New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 38:4-6

4Then theofficialsהַשָּׂרִ֜יםha.sa.RimH8269saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to the kingהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428, “Nowנָא֮na'H4994let thisH2088manהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376be putי֣וּמַתYu.matH4191to deathH4191,inasmuchעַל־ כֵּ֡ן'al- kenH3588 H5921 H3651as he isdiscouragingמְרַפֵּ֡אme.ra.Pe'H7503 H3027the menהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376of warהַמִּלְחָמָ֜הha.mil.cha.MahH4421who are leftהַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים׀ha.nish.'a.RimH7604in thisH2088cityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892andallכָל־khol-H3605the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,by speakingלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696suchהָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.lehH428wordsכַּדְּבָרִ֖יםka.de.va.RimH1697to them; for thisH2088manH376is not seekingדֹרֵ֧שׁdo.ReshH1875the well-beingלְשָׁל֛וֹםle.sha.LomH7965of thisH2088peopleלָעָ֥םla.'AmH5971but ratherאִם־'im-H3588 H518their harmH7463.”

5So Kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559, “Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009, he is in yourhandsבְּיֶדְכֶ֑םbe.yed.KhemH3027;for the kingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428canיוּכַ֥לyu.KhalH3201donothingאֵ֣ין דָּבָֽר׃'ein da.VarH369 H1697against you.”

6Then they tookוַיִּקְח֣וּvai.yik.ChuH3947Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֗הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414and castוַיַּשְׁלִ֨כוּvai.yash.Li.khuH7993him into thecisternהַבּ֣וֹר׀ha.BorH953ofMalchijahמַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּmal.ki.Ya.huH4441the king’sהַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sonבֶן־ven-H1121,whichאֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherH834was in the courtבַּחֲצַ֣רba.cha.TzarH2691of the guardhouseהַמַּטָּרָ֔הha.ma.ta.RahH4307;and they letH7971Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414downH7971with ropesבַּחֲבָלִ֑יםba.cha.va.LimH2256.Now in the cisternוּבַבּ֤וֹרu.va.BorH953thereH369was noH369waterמַ֙יִם֙ma.yimH4325but onlyאִם־'im-H518mudטִ֔יטTitH2916,and Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414sankוַיִּטְבַּ֥עvai.yit.Ba'H2883into the mudבַּטִּֽיט׃ סba.TitH2916.

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