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Jeremiah 37:14-19

14“That is a lieשֶׁ֗קֶרShe.kerH8267,”Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֜הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414repliedוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559. “I am notאֵינֶ֤נִּי'ei.Ne.niH369desertingנֹפֵל֙no.FelH5307toעַל־'al-H5921the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778!”But Irijahיִרְאִיָּיה֙yir.'i.YaihH3376would notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808listenשָׁמַ֖עsha.Ma'H8085to himאֵלָ֑יו'e.LavH413;instead, he arrestedוַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂvai.yit.PosH8610Jeremiahבְּיִרְמְיָ֔הוּbe.yir.me.Ya.huH3414and took himוַיְבִאֵ֖הוּvay.vi.'E.huH935toאֶל־'el-H413the officialsהַשָּׂרִֽים׃ha.sa.RimH8269.

15The officialsהַשָּׂרִ֛יםha.sa.RimH8269were angryוַיִּקְצְפ֧וּvai.yik.tze.FuH7107withעַֽל־'al-H5921Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,and they beatוְהִכּ֣וּve.hi.KuH5221himאֹת֑וֹ'o.ToH853and placedוְנָתְנ֨וּve.na.te.NuH5414himאוֹת֜וֹ'o.ToH853in jailבֵּ֣ית הָאֵס֗וּרbeit ha.'e.SurH1004 H612in the houseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004of Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֣ןye.ho.na.TanH3083the scribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608,forכִּֽי־ki-H3588אֹת֥וֹ'o.ToH853it had been madeעָשׂ֖וּ'a.SuH6213into a prisonלְבֵ֥ית הַכֶּֽלֶא׃le.Veit ha.Ke.le'H1004 H3608.

16Soכִּ֣יkiH3588Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֛הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414wentבָ֧אva'H935intoאֶל־'el-H413a cellבֵּ֥ית הַבּ֖וֹרbeit ha.BorH1004 H953inוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413the dungeonהַֽחֲנֻ֑יוֹתha.cha.Nu.yotH2588and remainedוַיֵּֽשֶׁב־vai.ye.shev-H3427thereשָׁ֥ם יִרְמְיָ֖הוּsham yir.me.Ya.huH8033 H3414a long timeיָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃ פya.Mim ra.BimH7227 H3117.

17Later, Kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667sent forוַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.LachH7971Jeremiahand received himוַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּvai.yi.ka.Che.huH3947הַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428in his palaceבְּבֵיתוֹ֙be.vei.ToH1004,where he asked himוַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּvai.yish.'a.Le.huH7592privatelyבַּסֵּ֔תֶרba.Se.terH5643, “Is thereהֲיֵ֥שׁha.YeshH3426a wordדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697מֵאֵ֣תme.'EtH854from the LORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068?” “There isיֵ֔שׁYeshH3426 H559,”Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huH3414repliedH559. “You will be deliveredתִּנָּתֵֽן׃ סti.na.TenH5414into the handבְּיַ֥דbe.YadH3027of the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894.”

18Then Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414askedוַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־vai.Yo.mer 'el-H559 H413Kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֑הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667, “Howמֶה֩mehH4100have I sinnedחָטָ֨אתִֽיcha.Ta.tiH2398against youor your servantsוְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ve.la.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650or theseהַזֶּ֔הha.ZehH2088peopleוְלָעָ֣םve.la.'AmH5971,thatכִּֽי־ki-H3588you have putנְתַתֶּ֥םne.ta.TemH5414meאוֹתִ֖י'o.TiH853inאֶל־'el-H413prisonבֵּ֥ית הַכֶּֽלֶא׃beit ha.Ke.le'H1004 H3608?

19WhereH335are your prophetsנְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔םne.Vi.'ei.KhemH5030whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834prophesiedנִבְּא֥וּni.be.'UH5012to you,claimingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, ‘The kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894will notלֹֽא־lo'-H3808comeיָבֹ֤אya.Vo'H935against youH5921or thisהַזֹּֽאת׃ha.ZotH2063landהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776’?

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