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Jeremiah 38:7-13

7NowwhenEbed-melechH5663theEthiopian,aeunuchH5631,whowasintheking’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004,heardH8085thattheyhadputנָתְנ֥וּna.te.NuH5414Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414inthedungeon (thekingוְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428thensittingH3427inthegateבְּשַׁ֥עַרbe.Sha.'arH8179ofBenjaminבִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinH1144),

8Ebed-melechH5663wentH3318forthH3318outoftheking’sהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004,andspaketothekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

9Mylordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113thekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,thesemenH376havedoneevilהֵרֵ֜עוּhe.Re.'uH7489inallthattheyhavedonetoJeremiahלְיִרְמְיָ֣הוּle.yir.me.Ya.huH3414theprophetהַנָּבִ֔יאha.na.Vi'H5030,whomtheyhavecastH7993intothedungeon;andheisliketodieH4191intheplaceH8478whereH834heis,becauseofthefamineהָֽרָעָ֔בha.ra.'AvH7458;forthereisnomorebreadH3899inthecityבָּעִֽיר׃ba.'IrH5892.

10Thenthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428commandedוַיְצַוֶּ֣הvay.tza.VehH6680Ebed-melechH5663theEthiopian,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Takeקַ֣חkachH3947fromhencethirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970menH376withthee,andtakeH3947upJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֧הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414theprophetהַנָּבִ֛יאha.na.Vi'H5030outofthedungeon,beforehedieיָמֽוּת׃ya.MutH4191.

11SoEbed-melechH5663tookH3947themenH376withhim,andwentH935intothehouseבֵית־veit-H1004ofthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428underthetreasuryH214,andtookH3947thenceragsמְלָחִ֑יםme.la.ChimH4418andworn-outH1094garments,andletthemdownbycordsH2256intothedungeontoJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֛הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414.

12AndEbed-melechH5663theEthiopiansaidH559untoJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,Putשִׂ֣יםsimH7760nowtheseragsוְהַמְּלָחִים֙ve.ha.me.la.ChimH4418andworn-outבְּלוֹאֵ֨יbe.lo.'EiH1094garmentsunderthine armholesunderthecordsH2256.AndJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414didsoH3651.

13SotheydrewH4900upJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huH3414withthecordsH2256,andtookhimupoutofthedungeon:andJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414remainedוַיֵּ֣שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427inthecourtH2691oftheguardהַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ סha.ma.ta.RahH4307.

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