9
"My
lord the
king,
these men have
acted wickedly in
all that they have
done to
Jeremiah the
prophet whom they have
cast into the
cistern; and he will
die right where he is
because * of the
famine, for
there is
no more bread in the
city."
r,v]a -l'K tea h,Lea'h ~yiv'n]a'h .W[ereh .$,l,M;h yin{d]a ? .Wkyil.vih -r,v]a tea ayib'N;h .Wh'y.m.rIy.l .Wf'[ ? yiK b'['r'h yen.Pim wy'T.x;T t'm'Y;w rw{B;h -l,a ? ryi['B dw{[ ~,x,L;h !yea
10
Then the
king commanded Ebed-melech the
Ethiopian,
saying,
"Take thirty men from
here under your
authority and
bring up
Jeremiah the
prophet from the
cistern before he
dies."
r{mael yiv.WK;h .$,l,m -d,b,[ tea .$,l,M;h h/W;c.y;w ? 'tyil][;h.w ~yiv'n]a ~yiv{l.v h,Zim '$.d'y.B x;q ? ~,r,j.B rw{B;h -nim ayib'N;h .Wh'y.m.rIy -t,a ? t.Wm'y