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Jeremiah 40:11-15

11Likewise when all theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֡יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064that were inMoabבְּמוֹאָ֣ב׀be.mo.'AvH4124, and among theAmmonitesעַמּ֨וֹןa.MonH5983, and inEdomוּבֶאֱד֜וֹםu.ve.'e.DomH123, and that were in all thecountriesהָֽאֲרָצוֹת֙ha.'a.ra.tzOtH776,heardשָֽׁמְע֔וּsha.me.'UH8085that thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofBabylonבָּבֶ֛לba.VelH894hadleftנָתַ֧ןna.TanH5414aremnantשְׁאֵרִ֖יתshe.'e.RitH7611ofJudahלִֽיהוּדָ֑הli.hu.DahH3063, and that he hadsetהִפְקִ֣ידhif.KidH6485over themGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֖הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436thesonH1121ofAhikamאֲחִיקָ֥ם'a.chi.KamH296thesonH1121ofShaphanשָׁפָֽן׃sha.FanH8227;

12Even all theJewsהַיְּהוּדִ֗יםhai.ye.hu.DimH3064returnedoutוַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuH7725of allplacesהַמְּקֹמוֹת֙ha.me.ko.mOtH4725where they weredrivenנִדְּחוּ־ni.de.chu-H5080, andcameוַיָּבֹ֧אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935to thelandאֶֽרֶץ־'e.retz-H776ofJudahיְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahH3063, toGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֖הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436, toMizpahH4708, andgatheredוַיַּאַסְפ֛וּvai.ya.'as.FuH622wineיַ֥יִןYa.yinH3196and summerfruitsוָקַ֖יִץva.Ka.yitzH7019inabundanceהַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ פhar.Beh me.'OdH3966 H7235.

13MoreoverJohananוְיֽוֹחָנָן֙ve.yo.cha.NanH3110thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofKareahקָרֵ֔חַka.Re.achH7143, and all thecaptainsשָׂרֵ֥יsa.ReiH8269of theforcesהַחֲיָלִ֖יםha.cha.ya.LimH2428that were in thefieldsבַּשָּׂדֶ֑הba.sa.DehH7704,cameבָּ֥אוּBa.'uH935toGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֖הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436toMizpahH4708,

14Andsaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to him, Dost thoucertainlyהֲיָדֹ֤עַha.ya.Do.a'H3045knowתֵּדַע֙te.Da'H3045thatBaalisבַּעֲלִ֣יס׀ba.'a.LisH1185thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of theAmmonitesבְּנֵֽי־ עַמּ֗וֹןbe.nei- a.MonH1121 H5983hathsentשָׁלַח֙sha.LachH7971Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyish.ma.'ElH3458thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNethaniahנְתַנְיָ֔הne.tan.YahH5418toslayלְהַכֹּתְךָ֖ נָ֑פֶשׁle.ha.ko.te.Kha Na.feshH5221 H5315thee? ButGedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֖הוּge.dal.Ya.huH1436thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofAhikamאֲחִיקָֽם׃'a.chi.KamH296believedהֶאֱמִ֣יןhe.'e.MinH539them not.

15ThenJohananוְיוֹחָנָ֣ןve.yo.cha.NanH3110thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofKareahקָרֵ֡חַka.Re.achH7143spokeאָמַ֣ר'a.MarH559toGedaliahגְּדַלְיָהוּ֩ge.dal.ya.HuH1436inMizpahבַּמִּצְפָּ֜הba.mitz.PahH4709secretlyבַסֵּ֨תֶרva.Se.terH5643,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, Let megoH3212, I pray thee, and I willslayוְאַכֶּה֙ve.'a.KehH5221Ishmaelיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyish.ma.'ElH3458thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofNethaniahנְתַנְיָ֔הne.tan.YahH5418, and nomanוְאִ֖ישׁve.'IshH376shallknowיֵדָ֑עye.Da'H3045it : why should heslayיַכֶּ֣כָּה נֶּ֗פֶשׁya.Ke.kah Ne.feshH5221 H5315thee, that all theJewsH3064who aregatheredהַנִּקְבָּצִ֣יםha.nik.ba.TzimH6908to thee should bescatteredוְנָפֹ֙צוּ֙ve.na.Fo.tzuH6327, and theremnantשְׁאֵרִ֥יתshe.'e.RitH7611ofJudahH3063perishוְאָבְדָ֖הve.'a.ve.DahH6?

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