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Jeremiah 32:3-5

3For Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063had shut him upכְּלָא֔וֹke.la.'OH3607,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Wherefore dost thou prophesyנִבָּ֜אni.Ba'H5012,and sayלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Thus saithאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,Behold, I will giveנֹתֵ֜ןno.TenH5414this cityהָעִ֥ירha.'IrH5892into the handבְּיַ֥דbe.YadH3027of the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894,and he shall takeוּלְכָדָֽהּ׃u.le.kha.DahH3920it;

4And Zedekiahוְצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ve.tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667kingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063shall not escapeיִמָּלֵ֖טyi.ma.LetH4422out of the handמִיַּ֣דmi.YadH3027of the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםha.kas.DimH3778,but shall surelyהִנָּתֹ֤ןhi.na.TonH5414be deliveredיִנָּתֵן֙yi.na.TenH5414into the handבְּיַ֣דbe.YadH3027of the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֔לba.VelH894,and shall speakוְדִבֶּר־ve.di.ber-H1696with him mouthפִּ֣יוpivH6310to mouthפִּ֔יוPivH6310,and his eyesוְעֵינָ֖יוve.'ei.NavH5869shall beholdתִּרְאֶֽינָה׃tir.'Ei.nahH7200his eyesעֵינָ֥יוei.novH5869;

5And he shall leadH3212Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667to Babylonוּבָבֶ֞לu.va.VelH894,and there shall he be until I visitפָּקְדִ֥יpa.ke.DiH6485him, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:though ye fightתִֽלָּחֲמ֛וּti.la.cha.MuH3898with the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֖יםha.kas.DimH3778,ye shall not prosperתַצְלִֽיחוּ׃ פtatz.Li.chuH6743.

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