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2 Chronicles 36:5-21

5Jehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִ֣יםye.ho.ya.KimH3079wastwentyעֶשְׂרִ֨ים'es.RimH6242andfiveוְחָמֵ֤שׁve.cha.MeshH2568yearsשָׁנָה֙sha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427elevenyearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389:andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֔עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovahhisGodאֱלֹהָֽיו׃'e.lo.HavH430.

6AgainsthimcameH5927upNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH894,andboundH631himinfettersבַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםban.chush.Ta.yimH5178,tocarryhimtoBabylonבָּבֶֽלָה׃ba.Ve.lahH894.

7Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019alsocarriedofthevesselsH3627ofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovahtoBabylonלְבָבֶ֑לle.va.VelH894,andputוַיִּתְּנֵ֥םvai.yi.te.NemH5414theminhistempleatBabylonבְּבָבֶֽל׃be.va.VelH894.

8Nowtherestוְיֶתֶר֩ve.ye.TerH3499oftheactsofJehoiakimיְהֽוֹיָקִ֜יםye.ho.ya.KimH3079,andhisabominationsוְתֹֽעֲבֹתָ֤יוve.to.'a.vo.TavH8441whichhedid,andthatwhichwasfoundH4672inhim,behold,theyarewrittenH3789inthebookH5612ofthekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֑הvi.hu.DahH3063:andJehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֥יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121reignedH4427inhisstead.

9Jehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִ֣יןye.ho.ya.KhinH3078waseightשְׁמוֹנֶ֤הshe.mo.NehH8083yearsשָׁנִים֙sha.NimH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁ֤הu.she.lo.ShahH7969monthsחֳדָשִׁים֙cho.da.ShimH2320andtenוַעֲשֶׂ֣רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235daysיָמִ֔יםya.MimH3117inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389:andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah.

10Andatthereturnoftheyearהַשָּׁנָ֗הha.sha.NahH8141kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Nebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֔רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019sentH7971,andbroughtH935himtoBabylonבָבֶ֔לָהva.Ve.lahH894,withthegoodlyvesselsH3627ofthehouseבֵּית־beit-H1004ofJehovah,andmadeZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667hisbrotherH251kingH4428overJudahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063andJerusalemוִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פVi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

11Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667wastwentyעֶשְׂרִ֧ים'es.RimH6242andoneH259yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141oldwhenhebegantoreignH4427;andhereignedH4427elevenyearsשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389:

12andhedidthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֔עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovahhisGodאֱלֹהָ֑יו'e.lo.HavH430;hehumbledH3665nothimselfbeforeJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֥הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414theprophetהַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'H5030speakingfromthemouthמִפִּ֥יmi.PiH6310ofJehovah.

13Andhealsoוְ֠גַםVe.gamH1571rebelledH4775againstkingבַּמֶּ֤לֶךְba.Me.lekhH4428Nebuchadnezzarנְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּר֙ne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019,whohadmadeH553himswearהִשְׁבִּיע֖וֹhish.bi.'OH7650byGodבֵּֽאלֹהִ֑יםbe.lo.HimH430:buthestiffenedH7185hisneckעָרְפּוֹ֙a.re.PoH6203,andhardenedH7185hisheartלְבָב֔וֹle.va.VoH3824againstturningH7725untoJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

14MoreoverallthechiefsH8269ofthepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548,andthepeopleוְהָעָם֙ve.ha.'AmH5971, trespassedverygreatlyH7235afteralltheabominationsתֹּעֲב֣וֹתto.'a.VotH8441ofthenationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471;andtheypollutedthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovahwhichhehadhallowedinJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃bi.ru.sha.LimH3389.

15AndJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheirfathersH1,sentH7971tothembyhismessengersמַלְאָכָ֖יוmal.'a.KhavH4397,risingH7925upearlyהַשְׁכֵּ֣םhash.KemH7925andsendingH7971,becausehehadcompassionחָמַ֥לcha.MalH2550onhispeopleעַמּ֖וֹa.MoH5971,andonhisdwelling-place:

16buttheymockedthemessengersבְּמַלְאֲכֵ֣יbe.mal.'a.KheiH4397ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,anddespisedH959hiswordsדְּבָרָ֔יוde.va.RavH1697,andscoffedathisprophetsבִּנְבִאָ֑יוbin.vi.'AvH5030,untilthewrathH2534ofJehovaharoseagainsthispeopleבְּעַמּ֖וֹbe.'a.MoH5971,tilltherewasnoremedy.

17ThereforehebroughtH5927uponthemthekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428oftheChaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkas.di.yimH3778,whoslewH2026theiryoungבַּחוּרֵיהֶ֤םba.chu.rei.HemH970menבָּח֥וּרba.ChurH970withtheswordבַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ba.Che.revH2719inthehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004oftheirsanctuaryמִקְדָּשָׁ֔םmik.da.ShamH4720,andhadnocompassionחָמַ֛לcha.MalH2550uponyoungH970manH2205orvirginH1330,oldזָקֵ֣ןza.KenH2205manH2205orhoary-headed:hegaveH5414themallintohishandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

18AndallthevesselsH3627ofthehouseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.HimH430,greatהַגְּדֹלִ֣יםha.ge.do.LimH1419andsmallוְהַקְּטַנִּ֔יםve.hak.ke.ta.NimH6996,andthetreasuresH214ofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehovah,andthetreasuresH214ofthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,andofhisprincesH8269,allthesehebroughtH935toBabylonבָבֶֽל׃va.VelH894.

19AndtheyburntH8313thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430,andbrakedownthewallחוֹמַ֣תcho.MatH2346ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,andburntallthepalacesthereofwithfireבָאֵ֔שׁva.'EshH784,anddestroyedלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ סle.hash.ChitH7843allthegoodlyvesselsH3627thereof.

20Andthemthathadescapedfromtheswordהַחֶ֖רֶבha.Che.revH2719carriedheawaytoBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH894;andtheywereH1961servantsH5650tohimandhissonsוּלְבָנָיו֙u.le.va.NavH1121untilthereignH4438ofthekingdomמַלְכ֥וּתmal.KhutH4438ofPersiaפָּרָֽס׃pa.RasH6539:

21tofulfilthewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697ofJehovahbythemouthבְּפִ֣יbe.FiH6310ofJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,untilthelandהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776hadenjoyeditssabbathsשַׁבְּתוֹתֶ֑יהָsha.be.to.Tei.haH7676:foraslongasitlaydesolateH8074itkeptsabbathH7676,tofulfil threescoreandtenyearsשָׁנָֽה׃ פsha.NahH8141.

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