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Jeremiah 21:1-3

1The wordהַדָּבָ֛רha.da.VarH1697which came unto Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414from Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,when kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֗הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667sentבִּשְׁלֹ֨חַbish.Lo.achH7971unto him Pashurפַּשְׁחוּר֙pash.ChurH6583the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Melchiahמַלְכִּיָּ֔הmal.ki.YahH4441,and Zephaniahצְפַנְיָ֧הtze.fan.YahH6846the sonבֶן־ven-H1121of Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָ֛הma.'a.se.YahH4641the priestהַכֹּהֵ֖ןha.ko.HenH3548,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

2Enquireדְּרָשׁ־de.rosh-H1875,I pray thee, of Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068for usבַעֲדֵ֙נוּ֙va.'a.De.nuH1157;for Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥רne.vu.khad.re.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894maketh warנִלְחָ֣םnil.ChamH3898against us; if so be that Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068will dealיַעֲשֶׂ֨הya.'a.SehH6213with us according to all his wondrous worksנִפְלְאֹתָ֔יוnif.le.'o.TavH6381,that he may go upוְיַעֲלֶ֖הve.ya.'a.LehH5927from us.

3Then saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414unto them, Thus shall ye sayתֹאמְרֻ֖ןtom.RunH559to Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667:

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