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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation |
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| 37:1 | And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of |
And reign doth king Zedekiah son of Josiah instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah, |
| 37:2 | But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake |
and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet. |
| 37:3 | And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. | And Zedekiah the king sendeth Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Pray, we beseech thee, for us unto Jehovah our God.' |
| 37:4 | Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. | And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in the prison-house), |
| 37:5 | Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of |
and the force of Pharaoh hath come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against Jerusalem, hear their report, and go up from off Jerusalem. |
| 37:6 | Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, | And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying: |
| 37:7 | Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to |
`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah, who is sending you unto Me, to seek Me: Lo, the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help hath turned back to its land, to Egypt, |
| 37:8 | And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. | and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire. |
| 37:9 | Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. | `Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go; |
| 37:10 | For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but |
for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men -- each in his tent -- they rise, and have burnt this city with fire.' |
| 37:11 | And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was |
And it hath come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh, |
| 37:12 | Then Jeremiah went forth out of |
that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go `to' the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion thence in the midst of the people. |
| 37:13 | And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. | And it cometh to pass, he is at the gate of Benjamin, and there `is' a master of the ward -- and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah -- and he catcheth Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `Unto the Chaldeans thou art falling.' |
| 37:14 | Then said Jeremiah, It is |
And Jeremiah saith, `Falsehood -- I am not falling unto the Chaldeans;' and he hath not hearkened unto him, and Irijah layeth hold on Jeremiah, and bringeth him in unto the heads, |
| 37:15 | Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. | and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house -- the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it they had made for a prison-house. |
| 37:16 | When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the |
When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days, |
| 37:17 | Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of |
and the king Zedekiah sendeth, and taketh him, and the king asketh him in his house in secret, and saith, `Is there a word from Jehovah?' And Jeremiah saith, `There is,' and he saith, `Into the hand of the king of Babylon thou art given.' |
| 37:18 | Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? | And Jeremiah saith unto the king Zedekiah, `What have I sinned against thee, and against thy servants, and against this people, that ye have given me unto a prison-house? |
| 37:19 | Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of |
And where `are' your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land? |
| 37:20 | Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: |
And now, hearken, I pray thee, my lord, O king, let my supplication fall, I pray thee, before thee, and cause me not to return `to' the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I die not there.' |
| 37:21 | Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. | And the king Zedekiah commandeth, and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers' street, till the consumption of all the bread of the city, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison. |