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Jeremiah 38 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Jer 38:1

Jer 38:1Shefatyah the son of Mattan, and Gedalyahu the son of Pashchur, and Yukhal the son of Shelemyahu, and Pashchur the son of Malkiyah, heard the words that Yirmeyahu spoke to all the people, saying,

Jer 38:2

Jer 38:2Thus says the LORD, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Kasdim shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

Jer 38:3

Jer 38:3Thus says the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Bavel, and he shall take it.

Jer 38:4

Jer 38:4Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Jer 38:5

Jer 38:5Tzidkiyahu the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.

Jer 38:6

Jer 38:6Then took they Yirmeyahu, and cast him into the dungeon of Malkiyah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Yirmeyahu with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Yirmeyahu sank in the mire.

Jer 38:7

Jer 38:7Now when `Eved-Melekh the Kushite, a eunuch, who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Yirmeyahu in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Binyamin,)

Jer 38:8

Jer 38:8`Eved-Melekh went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,

Jer 38:9

Jer 38:9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Yirmeyahu the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

Jer 38:10

Jer 38:10Then the king commanded `Eved-Melekh the Kushite, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Yirmeyahu the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

Jer 38:11

Jer 38:11So `Eved-Melekh took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Yirmeyahu.

Jer 38:12

Jer 38:12`Eved-Melekh the Kushite said to Yirmeyahu, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armholes under the cords. Yirmeyahu did so.

Jer 38:13

Jer 38:13So they drew up Yirmeyahu with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Yirmeyahu remained in the court of the guard.

Jer 38:14

Jer 38:14Then Tzidkiyahu the king sent, and took Yirmeyahu the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said to Yirmeyahu, I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from me.

Jer 38:15

Jer 38:15Then Yirmeyahu said to Tzidkiyahu, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.

Jer 38:16

Jer 38:16So Tzidkiyahu the king swore secretly to Yirmeyahu, saying, As the LORD lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

Interview with Zedekiah

Jer 38:17

Jer 38:17Then said Yirmeyahu to Tzidkiyahu, Thus says the LORD, the God Tzva'ot,, the God of Yisra'el: If you will go forth to the king of Bavel's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.

Jer 38:18

Jer 38:18But if you will not go forth to the king of Bavel's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Kasdim, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.

Jer 38:19

Jer 38:19Tzidkiyahu the king said to Yirmeyahu, I am afraid of the Yehudim who are fallen away to the Kasdim, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

Jer 38:20

Jer 38:20But Yirmeyahu said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of the LORD, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

Jer 38:21

Jer 38:21But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

Jer 38:22

Jer 38:22behold, all the women who are left in the king of Yehudah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Bavel's princes, and those women shall say, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you: now that your feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.

Jer 38:23

Jer 38:23They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Kasdim; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Bavel: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

Jer 38:24

Jer 38:24Then said Tzidkiyahu to Yirmeyahu, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

Jer 38:25

Jer 38:25But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don't hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:

Jer 38:26

Jer 38:26then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Yonatan's house, to die there.

Jer 38:27

Jer 38:27Then came all the princes to Yirmeyahu, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

Jer 38:28

Jer 38:28So Yirmeyahu abode in the court of the guard until the day that Yerushalayim was taken.
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