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Jeremiah 37:17-20

17Then Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667the kingהַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428sentוַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.LachH7971,and took him outוַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּvai.yi.ka.Che.huH3947:and the kingהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428askedוַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּvai.yish.'a.Le.huH7592him secretlyבַּסֵּ֔תֶרba.Se.terH5643in his houseבְּבֵיתוֹ֙be.vei.ToH1004,and saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Is there anywordדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697from Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068?And Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huH3414saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,There isH3426:for, saidוַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559he, thou shalt be deliveredתִּנָּתֵֽן׃ סti.na.TenH5414into the handבְּיַ֥דbe.YadH3027of the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֖לba.VelH894.

18Moreover Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huH3414saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֑הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huH6667,What have I offendedחָטָ֨אתִֽיcha.Ta.tiH2398against thee, or against thy servantsוְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ve.la.'a.va.Dei.khaH5650,or against this peopleוְלָעָ֣םve.la.'AmH5971,that ye have putנְתַתֶּ֥םne.ta.TemH5414me in prisonבֵּ֥ית הַכֶּֽלֶא׃beit ha.Ke.le'H3608 H1004?

19Where arenowוְאַיֵּה֙ve.'ai.yovH346your prophetsנְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔םne.Vi.'ei.KhemH5030which prophesiedנִבְּא֥וּni.be.'UH5012unto you, sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,The kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶל֙ba.VelH894shall not comeיָבֹ֤אya.Vo'H935against you, nor against this landהָאָ֥רֶץha.'A.retzH776?

20Therefore hearשְֽׁמַֽע־she.ma'-H8085now, I pray thee, O my lordאֲדֹנִ֣י'a.do.NiH113the kingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428:let my supplicationתְחִנָּתִי֙te.chi.na.TiH8467,I pray thee, be acceptedתִּפָּל־ti.pol-H5307beforeלְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee; that thou cause me not to returnתְּשִׁבֵ֗נִיte.shi.Ve.niH7725to the houseבֵּ֚יתbeitH1004of Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָ֣ןye.ho.na.TanH3083the scribeהַסֹּפֵ֔רha.so.FerH5608,lest I dieאָמ֖וּת'a.MutH4191there.

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