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Jeremiah 52:4-7

4And it came to pass in the ninthהַתְּשִׁעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבַשָּׁנָ֨הva.sha.NahH8141of his reignלְמָלְכ֗וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,in the tenthהָעֲשִׂירִי֮ha.'a.si.RiH6224monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,in the tenthבֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרbe.'a.SorH6218dayof the monthלַחֹדֶשׁ֒la.cho.DeshH2320, thatNebuchadrezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨רne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֜לba.VelH894cameבָּ֠אba'H935,he and all his armyחֵילוֹ֙chei.LoH2428,against Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389,and pitchedוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583against it, and builtוַיִּבְנ֥וּvai.yiv.NuH1129fortsדָּיֵ֖קda.YekH1785against it round aboutסָבִֽיב׃sa.VivH5439.

5Soוַתָּבֹ֥אva.ta.Vo'H935the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892was besiegedבַּמָּצ֑וֹרba.ma.TzorH4692unto the eleventhעַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'ash.Tei 'es.RehH6240 H6249yearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141of kingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

6And in the fourthהָֽרְבִיעִי֙ha.re.vi.'IH7243monthבַּחֹ֤דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,in the ninthבְּתִשְׁעָ֣הbe.tish.'AhH8672dayof the monthלַחֹ֔דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320,the famineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458was soreוַיֶּחֱזַ֥קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388in the cityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892,so that there was no breadלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899for the peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

7Then the cityהָעִ֗ירha.'IrH5892was broken upוַתִּבָּקַ֣עva.ti.ba.Ka'H1234,and all the menאַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.SheiH582of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֡הha.mil.cha.MahH4421fledיִבְרְחוּ֩yiv.re.ChuH1272,and went forthוַיֵּצְא֨וּvai.ye.tze.'UH3318out of the cityמֵהָעִ֜ירme.ha.'IrH5892by nightלַ֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915by the wayדֶּ֜רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of the gateשַׁ֤עַרSha.'arH8179between the two wallsהַחֹמֹתַ֙יִם֙ha.cho.mo.Ta.yimH2346, which wasby the king’sהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428gardenגַּ֣ןganH1588; (now the Chaldeansוְכַשְׂדִּ֥יםve.khas.DimH3778wereby the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892round aboutסָבִ֑יבsa.VivH5439:)and they wentH3212by the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of the plainהָעֲרָבָֽה׃ha.'a.ra.VahH6160.

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