The word{H1697} which came unto Jeremiah{H3414} from Jehovah,{H3068} when Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and all his army,{H2428} and all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} that were under his dominion,{H3027} and all the peoples,{H5971} were fighting{H3898} against Jerusalem,{H3389} and against all the cities{H5892} thereof, saying:{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Go,{H1980} and speak{H559} to Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and tell{H559} him, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Behold, I will give{H5414} this city{H5892} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and he shall burn{H8313} it with fire:{H784}

and thou shalt not escape out{H4422} of his hand,{H3027} but shalt surely{H8610} be taken,{H8610} and delivered{H5414} into his hand;{H3027} and thine eyes{H5869} shall behold{H7200} the eyes{H5869} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and he shall speak{H1696} with thee mouth{H6310} to mouth,{H6310} and thou shalt go{H935} to Babylon.{H894}

Yet hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} O Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning thee, Thou shalt not die{H4191} by the sword;{H2719}

thou shalt die{H4191} in peace;{H7965} and with the burnings{H4955} of thy fathers,{H1} the former{H7223} kings{H4428} that were before{H6440} thee, so shall they make a burning{H8313} for thee; and they shall lament{H5594} thee, [saying], Ah{H1945} Lord!{H113} for I have spoken{H1696} the word,{H1697} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

Then Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} spake{H1696} all these words{H1697} unto Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} in Jerusalem,{H3389}

when the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} army{H2428} was fighting{H3898} against Jerusalem,{H3389} and against all the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} that were left,{H3498} against Lachish{H3923} and against Azekah;{H5825} for these [alone] remained{H7604} of the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} [as] fortified{H4013} cities.{H5892}

The word{H1697} that came unto Jeremiah{H3414} from Jehovah,{H3068} after{H310} that the king{H4428} Zedekiah{H6667} had made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with all the people{H5971} that were at Jerusalem,{H3389} to proclaim{H7121} liberty{H1865} unto them;

that every man{H376} should let his man-servant,{H5650} and every man{H376} his maid-servant,{H8198} that is a Hebrew{H5680} or a Hebrewess,{H5680} go{H7971} free;{H2670} that none should make bondmen{H5647} of them, [to wit], of a Jew{H3064} his brother.{H251}

And all the princes{H8269} and all the people{H5971} obeyed, that had entered{H935} into the covenant,{H1285} that every one{H376} should let his man-servant,{H5650} and every one{H376} his maid-servant,{H8198} go{H7971} free,{H2670} that none should make bondmen{H5647} of them any more; they obeyed,{H8085} and let them go:{H7971}

but afterwards{H310} they turned,{H7725} and caused the servants{H5650} and the handmaids,{H8198} whom they had let go{H7971} free,{H2670} to return,{H7725} and brought them into subjection{H3533} for servants{H5650} and for handmaids.{H8198}

Therefore the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came to Jeremiah{H3414} from Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} I made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with your fathers{H1} in the day{H3117} that I brought them forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} out of the house{H1004} of bondage,{H5650} saying,{H559}

At the end{H7093} of seven{H7651} years{H8141} ye shall let go{H7971} every man{H376} his brother{H251} that is a Hebrew,{H5680} that hath been sold{H4376} unto thee, and hath served{H5647} thee six{H8337} years,{H8141} thou shalt let him go{H7971} free{H2670} from thee: but your fathers{H1} hearkened{H8085} not unto me, neither inclined{H5186} their ear.{H241}

And ye were now{H3117} turned,{H7725} and had done{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in mine eyes,{H5869} in proclaiming{H7121} liberty{H1865} every man{H376} to his neighbor;{H7453} and ye had made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} before{H6440} me in the house{H1004} which is called{H7121} by my name:{H8034}

but ye turned{H7725} and profaned{H2490} my name,{H8034} and caused every man{H376} his servant,{H5650} and every man{H376} his handmaid,{H8198} whom ye had let{H7971} go free{H2670} at their pleasure,{H5315} to return;{H7725} and ye brought them into subjection,{H3533} to be unto you for servants{H5650} and for handmaids.{H8198}

Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} ye have not hearkened{H8085} unto me, to proclaim{H7121} liberty,{H1865} every man{H376} to his brother,{H251} and every man{H376} to his neighbor:{H7453} behold, I proclaim{H7121} unto you a liberty,{H1865} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} to the sword,{H2719} to the pestilence,{H1698} and to the famine;{H7458} and I will make{H5414} you to be tossed{H2189} to and fro among all the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth.{H776}

And I will give{H5414} the men{H582} that have transgressed{H5674} my covenant,{H1285} that have not performed{H6965} the words{H1697} of the covenant{H1285} which they made{H3772} before{H6440} me, when they cut{H3772} the calf{H5695} in twain{H8147} and passed{H5674} between the parts{H1335} thereof;

the princes{H8269} of Judah,{H3063} and the princes{H8269} of Jerusalem,{H3389} the eunuchs,{H5631} and the priests,{H3548} and all the people{H5971} of the land,{H776} that passed{H5674} between the parts{H1335} of the calf;{H5695}

I will even give{H5414} them into the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} and into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245} their life;{H5315} and their dead bodies{H5038} shall be for food{H3978} unto the birds{H5775} of the heavens,{H8064} and to the beasts{H929} of the earth.{H776}

And Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} and his princes{H8269} will I give{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} and into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245} their life,{H5315} and into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} army,{H2428} that are gone away{H5927} from you.

Behold, I will command,{H6680} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} and cause them to return{H7725} to this city;{H5892} and they shall fight{H3898} against it, and take{H3920} it, and burn{H8313} it with fire:{H784} and I will make{H5414} the cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063} a desolation,{H8077} without inhabitant.{H3427}