C. about

605.
NOTHER ROLL RITTEN WITH DITIONS.
aoe |OT
8. ehovah.
*)the prophet Jeremiah,
sshall_cause_to_cease from thence «man and beast ?’
30 Therefore thus ‘saith J the Lorp ¢ of Jehoiakim king_of Judah; He shall_
‘'|have none +to_sit upon the_throne_of “|David: and his dead_body shall_be
cast_out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
31 And I -will_ypunish him and his seed and his servants for their ~ini- quity ; and I -will_bring upon them, and upon the_inhabitants_ofJerusalem,and upon thei men_of Judah, «all the evil that I -have_pronounced against them ; but they hearkened not.”
82 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the_ son_of Neriah ; who wrote therein from the_mouth_of Jeremiah ~all the_words_ of the book which Jehoiakim king_of Judah had_burned in the fire: and there were_added besides unto them many like words.
AND king Zedekiah the_son_of Josiah reigned instead of j Con- iah the_son_of Jehoiakim, whom Nebu-
| |chadrezzar king_of Babylon made_king ir, |in the_land_of Judah. ;
2 But neither the_
nor his servants, nor ple_of the land, did_hearken un-
“lto the_words_of J the Lorp, which He
spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
3 And Zedekiah the king sent -Jehu- cal the_son_of Shelemiah and -Zepha- niah the_son_of Maaseiah the priest to
eying, “sPray now unto J the Lorp our =God for us.”
4 Now Jeremiah came-_in and went_ out among the people: for they had not
| put him into prison.
5 Then Pharaoh’s army was_come_ forth _ out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans x+that besieged Jerusalem heard -tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
6 Then came the_word_of J the Lorp unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7 “Thus «saith !the Lorp, the_=God_ of Israél; Thus shall_ye_say to the_ king_of Judah, xthat sent pou unto Me to inquire of Me; Behold, Pha- raoh’s army, which is_come_forth to help you, ashall_return to Egypt into their_own land.
8 And the Chaldeans -shall _come again, and -fight against xthis xcity, and ‘take it, and-burn it with ~fire.
9 Thus-saith Jthe Lorp ; Deceive not yourselves, saying, ‘The Chaldeans shall_surely depart from us:’ for they shall not depart.
10 For though ye had_smitten the_ whole army _ of the Chaldeans x-that fight against you, and there remained but wounded «men among them, yet should they rise_up ‘every_man in his tent, and -burn this xcity with ~fire.”
11 And it -came_to_pass, that when the_army-_of the Chaldeans was_broken_ up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s
arm;
2 Then Jeremiah went_forth out_of Jerusalem to go into the_land_of Ben- jamin, to ‘separate_himself thence in the_midst_of the people.
JEREMIAH XXXVIII. 4.
18 And when he was in the_gate_of Benjamin, a captain_of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the_son_ of Shelemiah, the_son_of Hananiah ; and he took -Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Thou -+fallest_-away to the Chaldeans.”
14 Then said Jeremiah, “Jt is false ; I «fall not away to the Chaldeans.” But he hearkened not to him: so Iri- jah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
15 Wherefore the princes were_wroth with Jeremiah, and -smote him, and ‘put him in prison in the _house_ of
onathan thescribe: for they had_made that the prison.
16 When Jeremiah was_entered into the }dungeon, and into the ¢ cabins, and Jeremiah had_remained there many days;
17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took_him_out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, “Is there any word from’ -the Lorp?” And Jeremiah said, “There is: for, said he, thou shalt_be_delivered into the-hand_ of the_king_of Babylon.”
18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, “What -haye_I _s offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against xthis xpeople, that ye -have_put me in prison ?
19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, ‘The_king_ of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against «this xland?’
20 Therefore -hear now, I_pray_thee, O_my -lord the king: 'let_my_supplica- tion, I_pray_thee, be_accepted before thee; that thou cause_me not to_re- turn to the_house_of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
*1Then Zedekiah the king com- manded that they should _ commit -Jeremiah into the court_of the prison, and that they -should_give him daily a capiece_of bread out_of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were_spent, Thus Jeremiah remained in the_court_of the prison.
88 THEN Shephatiah the_son _of
Mattan, and Gedaliah the_son_ of Pashur, and Jucal the_son_of Shele- miah, and Pashur the_son_of Malchiah, heard. the words that Jeremiah +had_ spoken unto all the people, saying,
2“Thus -saith 4the Lorp, +He_that remaineth in xthis xcity shall_die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pesti- lence: but xthe_that goeth_forth to the Chaldeans shall_live ; for he -shall_have his s life for a prey, and -shall_live,
8 Thus -saith / the Lorn, xThis xcity shall_surely be_given into the_hand_of the _king_of Babylon’s army, which *shall_take it.”
4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, “ We-beseech_ thee, let xthis ixman be_put_to_death: for thus he weakeneth -the_hands_of the_~ men_of xwar «that remain in xthis «city, and -the_hands_of all the people, in speak- ing xsuch xwords unto them: for xthis ixman seeketh not the_welfare-of «this xpeople, but the hurt.”
B.C. about 599.
ZEDEKIAH'S SECRET INQUIRY.
ean
the pit.
c. cells. 589.
J. Jehovah.
JEREMIAH’S REQUEST. s. sinned.
19. Lam. 2. 14.
ca, cake.
JEREMIAH
CAST INTO |
THE DUNGEON.
J. Jehovah. |
s. soul.
|
609
JEREMIAH XXXVIII. 5.
B.C. 589. 5. Prov. 29. 25.
6. Lam. 3. 52, 53. or pit.
x Hamme- lech, The King.
EBED- MELECH INTERCEDES WITH THE KING FOR HIM.
7. Ch. 39. 16-
18.
e, Ebed- melech, King’s servant.
@. anah- shim.
uy Prov. 21.
JEREMIAH TAKEN UP OUT OF THE DUNGEON.
a. armpits.
CONVERSA- TION BETWEEN ZEDEKIAH AND JEREMIAH.
3. Jehovah.
s. soul.
18. 2 Kin. 25. 4-10.
5 Then Zedekiah the king said, “ Be- hold, he 7s in your hand : for the king is not he that can_do any thing against
6 Then took they -Jeremiah, and cast hint into the pdungeon_of Malchiah the_son_of ) Hammelech, that was in the_court_of the prison: and they let_ down “Jeremiah with xcords. And in the pdungeon there was no =water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
7 Now when ¢ Ebed-melech the Ethio- pian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had_ put -Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the_gate_of Benja- min ;
8 Ebed-melech went_forth out_of the king’s house, and spake to the king,
saying,
5 “My -lord the king, xthese «men shave_done_evil in all that they -have_ done to Jeremiah the prophet, -whom they ‘have_cast into the dungeon; and he is_like to die for xhunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.”
10 Then the king commanded *Ebed- melech the Ethiopian, saying, “-Take from hence thirty «men with thee, and ‘take_up ~Jeremiah the prophet out_of the dungeon, before he die.”
11 So Ebed-melech took «the «men with him, and went into the_house_of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast_clouts and old rotten_ rags, and let_them_down by «cords into the p dungeon to Jeremiah.
12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, “*Put now these old xcast_clouts and xrotten_rags under thine «armholes under the cords.” And Jeremiah did so.
18 So they drew_up -Jeremiah with xcords, and took him up out_of the p dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court_of the prison.
14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took -Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that ts in the_ house_of Jthe Lorn: and the king said unto Jeremiah, “£ -will_ask thee a thing ; thide nothing from me.”
145 Then Jeremiah said unto Zede- kiah, “If I declare i# unto thee, wilt thou not surely put_me_to_death ? and if I 'give_thee_counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?”
16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, “As Jthe Lorp liveth, «that made us xthis ¥soul, I will not put_thee_to_death, neither will_I_ give thee into the_hand_of*these « xmen xithat seek thy s -life.”
Ww Then said Jeremiah unto Zede- kiah, “Thus «saith 4the Lorn, the_=God_ of hosts, the_=God_of Israél; If thou wilt_assuredly go_forth unto the_king_ of Babylon's princes, then thy soul -shall_live, and *xthis «city shall not be_ burned with «fire ; and thou *shalt_live, and thine house:
18 But if thou wilt not go_forth to the _king _of Babylon’s princes, then shall xthis xcity be_given into the_
hand_of the Chaldeans, and they sshall_
JEREMIAH XXXIX..
burn it with ~fire, and thou shalt not) B.C.
escape out_of their hand.”
19 And Zedekiah the king said unto}19. Prov. Jeremiah, “¥ +am_afraid_of “the Jews| 2.
that -are_fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they ‘deliver m¢ into their hand, and they ‘mock me.”
20 But Jeremiah said, “They shall not deliver thee. *Obey, I_beseech_thee, the_voice_of ‘the Lorb, which £ «speak unto thee: so it shall ~be_well unto thee, and thy soul shall_live.
°*1 But if thon refuse to go_forth, this is the word that 'the Lorp -hath_ shewed me:
2 And, behold, all the women that -are_left in the_king_of Judah's house shall be brought_forth to the_king_of Babylon’s princes, and those women 4shall_say, ‘ Thy friends shave_p set_ thee_on, and have_prevailed against thee: thy feet -are_sunk in the mire, |” and they -are_turned_away back.’
23 So »they_shall_bring_out wives and thy se «children to the Chal- deans: and shalt not escape out_ of their hand, but shalt_be_taken by the_hand_of the_king_of Babylon: and thoy shalt _cause xthis city to_be_ burned with «fire.”
24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, “Let no ‘man know of xthese xwords, and thou shalt not die. t.
2 But if the princes ‘hear that I ‘have_talked with thee, and they «come unto thee, and ‘say unto thee, “-Declare unto us now what thou shast_said unto the king, thide it not from us, and we will not put_thee_to_death ; also what the king said unto thee :’
26 Then thou -shalt_say unto them, ‘ £ presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause_me_to_ return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.”
27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according_to all xthese xwords that the king had_commanded. So they left_off_speaking with him ; for the matter was not perceived.
23 So Jeremiah abode in the court of) 28. Ch.
the prison until the day that Jerusalem was _taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was_taken, :
39 IN the ninth xyear of Zedekiah
king_of Judah, in the tenth xmonth, came Nebuchadrezzar king_of Babylon and all his army against Jeru- salem, and they besieged it.
2 And in the eleventh year of Zede- kiah, in the fourth xmonth, the ninth) ,” day of the month, the city was_broken_
up.
3 And all the_princes_of the_king_of| ,’ Babylon came in, and sat in the middle} ¢ gate, even. » Nergal-sharezer, sSanigar- nebo, Sarsechim, * Rab-saris, Nergal- sharezer, ra Rab-mag, with all the_resi-
due_ofthe_princes_of the_king_of Baby-| of that when pg
lon. 4 And it came_to_pass, Zedekiah the_king_of Judah saw them,
and all the_#men_of xwar, then they |47.2K
fled, and went_forth out_of the city by_| night, by the_way_of the king’s garden,
610
oo
shim.
EREMIAH XXXIX. 5.