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Jeremiah 52:4-7

4Soוַיְהִי֩vay.HiH1961in the ninthהַתְּשִׁעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבַשָּׁנָ֨הva.sha.NahH8141of Zedekiah’s reignלְמָלְכ֗וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,on the tenthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרba.Cho.desh be.'a.SorH6218 H2320day of the tenthהָעֲשִׂירִי֮ha.'a.si.RiH6224monthלַחֹדֶשׁ֒la.cho.DeshH2320,Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨רne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֜ל ה֤וּאba.Vel hu'H894 H1931marchedבָּ֠אba'H935againstעַל־'al-H5921Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389with his entireוְכָל־ve.kholH3605armyחֵילוֹ֙chei.LoH2428.They encampedוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583outsideעָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921the cityand builtוַיִּבְנ֥וּvai.yiv.NuH1129a siege wallדָּיֵ֖קda.YekH1785allסָבִֽיב׃sa.VivH5439around itעָלֶ֛יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921.

5And the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892was keptוַתָּבֹ֥אva.ta.Vo'H935under siegeבַּמָּצ֑וֹרba.ma.TzorH4692untilעַ֚ד'adH5704Kingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiah’sצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667eleventhעַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'ash.Tei 'es.RehH6249 H6240yearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141.

6By the ninthבַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ בְּתִשְׁעָ֣הba.Cho.desh be.tish.'AhH8672 H2320dayof the fourthהָֽרְבִיעִי֙ha.re.vi.'IH7243monthלַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320,the famineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458in the cityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892was so severeוַיֶּחֱזַ֥קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388that the peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776hadהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961noוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808foodלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899.

7Then the cityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892was breachedוַתִּבָּקַ֣עva.ti.ba.Ka'H1234;and though the Chaldeansעַל־ וְכַשְׂדִּ֥ים'al- ve.khas.DimH3778 H5921had surroundedסָבִ֑יבsa.VivH5439the cityמֵהָעִ֜ירme.ha.'IrH5892,allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605the menאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֡הha.mil.cha.MahH4421fledיִבְרְחוּ֩yiv.re.ChuH1272וַיֵּצְא֨וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892by nightלַ֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915by wayדֶּ֜רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of the gateשַׁ֤עַרSha.'arH8179betweenבֵּין־bein-H996the two wallsהַחֹמֹתַ֙יִם֙ha.cho.mo.Ta.yimH2346אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834nearעַל־'al-H5921the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gardenגַּ֣ןganH1588.They headedוַיֵּלְכ֖וּvai.ye.le.KhuH1980towardדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870the Arabahהָעֲרָבָֽה׃ha.'a.ra.VahH6160,

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