The word which came unto Jeremiah
from the LORD
, when Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
, and all his army
, and all the kingdoms
of the earth
of his dominion
, and all the people
, fought
against Jerusalem
, and against all the cities
thereof, saying
,
Thus saith the LORD
, the God
of Israel
; Go
and speak
to Zedekiah
king
of Judah
, and tell
him, Thus saith
the LORD
; Behold, I will give
this city
into the hand
of the king
of Babylon
, and he shall burn
it with fire
:
And thou shalt not escape out of his hand
, but shalt surely
be taken
, and delivered
into his hand
; and thine eyes
shall behold
the eyes
of the king
of Babylon
, and he shall speak
with thee mouth
to mouth
, and thou shalt go
to Babylon
.
Yet hear the word
of the LORD
, O Zedekiah
king
of Judah
; Thus saith
the LORD
of thee, Thou shalt not die
by the sword
:
But thou shalt die in peace
: and with the burnings
of thy fathers
, the former
kings
which were before
thee, so shall they burn
odours for thee; and they will lament
thee, saying , Ah
lord
! for I have pronounced
the word
, saith
the LORD
.
Then Jeremiah the prophet
spake
all these words
unto Zedekiah
king
of Judah
in Jerusalem
,
When the king of Babylon's
army
fought
against Jerusalem
, and against all the cities
of Judah
that were left
, against Lachish
, and against Azekah
: for these defenced
cities
remained
of the cities
of Judah
.
This is the word that came unto Jeremiah
from the LORD
, after
that the king
Zedekiah
had made
a covenant
with all the people
which were at Jerusalem
, to proclaim
liberty
unto them;
That every man should let his manservant
, and every man
his maidservant
, being an Hebrew
or an Hebrewess
, go
free
; that none should serve
himself of them, to wit , of a Jew
his brother
.
Now when all the princes, and all the people
, which had entered
into the covenant
, heard
that every one
should let his manservant
, and every one
his maidservant
, go
free
, that none should serve
themselves of them any more, then they obeyed
, and let them go
.
But afterward they turned
, and caused the servants
and the handmaids
, whom they had let go
free
, to return
, and brought them into subjection
for servants
and for handmaids
.
Therefore the word of the LORD
came to Jeremiah
from the LORD
, saying
,
Thus saith the LORD
, the God
of Israel
; I made
a covenant
with your fathers
in the day
that I brought them forth
out of the land
of Egypt
, out of the house
of bondmen
, saying
,
At the end of seven
years
let ye go
every man
his brother
an Hebrew
, which hath been sold
unto thee; and when he hath served
thee six
years
, thou shalt let him go
free
from thee: but your fathers
hearkened
not unto me, neither inclined
their ear
.
And ye were now turned
, and had done
right
in my sight
, in proclaiming
liberty
every man
to his neighbour
; and ye had made
a covenant
before
me in the house
which is called
by my name
:
But ye turned and polluted
my name
, and caused every man
his servant
, and every man
his handmaid
, whom ye had set
at liberty
at their pleasure
, to return
, and brought them into subjection
, to be unto you for servants
and for handmaids
.
Therefore thus saith the LORD
; Ye have not hearkened
unto me, in proclaiming
liberty
, every one
to his brother
, and every man
to his neighbour
: behold, I proclaim
a liberty
for you, saith
the LORD
, to the sword
, to the pestilence
, and to the famine
; and I will make
you to be removed
into all the kingdoms
of the earth
.
And I will give the men
that have transgressed
my covenant
, which have not performed
the words
of the covenant
which they had made
before
me, when they cut
the calf
in twain
, and passed
between the parts
thereof,
The princes of Judah
, and the princes
of Jerusalem
, the eunuchs
, and the priests
, and all the people
of the land
, which passed
between the parts
of the calf
;
I will even give them into the hand
of their enemies
, and into the hand
of them that seek
their life
: and their dead bodies
shall be for meat
unto the fowls
of the heaven
, and to the beasts
of the earth
.
And Zedekiah king
of Judah
and his princes
will I give
into the hand
of their enemies
, and into the hand
of them that seek
their life
, and into the hand
of the king
of Babylon's
army
, which are gone up
from you.
Behold, I will command, saith
the LORD
, and cause them to return
to this city
; and they shall fight
against it, and take
it, and burn
it with fire
: and I will make
the cities
of Judah
a desolation
without an inhabitant
.