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Jeremiah 38:17-20

17AndJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֣הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414saidH559untoZedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֡הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667,Thusכֹּֽה־koh-H3541saithJehovahtheGodאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430ofhostsצְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478:Ifthou wilt freelygoH3318forthH3318tothekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylon'sprincesH8269,thenthysoulH5315shallliveוְחָיְתָ֣הve.cha.ye.TahH2421,andthiscityוְהָעִ֣ירve.ha.'IrH5892shallnotbeburnedתִשָּׂרֵ֖ףti.sa.RefH8313withfireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784;andthou shaltliveוְחָיִ֖תָהve.cha.Yi.tahH2421,andthyhouseH1004.

18Butifthou wiltnotgoתֵצֵ֗אte.Tze'H3318forthH3318tothekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofBabylon'sprincesH8269,thenshallthiscityהָעִ֤ירha.'IrH5892begivenH5414intothehandבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027oftheChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778,andtheyshallburnוּשְׂרָפ֖וּהָu.se.ra.Fu.haH8313itwithfireבָּאֵ֑שׁba.'EshH784,andthou shaltnotescapeתִמָּלֵ֥טti.ma.LetH4422outoftheirhandמִיָּדָֽם׃ סmi.ya.DamH3027.

19Andkingהַמֶּ֥לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667saidH559untoJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֑הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,IamafraidoftheJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064thathavedesertedtotheChaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778,lestפֶּֽן־pen-H6435theygiveיִתְּנ֥וּyi.te.NuH5414meoverintotheirhandבְּיָדָ֖םbe.ya.DamH3027,andtheymockme.

20AndJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414saidH559,Theyshallnotgiveיִתֵּ֑נוּyi.Te.nuH5414[thee]over. Hearken,Ibeseechthee, untothevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofJehovah,inthatwhichIspeakדֹּבֵ֣רdo.VerH1696unto thee;soshallitbewellוְיִ֥יטַבve.Yi.tavH3190unto thee,andthysoulH5315shallliveוּתְחִ֥יu.te.ChiH2421.

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