'c'y h{[.r;P lyex.w ? .Wl'[eY;w ~'[.miv -t,a ~i;l'v.Wr.y -l;[ ~yir'C;h ? ~i'l'v.Wr.y l;[em
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Then the
word of the
LORD came to
Jeremiah the
prophet,
saying,
ayib'N;h .Wh'y.m.rIy -l,a h'wh.y -r;b.D yih.y;w ? r{mael
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"Thus says the
LORD God of
Israel,
'Thus you are to
say to the
king of
Judah, who
sent you to Me to
inquire of Me:
"Behold,
Pharaoh's army which has
come out for your
assistance is going to
return to its own
land of
Egypt.
.Wr.ma{t h{K lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a h'wh.y r;m'a -h{K ? yinev.r'd.l y;lea ~,k.t,a ;xel{V;h h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m -l,a ? b'v h'r.z,[.l ~,k'l aec{Y;h h{[.r;P lyex heNih ? ~Iy'r.cim w{c.r;a.l
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"The
Chaldeans will also
return and
fight against this city, and they will
capture it and
burn it with
fire."'
ta{Z;h ryi['h -l;[ .Wm]x.lin.w ~yiD.f;K;h .Wb'v.w ? vea'b 'hUp'r.f.W 'hUd'k.l.W
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"Thus says the
LORD, 'Do not
deceive yourselves,
saying, "The
Chaldeans will
surely go away from us," for they will not
go.
r{mael ~,kyet{v.p;n .WaiV;T -l;a h'wh.y r;m'a h{K ? .Wkeley a{l -yiK ~yiD.f;K;h .Wnyel'[em .Wk.ley .${l'h
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'For even
if you had
defeated the
entire army of
Chaldeans who were
fighting against you, and there were only
wounded men left among them,
each man in his
tent, they would
rise up and
burn this city with
fire.' "
~yim'x.liN;h ~yiD.f;K lyex -l'K ~,tyiKih -mia yiK ? vyia ~yir'QUd.m ~yiv'n]a ~'b .Wr]a.vin.w ~,k.Tia ? ta{Z;h ryi['h -t,a .Wp.r'f.w .Wm.Wq'y w{l\h'a.B ? vea'B