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Jeremiah 38:4-6

4AndtheprincesH8269saidH559untothekingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,Letthismanהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376,wepraythee,beputי֣וּמַתYu.matH4191todeathH4191;forwhyshouldheweakenthehandsיְדֵי֩ye.DeiH3027ofthemenהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376ofwarהַמִּלְחָמָ֜הha.mil.cha.MahH4421thatremainהַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים׀ha.nish.'a.RimH7604inthiscityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892,andthehandsיְדֵ֣יye.DeiH3027ofallthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,inspeakingלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696tothemaccordingtothesewordsכַּדְּבָרִ֖יםka.de.va.RimH1697?forthismanH376seekethnotthewelfareלְשָׁל֛וֹםle.sha.LomH7965ofthispeopleלָעָ֥םla.'AmH5971,butthehurt.

5Andkingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667saidH559,Behold,heisinyourhandבְּיֶדְכֶ֑םbe.yed.KhemH3027;forthekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428isnothethatcandoathingH1697againstyou.

6ThentheytookH3947Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414,andcastH7993himintothedungeonofMalchijahthesonבֶן־ven-H1121ofHammelech,whichwasinthecourtH2691oftheguardהַמַּטָּרָ֔הha.ma.ta.RahH4307,andtheyletdownJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414withcordsH2256.Andinthedungeontherewasnowaterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325,butmire;andJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414sankinthemire.

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