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Jeremiah 37:15-21

15AndtheprincesH8269werewrothwithJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,andsmotehim,andputוְנָתְנ֨וּve.na.te.NuH5414himinprisoninthehouseH1004ofJonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֣ןye.ho.na.TanH3083thescribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608;fortheyhadmadeH6213thattheprison.

16WhenJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֛הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414wascomeH935intothedungeon-house,andintothecells,andJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414hadremainedוַיֵּֽשֶׁב־vai.ye.shev-H3427theremanyרַבִּֽים׃ פra.BimH7227daysיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117;

17thenZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667thekingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sentH7971,andfetchedhim:andthekingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428askedוַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּvai.yish.'a.Le.huH7592himsecretlyinhishouseבְּבֵיתוֹ֙be.vei.ToH1004,andsaidH559,Isthereanywordדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697fromJehovah?AndJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huH3414saidH559,Thereis.HesaidH559also, Thou shaltbedeliveredintothehandבְּיַ֥דbe.YadH3027ofthekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894.

18MoreoverJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414saidH559untokingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֑הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667, WhereinhaveIsinnedH2398againstthee,oragainstthyservantsוְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ve.la.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650,oragainstthispeopleוְלָעָ֣םve.la.'AmH5971,thatyehaveputנְתַתֶּ֥םne.ta.TemH5414meinprison?

19WhereH834nowareyourprophetsנְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔םne.Vi.'ei.KhemH5030thatprophesiedH5012untoyou,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894shallnotcomeיָבֹ֤אya.Vo'H935againstyou,noragainstthislandהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776?

20AndnowH6258hearH8085,Ipraythee,Omylordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428:letmysupplicationתְחִנָּתִי֙te.chi.na.TiH8467,Ipraythee,bepresentedbeforethee,thatthoucausemenottoreturnH7725tothehouseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004ofJonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֣ןye.ho.na.TanH3083thescribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608, lestIdieאָמ֖וּת'a.MutH4191there.

21ThenZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֗הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandedוַיְצַוֶּ֞הvay.tza.VehH6680,andtheycommittedJeremiahיִרְמְיָהוּ֮yir.me.ya.HuH3414intothecourtH2691oftheguardהַמַּטָּרָה֒ha.ma.ta.RahH4307;andtheygaveH5414himdailyaloafכִכַּר־khi.kar-H3603ofbreadלֶ֤חֶםLe.chemH3899outofthebakers’הָאֹפִ֔יםha.'o.FimH644streetמִח֣וּץmi.ChutzH2351,untilallthebreadהַלֶּ֖חֶםha.Le.chemH3899inthecityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892wasspent. ThusJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414remainedוַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427inthecourtH2691oftheguardהַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ha.ma.ta.RahH4307.

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