Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 37:17-20

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’?

20But nowוְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.TahH6258pleaseנָ֖אna'H4994listenשְֽׁמַֽע־she.ma'-H8085,O my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428.May my petitionתְחִנָּתִי֙te.chi.na.TiH8467comeתִּפָּל־ נָ֤אti.pol- na'H5307 H4994before youלְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440.Do notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408send me backתְּשִׁבֵ֗נִיte.shi.Ve.niH7725to the houseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004of Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֣ןye.ho.na.TanH3083the scribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608,orוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808I will dieאָמ֖וּת'a.MutH4191thereשָֽׁם׃ShamH8033.”

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