New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 38:24-26

24Then Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414, “Let noאַל־'al-H408manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376knowיֵדַ֥עye.Da'H3045about theseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsבַּדְּבָֽרִים־ba.de.va.rim-H1697and you will not dieתָמֽוּת׃ta.MutH4191.

25But ifH3588theofficialsהַשָּׂרִים֮ha.sa.RimH8269hearיִשְׁמְע֣וּyish.me.'UH8085that I have talkedדִבַּ֣רְתִּיdi.Bar.tiH1696with you and comeוּבָ֣אוּu.Va.'uH935to you and sayוְֽאָמְר֪וּve.'a.me.RuH559to you, ‘Tellהַגִּֽידָה־ha.gi.dah-H5046us nowנָּ֨אna'H4994whatמַה־mah-H4100you saidדִּבַּ֧רְתָּdi.Bar.taH1696to the kingהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428and whatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100the kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428saidדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696to you; do not hideתְּכַחֵ֥דte.kha.ChedH3582itfrom us and we will not putנְמִיתֶ֑ךָne.mi.Te.khaH4191you to deathH4191,’

26then you are to sayוְאָמַרְתָּ֣ve.'a.mar.TaH559to them, ‘I waspresentingמַפִּיל־ma.pil-H5307my petitionתְחִנָּתִ֖יte.chi.na.TiH8467beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,not to make me returnהֲשִׁיבֵ֛נִיha.shi.Ve.niH7725to the houseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004of Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֖ןye.ho.na.TanH3083to dieלָמ֥וּתla.MutH4191thereשָֽׁם׃ פShamH8033.’”

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