JEREMIAH CHAPTER 35

Jeremiah 35:1 The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from YHWH, in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:
35:2 `Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and thou hast spoken with them, and brought them into the house of YHWH, unto one of the chambers, and caused them to drink wine.'
35:3 And I take Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and all the house of the Rechabites,
35:4 and bring them into the house of YHWH, unto the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God, that [is] near to the chamber of the princes, that [is] above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold;
35:5 and I put before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine, and cups, and I say unto them, Drink ye wine.
35:6 And they say, `We do not drink wine: for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, charged us, saying, Ye do not drink wine, ye and your sons -- unto the age;
35:7 and a house ye do not build, and seed ye do not sow, and a vineyard ye do not plant, nor have ye any; for in tents do ye dwell all your days, that ye may live many days on the face of the ground whither ye are sojourning.
35:8 `And we hearken to the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, to all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters;
35:9 nor to build houses for our dwelling; and vineyard, and field, and seed, we have none;
Jeremiah 35:10 and we dwell in tents, and we hearken, and we do according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us;
35:11 and it cometh to pass, in the coming up of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon unto the land, that we say, Come, and we enter Jerusalem, because of the force of the Chaldeans, and because of the force of Aram -- and we dwell in Jerusalem.'
35:12 And there is a word of YHWH unto Jeremiah, saying: `Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel:
35:13 `Go, and thou hast said to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Do ye not receive instruction? -- to hearken unto My words -- an affirmation of YHWH.
35:14 Performed have been the words of Jonadab son of Rechab, when he commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk unto this day, for they have obeyed the command of their father; and I -- I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened unto Me.
35:15 And I send unto you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and amend your doings, yea, ye do not walk after other gods, to serve them, and dwell ye on the ground that I have given to you and to your fathers; and ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto Me.
35:16 `Because the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab have performed the command of their father, that he commanded them, and this people have not hearkened unto Me,
35:17 therefore thus said YHWH, God of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto Judah, and unto all inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil that I have spoken against them, because I have spoken unto them, and they have not hearkened, yea, I call to them, and they have not answered.'
35:18 And to the house of the Rechabites said Jeremiah: `Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, Because that ye have hearkened unto the command of Jonadab your father, and ye observe all his commands, and do according to all that he commanded you;
35:19 therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, Of Jonadab son of Rechab one standing before me is not cut off all the days.'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 36

Jeremiah 36:1 And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word hath been unto Jeremiah from YHWH, saying:
36:2 `Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;
36:3 if so be the house of Israel do hear all the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, so that they turn back each from is evil way, and I have been propitious to their iniquity, and to their sin.'
36:4 And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of YHWH, that He hath spoken unto him, on a roll of a book.
36:5 And Jeremiah commandeth Baruch, saying, `I am restrained, I am not able to enter the house of YHWH;
36:6 but thou hast entered -- and thou hast read in the roll that thou hast written from my mouth, the words of YHWH, in the ears of the people, in the house of YHWH, in the day of the fast, and also in the ears of all Judah who are coming in from their cities thou dost read them;
36:7 if so be their supplication doth fall before YHWH, and they turn back each from his evil way, for great [is] the anger and the fury that YHWH hath spoken concerning this people.'
36:8 And Baruch son of Neriah doth according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, to read in the book the words of YHWH in the house of YHWH.
36:9 And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, proclaimed a fast before YHWH have all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who are coming in from cities of Judah to Jerusalem;
Jeremiah 36:10 and Baruch readeth in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of YHWH, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of YHWH, in the ears of all the people.
36:11 And Michaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heareth all the words of YHWH from off the book,
36:12 and he goeth down [to] the house of the king, unto the chamber of the scribe, and lo, there are all the heads sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads.
36:13 And declare to them doth Micaiah all the words that he hath heard, when Baruch readeth in the book in the ears of the people;
36:14 and all the heads send unto Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, `The roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people take in thy hand, and come.' And Baruch son of Neriah taketh the roll in his hand and cometh in unto them,
36:15 and they say unto him, `Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears,
36:16 and it cometh to pass, when they hear all the words, they have been afraid one at another, and say unto Baruch, `We do surely declare to the king all these words.'
36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, `Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words -- from his mouth?'
36:18 And Baruch saith to them, `From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'
36:19 And the heads say unto Baruch, `Go, be hidden, thou and Jeremiah, and let no one know where ye [are].'
Jeremiah 36:20 And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words.
36:21 And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king;
36:22 and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning,
36:23 and it cometh to pass, when Jehudi readeth three or four leaves, he cutteth it out with the scribe's knife, and hath cast unto the fire, that [is] on the stove, till the consumption of all the roll by the fire that [is] on the stove.
36:24 And the king and all his servants who are hearing all these words have not been afraid, nor rent their garments.
36:25 And also Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah have interceded with the king not to burn the roll, and he hath not hearkened unto them.
36:26 And the king commandeth Jerahmeel son of Hammelek, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet, and YHWH doth hide them.
36:27 And there is a word of YHWH unto Jeremiah -- after the king's burning the roll, even the words that Baruch hath written from the mouth of Jeremiah -- saying:
36:28 `Turn, take to thee another roll, and write on it all the former words that were on the first roll, that Jehoiakim king of Judah burnt,
36:29 and unto Jehoiakim king of Judah thou dost say: Thus said YHWH, Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Wherefore hast thou written on it, saying, The king of Babylon surely cometh in, and hath destroyed this land, and caused to cease from it man and beast?
Jeremiah 36:30 `Therefore, thus said YHWH, concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He hath none sitting on the throne of David, and his carcase is cast out to heat by day, and to cold by night;
36:31 and I have charged on him, and on his seed, and on his servants, their iniquity; and I have brought in on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto the men of Judah, all the evil that I have spoken unto them, and they hearkened not.'
36:32 And Jeremiah hath taken another roll, and giveth it unto Baruch son of Neriah the scribe, and he writeth on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burnt in the fire; and again there were added unto them many words like these.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 37

Jeremiah 37:1 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 and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of YHWH, that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet.
37:3 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 YHWH our God.'
37:4 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 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 And there is a word of YHWH unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
37:7 `Thus said YHWH, 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 have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire.
37:9 `Thus said YHWH: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;
Jeremiah 37:10 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 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 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 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 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 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 hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days,
37:17 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 YHWH?' And Jeremiah saith, `There is,' and he saith, `Into the hand of the king of Babylon thou art given.'
37:18 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 And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?
Jeremiah 37:20 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 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.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 38

Jeremiah 38:1 And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people, saying,
38:2 `Thus said YHWH: He who is remaining in this city dieth, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, and he who is going forth unto the Chaldeans liveth, and his soul hath been to him for a prey, and he liveth.
38:3 Thus said YHWH: This city is certainly given into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, and he hath captured it.'
38:4 And the heads say unto the king, `Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war, who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them according to these words, for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people, but for its evil.'
38:5 And the king Zedekiah saith, `Lo, he [is] in your hand: for the king is not able for you [in] anything.'
38:6 And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that [is] in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.
38:7 And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who [is] in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin,
38:8 and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,
38:9 `My lord, O king, these men have done evil [in] all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the pit, and he dieth in his place because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city.'
Jeremiah 38:10 And the king commandeth Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying, `Take with thee from this thirty men, and thou hast brought up Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dieth.'
38:11 And Ebed-Melech taketh the men with him, and entereth the house of the king, unto the place of the treasury, and taketh thence worn-out clouts, and worn-out rags, and sendeth them unto Jeremiah unto the pit by cords.
38:12 And Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah, `Put, I pray thee, the worn-out clouts and rags under thine arm-holes, at the place of the cords,' and Jeremiah doth so,
38:13 and they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison.
38:14 And the king Zedekiah sendeth, and taketh Jeremiah the prophet unto him, unto the third entrance that [is] in the house of YHWH, and the king saith unto Jeremiah, `I am asking thee a thing, do not hide from me anything.'
38:15 And Jeremiah saith unto Zedekiah, `When I declare to thee, dost thou not surely put me to death? and when I counsel thee, thou dost not hearken unto me.'
38:16 And the king Zedekiah sweareth unto Jeremiah in secret, saying, `YHWH liveth, He who made for us this soul, I do not put thee to death, nor give thee unto the hand of these men who are seeking thy soul.'
38:17 And Jeremiah saith unto Zedekiah, `Thus said YHWH, God of Hosts, God of Israel: If thou dost certainly go forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, then hath thy soul lived, and this city is not burned with fire, yea, thou hast lived, thou and thy house.
38:18 And if thou dost not go forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, then hath this city been given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they have burnt it with fire, and thou dost not escape from their hand.'
38:19 And the king Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, `I am fearing the Jews who have fallen unto the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hand, and they have insulted me.'
Jeremiah 38:20 And Jeremiah saith, `They do not give thee up; hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of YHWH, to that which I am speaking unto thee, and it is well for thee, and thy soul doth live.
38:21 `And if thou art refusing to go forth, this [is] the thing that YHWH hath shewn me:
38:22 That, lo, all the women who have been left in the house of the king of Judah are brought forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, and lo, they are saying: Persuaded thee, and prevailed against thee, Have thine allies, Sunk into mire have thy feet, They have been turned backward.
38:23 `And all thy wives, and thy sons, are brought forth unto the Chaldeans, and thou dost not escape from their hand, for by the hand of the king of Babylon thou art caught, and this city is burnt with fire.'
38:24 And Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, `Let no man know of these words, and thou dost not die;
38:25 and when the heads hear that I have spoken with thee, and they have come in unto thee, and have said unto thee, Declare to us, we pray thee, what thou didst speak unto the king, do not hide [it] from us, and we do not put thee to death, and what the king spake unto thee,
38:26 then thou hast said unto them, I am causing my supplication to fall before the king, not to cause me to return to the house of Jonathan, to die there.'
38:27 And all the heads come in unto Jeremiah, and ask him, and he declareth to them according to all these words that the king commanded, and they keep silent from him, for the matter was not heard;
38:28 and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison till the day that Jerusalem hath been captured, and he was [there] when Jerusalem was captured.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 39

Jeremiah 39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, come hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his force unto Jerusalem, and they lay siege against it;
39:2 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, hath the city been broken up;
39:3 and come in do all the heads of the king of Babylon, and they sit at the middle gate, Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, chief of the eunuchs, Nergal-Sharezer, chief of the Mages, and all the rest of the heads of the king of Babylon.
39:4 And it cometh to pass, when Zedekiah king of Judah, and all the men of war, have seen them, that they flee and go forth by night from the city, the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and he goeth forth the way of the plain.
39:5 And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after them, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and they take him, and bring him up unto Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaketh with him -- judgments.
39:6 And the king of Babylon slaughtereth the sons of Zedekiah, in Riblah, before his eyes, yea, all the freemen of Judah hath the king of Babylon slaughtered.
39:7 And the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him with brazen fetters, to bring him in to Babylon.
39:8 And the house of the king, and the house of the people, have the Chaldeans burnt with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem they have broken down.
39:9 And the remnant of the people who are left in the city, and those falling who have fallen to him, and the remnant of the people who are left, hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, removed [to] Babylon.
Jeremiah 39:10 And of the poor people, who have nothing, hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left in the land of Judah, and he giveth to them vineyards and fields on the same day.
39:11 And Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon giveth a charge concerning Jeremiah, by the hand of Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, saying,
39:12 `Take him, and place thine eyes upon him, and do no evil thing to him, but as he speaketh unto thee, so do with him.'
39:13 And Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners sendeth, and Nebushazban, chief of the eunuchs, and Nergal-Sharezer, chief of the Mages, and all the chiefs of the king of Babylon;
39:14 yea, they send and take Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and give him unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to carry him home, and he dwelleth in the midst of the people.
39:15 And unto Jeremiah hath a word of YHWH been -- in his being detained in the court of the prison -- saying:
39:16 `Go, and thou hast spoken to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying: Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in My words unto this city for evil, and not for good, and they have been before thee in that day.
39:17 And I have delivered thee in that day -- an affirmation of YHWH -- and thou art not given into the hand of the men of whose face thou art afraid,
39:18 for I do certainly deliver thee, and by sword thou fallest not, and thy life hath been to thee for a spoil, for thou hast trusted in Me -- an affirmation of YHWH.'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 40

Jeremiah 40:1 The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from YHWH, after Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, hath sent him from Ramah, in his taking him -- and he a prisoner in chains -- in the midst of all the removal of Jerusalem and of Judah, who are removed to Babylon.
40:2 And the chief of the executioners taketh Jeremiah, and saith unto him, `YHWH thy God hath spoken this evil concerning this place,
40:3 and YHWH bringeth [it] in, and doth as He spake, because ye have sinned against YHWH, and have not hearkened to His voice, even this thing hath been to you.
40:4 `And now, lo, I have loosed thee to-day from the chains that [are] on thy hand; if good in thine eyes to come with me [to] Babylon, come, and I keep mine eye upon thee: and if evil in thine eyes to come with me to Babylon, forbear; see, all the land [is] before thee, whither [it be] good, and whither [it be] right in thine eyes to go -- go.' --
40:5 and while he doth not reply -- `Or turn back unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath appointed over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him in the midst of the people, or whithersoever it is right in thine eyes to go -- go.' And the chief of the executioners giveth to him for the way, and a gift, and sendeth him away,
40:6 and Jeremiah cometh in unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelleth with him, in the midst of the people who are left in the land.
40:7 And all the heads of the forces that [are] in the field hear, they and their men, that the king of Babylon hath appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land, and that he hath charged him [with] men, and women, and infants, and of the poor of the land, of those who have not been removed to Babylon;
40:8 and they come in unto Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan sons of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maachathite, they and their men.
40:9 And swear to them doth Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, and to their men, saying, `Be not afraid of serving the Chaldeans, abide in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it is well for you;
Jeremiah 40:10 and I, lo, I am dwelling in Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans who are come in unto us, and ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruit, and oil, and put in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken.'
40:11 And also all the Jews who [are] in Moab, and among the sons of Ammon, and in Edom, and who [are] in all the lands, have heard that the king of Babylon hath given a remnant to Judah, and that he hath appointed over them Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan,
40:12 and all the Jews from all the places whither they have been driven, turn back and enter the land of Judah, unto Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and they gather wine and summer fruit -- very much.
40:13 And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces that [are] in the field, have come in unto Gedaliah to Mizpah,
40:14 and they say unto him, `Dost thou really know that Baalis king of the sons of Ammon hath sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to smite thy soul?' And Gedaliah son of Ahikam hath not given to them credence.
40:15 And Johanan son of Kareah hath spoken unto Gedaliah in secret, in Mizpah, saying, `Let me go, I pray thee, and I smite Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no one doth know; why doth he smite thy soul? and scattered have been all Judah who are gathered unto thee, and perished hath the remnant of Judah.'
40:16 And Gedaliah son of Ahikam saith unto Johanan son of Kareah, `Thou dost not do this thing, for falsehood thou art speaking concerning Ishmael.'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 41

Jeremiah 41:1 And it cometh to pass, in the seventh month, come hath Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and of the chiefs of the king, and ten men with him, unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and they eat there bread together in Mizpah.
41:2 And Ishmael son of Nethaniah riseth, and the ten men who have been with him, and they smite Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and he putteth him to death whom the king of Babylon hath appointed over the land.
41:3 And all the Jews who have been with him, with Gedaliah, in Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who have been found there -- the men of war -- hath Ishmael smitten.
41:4 And it cometh to pass, on the second day of the putting of Gedaliah to death, (and no one hath known,)
41:5 that men come in from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria -- eighty men -- with shaven beards, and rent garments, and cutting themselves, and an offering and frankincense in their hand, to bring in to the house of YHWH.
41:6 And Ishmael son of Nethaniah goeth forth to meet them, from Mizpah, going on and weeping, and it cometh to pass, at meeting them, that he saith unto them, `Come in unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam.'
41:7 And it cometh to pass, at their coming in unto the midst of the city, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah doth slaughter them, at the midst of the pit, he and the men who [are] with him.
41:8 And ten men have been found among them, and they say unto Ishmael, `Do not put us to death, for we have things hidden in the field -- wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey.' And he forbeareth, and hath not put them to death in the midst of their brethren.
41:9 And the pit whither Ishmael hath cast all the carcases of the men whom he hath smitten along with Gedaliah, is that which the king Asa made because of Baasha king of Israel -- it hath Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled with the pierced.
Jeremiah 41:10 And Ishmael taketh captive all the remnant of the people who [are] in Mizpah, the daughters of the king, and all the people who are left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, hath committed [to] Gedaliah son of Ahikam, and Ishmael son of Nethaniah taketh them captive, and goeth to pass over unto the sons of Ammon.
41:11 And hear doth Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces that [are] with him, of all the evil that Ishmael son of Nethaniah hath done,
41:12 and they take all the men, and go to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and they find him at the great waters that [are] in Gibeon.
41:13 And it cometh to pass, when all the people who [are] with Ishmael see Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces who [are] with him, that they rejoice.
41:14 And all the people whom Ishmael hath taken captive from Mizpah turn round, yea, they turn back, and go unto Johanan son of Kareah.
41:15 And Ishmael son of Nethaniah hath escaped, with eight men, from the presence of Johanan, and he goeth unto the sons of Ammon.
41:16 And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces who [are] with him, take all the remnant of the people whom he hath brought back from Ishmael son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah -- after he had smitten Gedaliah son of Ahikam -- mighty ones, men of war, and women, and infants, and eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon,
41:17 and they go and abide in the habitations of Chimham, that [are] near Beth-Lehem, to go to enter Egypt,
41:18 from the presence of the Chaldeans, for they have been afraid of them, for Ishmael son of Nethaniah had smitten Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 42

Jeremiah 42:1 And they come nigh -- all the heads of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest --
42:2 and they say unto Jeremiah the prophet, `Let, we pray thee, our supplication fall before thee, and pray for us unto YHWH thy God, for all this remnant; for we have been left a few out of many, as thine eyes do see us;
42:3 and YHWH thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.'
42:4 And Jeremiah the prophet saith unto them, `I have heard: lo, I am praying unto YHWH your God according to your words, and it hath come to pass, the whole word that YHWH answereth you, I declare to you -- I do not withhold from you a word.'
42:5 And they have said to Jeremiah, `YHWH is against us for a witness true and faithful, if -- according to all the word with which YHWH thy God doth send thee unto us -- we do not so.
42:6 Whether good or evil, to the voice of YHWH our God, to whom we are sending thee, we do hearken; because it is good for us when we hearken to the voice of YHWH our God.'
42:7 And it cometh to pass, at the end of ten days, that there is a word of YHWH unto Jeremiah,
42:8 and he calleth unto Johanan son of Kareah, and unto all the heads of the forces that [are] with him, and to all the people, from the least even unto the greatest,
42:9 and he saith unto them, `Thus said YHWH, God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me, to cause your supplication to fall before Him:
Jeremiah 42:10 `If ye do certainly dwell in this land, then I have builded you up, and I throw not down; and I have planted you, and I pluck not up; for I have repented concerning the evil that I have done to you.
42:11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, whom ye are afraid of; be not afraid of him -- an affirmation of YHWH -- for with you [am] I, to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
42:12 And I give to you mercies, and he hath pitied you, and caused you to turn back unto your own ground.
42:13 `And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of YHWH your God,
42:14 saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell.
42:15 And now, therefore, hear ye a word of YHWH, O remnant of Judah: Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: If ye really set your faces to enter Egypt, and have gone in to sojourn there,
42:16 then it hath come to pass, the sword that ye are afraid of, doth there overtake you, in the land of Egypt; and the hunger, because of which ye are sorrowful, doth there cleave after you in Egypt, and there ye die.
42:17 `Thus are all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt to sojourn there; they die -- by sword, by hunger, and by pestilence, and there is not to them a remnant and an escaped one, because of the evil that I am bringing in upon them;
42:18 for thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: As poured out hath been Mine anger and My fury on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so poured out is My fury upon you in your entering Egypt, and ye have been for an execration, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach, and ye do not see any more this place.
42:19 `YHWH hath spoken against you, O remnant of Judah, do not enter Egypt: know certainly that I have testified against you to-day;
Jeremiah 42:20 for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto YHWH your God, saying, Pray for us unto YHWH our God, and according to all that YHWH our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done [it];
42:21 and I declare to you to-day, and ye have not hearkened to the voice of YHWH your God, and to anything with which He hath sent me unto you.
42:22 And now, know ye certainly that by sword, by famine, and by pestilence ye die, in the place that ye have desired to go in to sojourn there.'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 43

Jeremiah 43:1 And it cometh to pass, when Jeremiah doth finish to speak unto all the people all the words of YHWH their God, with which YHWH their God hath sent him unto them -- all these words --
43:2 that Azariah son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the proud men, speak unto Jeremiah, saying, `Falsehood thou art speaking; YHWH our God hath not sent thee to say, Do not enter Egypt to sojourn there;
43:3 for Baruch son of Neriah is moving thee against us, in order to give us up into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death, and to remove us to Babylon.'
43:4 And Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces, and all the people, have not hearkened to the voice of YHWH, to dwell in the land of Judah;
43:5 and Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces, take all the remnant of Judah who have turned from all the nations whither they were driven to sojourn in the land of Judah,
43:6 the men, and the women, and the infant, and the daughters of the king, and every person that Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch son of Neriah,
43:7 and they enter the land of Egypt, for they have not hearkened to the voice of YHWH, and they enter unto Tahpanhes.
43:8 And there is a word of YHWH unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
43:9 `Take in thy hand great stones, and thou hast hidden them, in the clay, in the brick-kiln, that [is] at the opening of the house of Pharaoh in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of the men of Judah,
Jeremiah 43:10 and thou hast said unto them: Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: `Lo, I am sending, and I have taken Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have set his throne above these stones that I have hid, and he hath stretched out his pavilion over them,
43:11 and he hath come, and smitten the land of Egypt -- those who [are] for death to death, and those who [are] for captivity to captivity, and those who [are] for the sword to the sword.
43:12 And I have kindled a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and it hath burned them, and he hath taken them captive, and covered himself with the land of Egypt, as cover himself doth the shepherd with his garment, and he hath gone forth thence in peace;
43:13 and he hath broken the standing pillars of the house of the sun, that [is] in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he doth burn with fire.'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 44

Jeremiah 44:1 The word that hath been unto Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who are dwelling in the land of Egypt -- who are dwelling in Migdol, and in Tahpanhes, and in Noph, and in the land of Pathros -- saying,
44:2 `Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Ye -- ye have seen all the evil that I have brought in on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah, and lo, they [are] a waste this day, and there is none dwelling in them,
44:3 because of their wickedness that they have done, by provoking Me to anger, by going to make perfume, by serving other gods, that they knew not, they, ye, and your fathers.
44:4 `And I send unto you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: I pray you, do not this abomination that I have hated --
44:5 and they have not hearkened nor inclined their ear, to turn back from their wickedness, not to make perfume to other gods,
44:6 and poured out is My fury, and Mine anger, and it burneth in cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, and they are for a waste, for a desolation, as [at] this day.
44:7 `And, now, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Why are ye doing great evil unto your own souls, to cut off to you man and woman, infant and suckling, from the midst of Judah, so as not to leave to you a remnant:
44:8 by provoking Me to anger by the works of your hands, by making perfume to other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are going in to sojourn, so as to cut yourselves off, and so as to your being for a reviling and for a reproach among all nations of the earth?
44:9 `Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, that they have done in the land of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah 44:10 They have not been humbled unto this day, nor have they been afraid, nor have they walked in My law, and in My statutes, that I have set before you and before your fathers.
44:11 `Therefore, thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am setting my face against you for evil, even to cut off all Judah,
44:12 and I have taken the remnant of Judah, who have set their faces to enter the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they have all been consumed in the land of Egypt; they fall by sword, by famine they are consumed, from the least even unto the greatest, by sword and by famine they die, and they have been for an execration, for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach.
44:13 `And I have seen after those dwelling in the land of Egypt, as I saw after Jerusalem, with sword, with famine, and with pestilence,
44:14 and there is not an escaped and remaining one of the remnant of Judah, who are entering into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, even to turn back to the land of Judah, whither they are lifting up their soul to return to dwell, for they do not turn back, except those escaping.'
44:15 And they answer Jeremiah -- all the men who are knowing that their wives are making perfume to other gods, and all the women who are remaining, a great assembly, even all the people who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, in Pathros -- saying:
44:16 `The word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of YHWH -- we are not hearkening unto thee;
44:17 for we certainly do everything that hath gone out of our mouth, to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our heads, in cities of Judah, and in streets of Jerusalem, and -- we are satisfied with bread, and we are well, and evil we have not seen.
44:18 `And from the time we have ceased to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, we have lacked all, and by sword and by famine we have been consumed,
44:19 and when we are making perfume to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out to her libations -- without our husbands have we made for her cakes to idolize her, and to pour out to her libations?'
Jeremiah 44:20 And Jeremiah saith unto all the people, concerning the men and concerning the women, and concerning all the people who are answering him, saying:
44:21 `The perfume that ye made in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your heads, and the people of the land, hath not YHWH remembered it? yea, it cometh up on His heart.
44:22 And YHWH is not able any more to accept [you], because of the evil of your doings, because of the abominations that ye have done, and your land is for a waste, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, without inhabitant, as [at] this day.
44:23 `Because that ye have made perfume, and because ye have sinned against YHWH, and have not hearkened to the voice of YHWH, and in His law, and in His statutes, and in His testimonies ye have not walked, therefore hath this evil met you as [at] this day.'
44:24 And Jeremiah saith unto all the people, and unto all the women, `Hear ye a word of YHWH, all Judah who [are] in the land of Egypt,
44:25 Thus spake YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, saying: Ye and your wives both speak with your mouth, and with your hands have fulfilled, saying: We certainly execute our vows that we have vowed, to make perfume to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out to her libations, ye do certainly establish your vows, and certainly execute your vows.
44:26 `Therefore, hear ye a word of YHWH, all Judah who are dwelling in the land of Egypt: Lo, I -- I have sworn by My great name, said YHWH, My name is no more proclaimed by the mouth of any man of Judah, saying, Live doth the Lord YHWH -- in all the land of Egypt.
44:27 Lo, I am watching over them for evil, and not for good, and consumed have been all the men of Judah who [are] in the land of Egypt, by sword and by famine, till their consumption.
44:28 `And the escaped of the sword turn back out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number, and known have all the remnant of Judah who are coming into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, whose word is established, Mine or theirs.
44:29 `And this [is] to you the sign -- an affirmation of YHWH -- that I am seeing after you in this place, so that ye know that My words are certainly established against you for evil;
Jeremiah 44:30 Thus said YHWH, Lo, I am giving Pharaoh-Hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those seeking his life, as I have given Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and who is seeking his life.'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 45

Jeremiah 45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet hath spoken unto Baruch son of Neriah, in his writing these words on a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:
45:2 `Thus said YHWH, God of Israel, concerning thee, O Baruch:
45:3 `Thou hast said, Wo to me, now, for YHWH hath added sorrow to my pain, I have been wearied with my sighing, and rest I have not found.
45:4 Thus dost thou say unto him: Thus said YHWH: Lo, that which I have built I am throwing down, and that which I have planted I am plucking up, even the whole land itself.
45:5 And thou -- thou seekest for thee great things -- do not seek, for lo, I am bringing in evil on all flesh -- an affirmation of YHWH -- and I have given to thee thy life for a spoil, in all places whither thou goest.'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 46

Jeremiah 46:1 That which hath been the word of YHWH unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations,
46:2 For Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that hath been by the river Phrat, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
46:3 `Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.
46:4 Gird the horses, and go up, ye horsemen, And station yourselves with helmets, Polish the javelins, put on the coats of mail.
46:5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed -- They are turned backward, And their mighty ones are beaten down, And [to] a refuge they have fled, and not turned the face? Fear [is] round about -- an affirmation of YHWH.
46:6 The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.
46:7 Who is this? as a flood he cometh up, As rivers do his waters shake themselves!
46:8 Egypt, as a flood cometh up, And as rivers the waters shake themselves. And he saith, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.
46:9 Go up, ye horses; and boast yourselves, ye chariots, And go forth, ye mighty, Cush and Phut handling the shield, And Lud handling -- treading the bow.
Jeremiah 46:10 And that day [is] to the Lord YHWH of Hosts A day of vengeance, To be avenged of His adversaries, And the sword hath devoured, and been satisfied, And it hath been watered from their blood, For a sacrifice [is] to the Lord YHWH of Hosts, In the land of the north, by the river Phrat.
46:11 Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt, In vain thou hast multiplied medicines, Healing there is none for thee.
46:12 Nations have heard of thy shame, And thy cry hath filled the land, For the mighty on the mighty did stumble, Together they have fallen -- both of them!'
46:13 The word that YHWH hath spoken unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming in of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, to smite the land of Egypt:
46:14 `Declare ye in Egypt, and sound in Migdol, Yea, sound in Noph, and in Tahpanhes say: Station thyself, yea, prepare for thee, For a sword hath devoured around thee,
46:15 Wherefore hath thy bull been swept away? He hath not stood, because YHWH thrust him away.
46:16 He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword.
46:17 They have cried there: Pharaoh king of Egypt [is] a desolation, Passed by hath the appointed time.
46:18 I live -- an affirmation of the King, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name, Surely as Tabor [is] among mountains, And as Carmel by the sea -- he cometh in,
46:19 Goods for removal make for thee, O inhabitant, daughter of Egypt, For Noph becometh a desolation, And hath been burnt up, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 46:20 A heifer very fair [is] Egypt, Rending from the north doth come into her.
46:21 Even her hired ones in her midst [are] as calves of the stall, For even they have turned, They have fled together, they have not stood, For the day of their calamity hath come on them, The time of their inspection.
46:22 Its voice as a serpent goeth on, For with a force they go, And with axes they have come in to her, As hewers of trees.
46:23 They have cut down her forest, An affirmation of YHWH -- for it is not searched, For they have been more than the grasshopper, And they have no numbering.
46:24 Ashamed hath been the daughter of Egypt, She hath been given into the hand of the people of the north.
46:25 Said hath YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after Amon of No, And after Pharaoh, and after Egypt, And after her gods, and after her kings, And after Pharaoh, and after those trusting in him,
46:26 And I have given them into the hand of those seeking their life, And into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants, And afterwards it is inhabited, As [in] days of old -- an affirmation of YHWH.
46:27 And thou, thou dost not fear, my servant Jacob, Nor [art] thou dismayed, O Israel, For lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back, And hath been at rest, and been at ease, And there is none disturbing.
46:28 Thou, thou dost not fear, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of YHWH -- for with thee I [am], For I make an end of all the nations Whither I have driven thee, And of thee I do not make an end, And I have reproved thee in judgment, And do not entirely acquit thee!'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 47

Jeremiah 47:1 That which hath been the word of YHWH unto Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh smiteth Gaza:
47:2 `Thus said YHWH: Lo, waters are coming up from the north, And have been for an overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fulness, The city, and the inhabitants in it, And men have cried out, And howled hath every inhabitant of the land.
47:3 From the sound of the stamping of the hoofs of his mighty ones, From the rushing of his chariot, the noise of his wheels, Fathers have not turned unto sons, From feebleness of hands,
47:4 Because of the day that hath come to spoil all the Philistines, To cut off to Tyre and to Zidon every helping remnant. For YHWH is spoiling the Philistines, The remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
47:5 Come hath baldness unto Gaza, Cut off hath been Ashkelon, O remnant of their valley, Till when dost thou cut thyself?
47:6 Ho, sword of YHWH, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease.
47:7 How shall it be quiet, And YHWH hath given a charge to it, Against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? There hath He appointed it!'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 48

Jeremiah 48:1 Concerning Moab: `Thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Wo unto Nebo, for it is spoiled, Put to shame, captured hath been Kiriathaim, Put to shame hath been the high tower, Yea, it hath been broken down.
48:2 There is no more praise of Moab, In Heshbon they devised against it evil: Come, and we cut it off from [being] a nation, Also, O Madmen, thou art cut off, After thee goeth a sword.
48:3 A voice of a cry [is] from Horonaim, Spoiling and great destruction.
48:4 Destroyed hath been Moab, Caused a cry to be heard have her little ones.
48:5 For the ascent of Luhith with weeping, Go up doth weeping, For in the descent of Horonaim Adversaries a cry of desolation have heard.
48:6 Flee ye, deliver yourselves, Ye are as a naked thing in a wilderness.
48:7 For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.
48:8 And come in doth a spoiler unto every city, And no city doth escape, And perished hath the valley, And destroyed been the plain, as YHWH said.
48:9 Give wings to Moab, for she utterly goeth out, And her cities are for a desolation, Without an inhabitant in them.
Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed [is] he who is doing the work of YHWH slothfully, And cursed [is] he Who is withholding his sword from blood.
48:11 Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest [is] he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been changed.
48:12 Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of YHWH, And I have sent to him wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out, And his bottles they dash in pieces.
48:13 And ashamed hath been Moab because of Chemosh, As the house of Israel have been ashamed Because of Beth-El their confidence.
48:14 How do ye say, We [are] mighty, And men of strength for battle?
48:15 Spoiled is Moab, and her cities hath one gone up, And the choice of its young men Have gone down to slaughter, An affirmation of the King, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name.
48:16 Near is the calamity of Moab to come, And his affliction hath hasted exceedingly.
48:17 Bemoan for him, all ye round about him, And all knowing his name, say ye: How hath it been broken, the staff of strength, The rod of beauty.
48:18 Come down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places.
48:19 On the way stand, and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer, Ask the fugitive and escaped, Say, What hath happened?
Jeremiah 48:20 Put to shame hath been Moab, For it hath been broken down, Howl and cry, declare ye in Arnon, For spoiled is Moab,
48:21 And judgment hath come in unto the land of the plain -- unto Holon, And unto Jahazah, and on Mephaath,
48:22 And on Dibon, and on Nebo, And on Beth-Diblathaim, and on Kirathaim,
48:23 And on Beth-Gamul, and on Beth-Meon,
48:24 And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, And on all cities of the land of Moab, The far off and the near.
48:25 Cut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An affirmation of YHWH.
48:26 Declare ye him drunk, For against YHWH he made himself great And Moab hath stricken in his vomit, And he hath been for a derision -- even he.
48:27 And was not Israel the derision to thee? Among thieves was he found? For since thy words concerning him, Thou dost bemoan thyself.
48:28 Forsake cities, and dwell in a rock, Ye inhabitants of Moab, And be as a dove making a nest in the passages of a pit's mouth.
48:29 We have heard of the arrogance of Moab, Exceeding proud! His haughtiness, and his arrogance, And his pride, and the height of his heart,
Jeremiah 48:30 I -- I have known, an affirmation of YHWH, His wrath, and [it is] not right, His devices -- not right they have done.
48:31 Therefore for Moab I howl, even for Moab -- all of it, I cry for men of Kir-Heres, it doth mourn,
48:32 With the weeping of Jazer, I weep for thee, O vine of Sibmah, Thy branches have passed over a sea, Unto the sea of Jazer they have come, On thy summer fruits, and on thy harvest, A spoiler hath fallen.
48:33 And removed hath been joy and gladness From the fruitful field, Even from the land of Moab, And wine from wine-presses I have caused to cease, Shouting doth not proceed, The shouting [is] no shouting!
48:34 Because of the cry of Heshbon unto Elealeh, Unto Jahaz they have given their voice, From Zoar unto Horonaim, A heifer of the third [year], For even waters of Nimrim become desolations.
48:35 And I have caused to cease to Moab, An affirmation of YHWH, Him who is offering in a high place, And him who is making perfume to his god.
48:36 Therefore my heart for Moab as pipes doth sound, And my heart for men of Kir-Heres As pipes doth sound, Therefore the abundance he made did perish.
48:37 For every head [is] bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins -- sackcloth.
48:38 On all roofs of Moab, and in her broad-places, All of it -- [is] lamentation, For I have broken Moab as a vessel in which there is no pleasure, An affirmation of YHWH.
48:39 How hath it been broken down! they have howled, How hath Moab turned the neck ashamed, And Moab hath been for a derision. And for a terror to all round about her.
Jeremiah 48:40 For thus said YHWH: Lo, as an eagle he doth flee, And hath spread his wings unto Moab.
48:41 Captured have been the cities, And the strongholds are caught, And the heart of the mighty of Moab Hath been in that day as the heart of a distressed woman.
48:42 And Moab hath been destroyed from [being] a people, For against YHWH he exerted himself.
48:43 Fear, and a snare, and a gin, [are] for thee, O inhabitant of Moab -- an affirmation of YHWH,
48:44 Whoso is fleeing because of the fear falleth into the snare, And whoso is coming up from the snare is captured by the gin, For I bring in unto her -- unto Moab -- The year of their inspection, An affirmation of YHWH.
48:45 In the shadow of Heshbon stood powerless have fugitives, For fire hath gone forth from Heshbon, And a flame from within Sihon, And it consumeth the corner of Moab, And the crown of the sons of Shaon.
48:46 Wo to thee, O Moab, Perished hath the people of Chemosh, For thy sons were taken with the captives, And thy daughters with the captivity.
48:47 And I have turned back [to] the captivity of Moab, In the latter end of the days, An affirmation of YHWH! Hitherto [is] the judgment of Moab.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 49

Jeremiah 49:1 Concerning the sons of Ammon: `Thus said YHWH: Sons -- hath Israel none? heir -- hath he none? Wherefore hath Malcam possessed Gad? And his people in its cities have dwelt?
49:2 Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of YHWH, And I have sounded unto Rabbah of the sons of Ammon a shout of battle, And it hath been for a heap -- a desolation, And her daughters with fire are burnt, And Israel hath succeeded its heirs, Said hath YHWH.
49:3 Howl, Heshbon, for spoiled is Ai, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth, Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go, His priests and his princes together.
49:4 What -- dost thou boast thyself in valleys? Flowed hath thy valley, O backsliding daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures: Who doth come in unto me?
49:5 Lo, I am bringing in upon thee a fear, An affirmation of the Lord YHWH of Hosts, From all round about thee, And ye have been driven out each before it, And there is no gatherer of the wandering.
49:6 And after this I turn back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, An affirmation of YHWH.'
49:7 Concerning Edom: `Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Perished hath counsel from the intelligent? Vanished hath their wisdom?
49:8 Flee, turn, go deep to dwell, ye inhabitants of Dedan, For the calamity of Esau I brought in upon him, The time I inspected him.
49:9 If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night, They have destroyed their sufficiency!
Jeremiah 49:10 For I -- I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And to be hidden he is not able, Spoiled [is] his seed, and his brethren, And his neighbours, and he is not.
49:11 Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye,
49:12 For thus said YHWH: They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, Do certainly drink, And thou [art] he that is entirely acquitted! Thou art not acquitted, for thou certainly drinkest.
49:13 For, by Myself, I have sworn, An affirmation of YHWH, That for a desolation, for a reproach, For a waste, and for a reviling -- is Bozrah, And all her cities are for wastes age-during.
49:14 A report I have heard from YHWH, And an ambassador among nations is sent, Gather yourselves and come in against her, And rise ye for battle.
49:15 For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.
49:16 Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of YHWH.
49:17 And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.
49:18 As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And its neighbours, said YHWH, No one doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.
49:19 Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause him to run from off her, And who is chosen? concerning her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? and who conveneth Me? And who [is] this shepherd who standeth before Me?
Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore, hear ye the counsel of YHWH, That He hath counselled concerning Edom, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the inhabitants of Teman: Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Make desolate over them doth he not their habitation?
49:21 From the noise of their fall hath the earth shaken, The cry -- at the sea of Suph is its voice heard.
49:22 Lo, as an eagle he cometh up, and flieth, And he spreadeth his wings over Bozrah, And the heart of the mighty of Edom hath been in that day, As the heart of a distressed woman!'
49:23 Concerning Damascus: Ashamed hath been Hamath and Arpad, For an evil report they have heard, They have been melted, in the sea [is] sorrow, To be quiet it is not able.
49:24 Feeble hath been Damascus, She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her, Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.
49:25 How is it not left -- the city of praise, The city of my joy!
49:26 Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all the men of war are cut off in that day, An affirmation of YHWH of Hosts.
49:27 And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!'
49:28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten: `Thus said YHWH: Arise ye, go ye up unto Kedar, And spoil the sons of the east.
49:29 Their tents and their flock they do take, Their curtains, and all their vessels, And their camels, they bear away for themselves, And they called concerning them, Fear [is] round about.
Jeremiah 49:30 Flee, bemoan mightily, go deep to dwell, Ye inhabitants of Hazor -- an affirmation of YHWH, For given counsel against you hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Yea, he deviseth against them a device.
49:31 Rise ye, go up unto a nation at rest, Dwelling confidently, an affirmation of YHWH, It hath no two-leaved doors nor bar, Alone they do dwell.
49:32 And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner [of the beard], And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of YHWH.
49:33 And Hazor hath been for a habitation of dragons, A desolation -- unto the age, No one doth dwell there, nor sojourn in it doth a son of man!'
49:34 That which hath been the word of YHWH unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
49:35 `Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Lo, I am breaking the bow of Elam, The beginning of their might.
49:36 And I have brought in to Elam four winds, From the four ends of the heavens, And have scattered them to all these winds, And there is no nation whither outcasts of Elam come not in.
49:37 And I have affrighted Elam before their enemies, And before those seeking their life, And I have brought in against them evil, The heat of Mine anger, An affirmation of YHWH, And I have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them;
49:38 And I have set My throne in Elam, And I have destroyed thence King and princes -- an affirmation of YHWH.
49:39 And it hath come to pass, in the latter end of the days, I turn back [to] the captivity of Elam, An affirmation of YHWH!'

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 50

Jeremiah 50:1 The word that YHWH hath spoken concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet:
50:2 `Declare ye among nations, and sound, And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, Say ye: Captured hath been Babylon, Put to shame hath been Bel, Broken hath been Merodach, Put to shame have been her grievous things, Broken have been her idols.
50:3 For come up against her hath a nation from the north, It maketh her land become a desolation, And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even unto beast, They have moved, they have gone.
50:4 In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of YHWH, Come in do sons of Israel, They and sons of Judah together, Going on and weeping they go, And YHWH their God they seek.
50:5 [To] Zion they ask the way, Thitherward [are] their faces: Come in, and we are joined unto YHWH, A covenant age-during -- not forgotten.
50:6 A perishing flock hath My people been, Their shepherds have caused them to err, [To] the mountains causing them to go back, From mountain unto hill they have gone, They have forgotten their crouching-place.
50:7 All finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against YHWH, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers -- YHWH.
50:8 Move ye from the midst of Babylon, And from the land of the Chaldeans go out. And be as he-goats before a flock.
50:9 For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty,
Jeremiah 50:10 And Chaldea hath been for a spoil, All her spoilers are satisfied, An affirmation of YHWH.
50:11 Because thou rejoicest, because thou exultest, O spoilers of Mine inheritance, Because thou increasest as a heifer [at] the tender grass, And dost cry aloud as bulls,
50:12 Ashamed hath been your mother greatly, Confounded hath she been that bare you, Lo, the hindermost of nations [is] a wilderness, A dry land, and a desert.
50:13 Because of the wrath of YHWH it is not inhabited, And it hath been a desolation -- all of it. Every passer by at Babylon is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.
50:14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, All ye treading a bow, Shoot at her, have no pity on the arrow, For against YHWH she hath sinned.
50:15 Shout against her round about, She hath given forth her hand, Fallen have her foundations, Thrown down have been her walls, For it [is] the vengeance of YHWH, Be avenged of her, as she did -- do ye to her.
50:16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, And him handling the sickle in the time of harvest, Because of the oppressing sword, Each unto his people -- they turn, And each to his land -- they flee.
50:17 A scattered sheep is Israel, lions have driven away, At first, devour him did the king of Asshur, And now, at last, broken his bone Hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.
50:18 Therefore thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am seeing after the king of Babylon, And after his land, As I have seen after the king of Asshur;
50:19 And I have brought back Israel unto his habitation, And he hath fed on Carmel, and on Bashan. And in mount Ephraim, and on Gilead is his soul satisfied.
Jeremiah 50:20 In those days, and at that time, An affirmation of YHWH, Sought is the iniquity of Israel, and it is not, And the sin of Judah, and it is not found, For I am propitious to those whom I leave!
50:21 Against the land of Merathaim: Go up against it, and unto the inhabitants of Pekod, Waste and devote their posterity, An affirmation of YHWH, And do according to all that I have commanded thee.
50:22 A noise of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
50:23 How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!
50:24 I have laid a snare for thee, And also -- thou art captured, O Babylon, And thou -- thou hast known, Thou hast been found, and also art caught, For against YHWH thou hast stirred thyself up.
50:25 YHWH hath opened His treasury, And He bringeth out the weapons of His indignation, For a work [is] to the Lord YHWH of Hosts, In the land of the Chaldeans.
50:26 Come ye in to her from the extremity, Open ye her storehouses, Raise her up as heaps, and devote her, Let her have no remnant.
50:27 Slay all her kine, they go down to slaughter, Wo [is] on them, for come hath their day, The time of their inspection.
50:28 A voice of fugitives and escaped ones [Is] from the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the vengeance of YHWH our God, The vengeance of His temple.
50:29 Summon unto Babylon archers, all treading the bow, Encamp against her round about, Let [her] have no escape; Recompense to her according to her work, According to all that she did -- do to her, For unto YHWH she hath been proud, Unto the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 50:30 Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all her men of war are cut off in that day, An affirmation of YHWH.
50:31 Lo, I [am] against thee, O pride, An affirmation of the Lord YHWH of Hosts, For thy day hath come, the time of thy inspection.
50:32 And stumbled hath pride, And he hath fallen, and hath no raiser up, And I have kindled a fire in his cities, And it hath devoured all round about him.
50:33 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: Oppressed are the sons of Israel, And the sons of Judah together, And all their captors have kept hold on them, They have refused to send them away.
50:34 Their Redeemer [is] strong, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.
50:35 A sword [is] for the Chaldeans, An affirmation of YHWH, And it [is] on the inhabitants of Babylon, And on her heads, and on her wise men;
50:36 A sword [is] on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword [is] on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;
50:37 A sword [is] on his horses and on his chariot, And on all the rabble who [are] in her midst, And they have become women; A sword [is] on her treasuries, And they have been spoiled;
50:38 A sword [is] on her waters, and they have been dried up, For it [is] a land of graven images, And in idols they do boast themselves.
50:39 Therefore dwell do Ziim with Iim, Yea, dwelt in her have daughters of the ostrich, And it is not inhabited any more for ever, Nor dwelt in unto all generations.
Jeremiah 50:40 As overthrown by God with Sodom, And with Gomorrah, and with its neighbours, An affirmation of YHWH, none doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.
50:41 Lo, a people hath come from the north, Even a great nation, And many kings are stirred up from the sides of the earth.
50:42 Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel [are] they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
50:43 Heard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.
50:44 Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause them to run from off her. And who is chosen? on her I lay a charge, For who [is] like Me? And who doth convene Me? And who [is] this shepherd who standeth before Me?
50:45 Therefore, hear ye the counsel of YHWH, That He counselled concerning Babylon, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the land of the Chaldeans; Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Doth He not make desolate over them the habitation?
50:46 From the voice: Captured was Babylon, Hath the earth been shaken, And a cry among nations hath been heard!

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 51

Jeremiah 51:1 Thus said YHWH: Lo, I am stirring up against Babylon, And the inhabitants of Leb -- My withstanders, A destroying wind,
51:2 And I have sent to Babylon fanners, And they have fanned it, and they empty its land, For they have been against it, Round about -- in the day of evil.
51:3 Let not the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have ye pity on her young men, Devote ye to destruction all her host.
51:4 And fallen have the wounded in the land of the Chaldeans, And the pierced-through in her streets.
51:5 For, not forsaken is Israel and Judah, By its God -- by YHWH of Hosts, For their land hath been full of guilt, Against the Holy One of Israel.
51:6 Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, And deliver ye each his soul, Be not cut off in its iniquity, For a time of vengeance it [is] to YHWH, Recompence He is rendering to her.
51:7 A golden cup [is] Babylon in the hand of YHWH, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.
51:8 Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.
51:9 We healed Babylon, and she was not healed, Forsake her, and we go, each to his land, For come unto the heavens hath its judgment, And it hath been lifted up unto the clouds.
Jeremiah 51:10 YHWH hath brought forth our righteousnesses, Come, and we recount in Zion the work of YHWH our God.
51:11 Cleanse ye the arrows, fill the shields, Stirred up hath YHWH the spirit of the kings of Madia, For against Babylon His device [is] to destroy it, For the vengeance of YHWH it [is], The vengeance of His temple.
51:12 Unto the walls of Babylon lift up an ensign, Strengthen the watch, Establish the watchers, prepare the ambush, For YHWH hath both devised and done that which He spake, Concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
51:13 O dweller on many waters, abundant in treasures, Come in hath thine end, the measure of thy dishonest gain.
51:14 Sworn hath YHWH of Hosts by Himself, That, Surely I have filled thee [with] men as the cankerworm, And they have cried against thee -- shouting.
51:15 The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,
51:16 At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters [are] in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.
51:17 Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image, And there is no breath in them.
51:18 Vanity [are] they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.
51:19 Not like these [is] the portion of Jacob, For He [is] former of all things, And [Israel is] the rod of His inheritance, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name.
Jeremiah 51:20 An axe [art] thou to me -- weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,
51:21 And I have broken in pieces by thee horse and its rider, And I have broken in pieces by thee chariot and its charioteer,
51:22 And I have broken in pieces by thee man and woman, And I have broken in pieces by thee old and young, And I have broken in pieces by thee young man and virgin,
51:23 And I have broken in pieces by thee shepherd and his drove, And I have broken in pieces by thee husbandman and his team, And I have broken in pieces by thee governors and prefects.
51:24 And I have recompensed to Babylon, And to all inhabitants of Chaldea, All the evil that they have done in Zion, Before your eyes -- an affirmation of YHWH.
51:25 Lo, I [am] against thee, O destroying mount, An affirmation of YHWH, That is destroying all the earth, And I have stretched out My hand against thee, And I have rolled thee from the rocks, And given thee for a burnt mountain.
51:26 And they take not out of thee a stone for a corner, And a stone for foundations, For desolations age-during art thou, An affirmation of YHWH.
51:27 Lift ye up an ensign in the land, Blow a trumpet among nations, Sanctify against it nations, Summon against it the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz, Appoint against it an infant head, Cause the horse to ascend as the rough cankerworm.
51:28 Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.
51:29 And shake doth the land, and it is pained, For stood against Babylon have the purposes of YHWH, To make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 51:30 Ceased have the mighty of Babylon to fight, They have remained in strongholds, Failed hath their might, they have become woman, They have burnt her tabernacles, Broken have been her bars.
51:31 Runner to meet runner doth run, And announcer to meet announcer, To announce to the king of Babylon, For, captured hath been his city -- at the extremity.
51:32 And the passages have been captured, And the reeds they have burnt with fire, And the men of war have been troubled.
51:33 For thus said YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, The daughter of Babylon [is] as a threshing-floor, The time of her threshing -- yet a little, And come hath the time of her harvest.
51:34 Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us [as] an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.
51:35 My wrong, and [that of] my flesh [is] on Babylon, Say doth the inhabitant of Zion, And my blood [is] on the inhabitants of Chaldea, Say doth Jerusalem.
51:36 Therefore, thus said YHWH: Lo, I am pleading thy cause, And I have avenged thy vengeance, And dried up its sea, and made its fountains dry.
51:37 And Babylon hath been for heaps, A habitation of dragons, An astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
51:38 Together as young lions they roar, They have shaken themselves as lions' whelps.
51:39 In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not -- an affirmation of YHWH.
Jeremiah 51:40 I cause them to go down as lambs to slaughter, As rams with he-goats.
51:41 How hath Sheshach been captured, Yea, caught is the praise of the whole earth, How hath Babylon been for an astonishment among nations.
51:42 Come up against Babylon hath the sea, With a multitude of its billows it hath been covered.
51:43 Its cities have been for a desolation, A dry land, and a wilderness, A land -- none doth dwell in them, Nor pass over into them doth a son of man.
51:44 And I have seen after Bel in Babylon, And I have brought forth that which he swallowed -- from his mouth, And flow no more unto him do nations, Also the wall of Babylon hath fallen.
51:45 Go forth from its midst, O My people, And deliver ye, each his soul, Because of the fierceness of the anger of YHWH,
51:46 And lest your heart be tender, And ye be afraid of the report that is heard in the land, And come in a year hath the report, And after it in a year the report, And violence [is] in the land, ruler against ruler;
51:47 Therefore, lo, days are coming, And I have seen after the graven images of Babylon. And all its land is ashamed, And all its pierced ones do fall in its midst.
51:48 And cried aloud against Babylon Have heavens and earth, and all that [is] in them, For, from the north come to it do the spoilers, An affirmation of YHWH.
51:49 Even Babylon [is] to fall, ye pierced of Israel, Even they of Babylon have fallen, Ye pierced of all the earth.
Jeremiah 51:50 Ye escaped of the sword, go on, stand not, Remember ye from afar YHWH, And let Jerusalem come up on your heart.
51:51 We have been ashamed, for we heard reproach, Covered hath shame our faces, For come in have strangers, against the sanctuaries of the house of YHWH.
51:52 Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of YHWH, And I have seen after its graven images, And in all its land groan doth the wounded.
51:53 Because Babylon goeth up to the heavens, And because it fenceth the high place of its strength, From Me come into it do spoilers, An affirmation of YHWH.
51:54 A voice of a cry [is] from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldean.
51:55 For YHWH is spoiling Babylon, And hath destroyed out of it a great voice, And sounded have its billows as many waters, Given forth a noise hath their voice.
51:56 For come in against it -- against Babylon -- hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences -- YHWH -- doth certainly repay.
51:57 And I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not -- an affirmation of the king, YHWH of Hosts [is] His name.
51:58 Thus said YHWH of Hosts, the wall of Babylon -- The broad one -- is utterly made bare, And her high gates with fire are burnt, And peoples labour in vain, And nations in fire, and have been weary!
51:59 The word that Jeremiah the prophet hath commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Maaseiah, in his going with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign -- and Seraiah [is] a quiet prince;
Jeremiah 51:60 and Jeremiah writeth all the evil that cometh unto Babylon on one book -- all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
51:61 And Jeremiah saith unto Seraiah, `When thou dost enter Babylon, then thou hast seen, and hast read all these words,
51:62 and hast said: YHWH, Thou, Thou hast spoken concerning this place, to cut it off, that there is none dwelling in it, from man even unto cattle, for it is a desolation age-during.
51:63 And it hath come to pass, when thou dost finish reading this book, thou dost bind to it a stone, and hast cast it into the midst of Phrat,
51:64 and said, Thus sink doth Babylon, and it doth not arise, because of the evil that I am bringing in against it, and they have been weary.' Hitherto [are] words of Jeremiah.

JEREMIAH CHAPTER 52

Jeremiah 52:1 A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
52:2 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Jehoiakim hath done,
52:3 for, because of the anger of YHWH, it hath been in Jerusalem and Judah till He hath cast them from before His face, and Zedekiah doth rebel against the king of Babylon.
52:4 And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon -- he and all his force -- against Jerusalem, and they encamp against it, and build against it a fortification round about;
52:5 and the city cometh into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
52:6 In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,
52:7 then is the city broken up, and all the men of war flee, and go forth from the city by night, the way of the gate between the two walls, that [is] by the king's garden -- and the Chaldeans [are] by the city round about -- and they go the way of the plain.
52:8 And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his forces have been scattered from him,
52:9 and they capture the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaketh with him -- judgments.
Jeremiah 52:10 And the king of Babylon slaughtereth the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also all the princes of Judah hath he slaughtered in Riblah;
52:11 and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him in brazen fetters, and the king of Babylon bringeth him to Babylon, and putteth him in the house of inspection unto the day of his death.
52:12 And in the fifth month, in the tenth of the month -- it [is] the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon -- come hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners; he hath stood before the king of Babylon in Jerusalem,
52:13 and he burneth the house of YHWH, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he hath burned with fire,
52:14 and all the walls of Jerusalem round about broken down have all the forces of the Chaldeans that [are] with the chief of the executioners.
52:15 And of the poor of the people, and the remnant of the people who are left in the city, and those who are falling away, who have fallen unto the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the multitude, hath Nebuzar-Adan chief of the executioners, removed;
52:16 and of the poor of the land hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
52:17 And the pillars of brass that [are] to the house of YHWH, and the bases, and the brasen sea that [is] in the house of YHWH, have the Chaldeans broken, and they bear away all the brass of them to Babylon;
52:18 and the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they minister, they have taken away;
52:19 and the basins, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups, the gold of that which [is] gold, and the silver of that which [is] silver, hath the chief of the executioners taken.
Jeremiah 52:20 The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that [are] beneath the bases, that king Solomon made for the house of YHWH, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels.
52:21 As to the pillars, eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass it, and its thickness [is] four fingers hollow.
52:22 And the chapiter upon it [is] of brass, and the height of the one chapiter [is] five cubits, and net-work and pomegranates [are] on the chapiter round about, the whole [is] of brass; and like these have the second pillar, and pomegranates.
52:23 And the pomegranates are ninety and six on a side, all the pomegranates [are] a hundred on the net-work round about.
52:24 And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,
52:25 and out of the city he hath taken a certain eunuch, who hath been inspector over the men of war, and seven men of those seeing the king's face, who have been found in the city, and the head scribe of the host, who mustereth the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land, who are found in the midst of the city;
52:26 and Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, taketh them, and bringeth them unto the king of Babylon to Riblah,
52:27 and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its own ground.
52:28 This [is] the people whom Nebuchadrezzar hath removed: in the seventh year, of Jews, three thousand and twenty and three;
52:29 in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar -- from Jerusalem, souls, eight hundred thirty and two;
Jeremiah 52:30 in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, hath Nebuzar-Adan chief of the guard removed of Jewish souls, seven hundred forty and five; all the souls [are] four thousand and six hundred.
52:31 And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth of the month, hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reign, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and bringeth him out from the house of restraint,
52:32 and speaketh with him good things, and setteth his throne above the throne of the kings who [are] with him in Babylon,
52:33 and he hath changed his prison garments, and he hath eaten bread before him continually, all the days of his life.
52:34 And his allowance -- a continual allowance -- hath been given to him by the king of Babylon, the matter of a day in its day, till the day of his death -- all days of his life.

Jeremiah 18-34 - Lamentations