Then Shephatiah
the son
of Mattan,
and Gedaliah
the son
of Pashur,
and Jucal
the son
of Shelemiah,
and Pashur
the son
of Malchiah,
heard
the words
that Jeremiah
had spoken
unto all the people,
saying,
Saphatias
Σαφατιας
saphatias
Mathan
Μαθαν
mathan
Godolias
Γοδολιας
godolias
Paschōr
Πασχωρ
paschōr
Iōachal
Ιωαχαλ
iōachal
Selemias
Σελεμιου
selemiou
Thus saith
the LORD,
He that remaineth
in this city
shall die
by the sword,
by the famine,
and by the pestilence:
but he that goeth forth
to the Chaldeans
shall live;
for he shall have his life
for a prey,
and shall live.
say
finding
εὕρεμα
heurema
Thus saith
the LORD,
This city
shall surely
be given
into the hand
of the king
of Babylon's
army,
which shall take
it.
Therefore the princes
said
unto the king,
We beseech thee, let this man
be put to death:
for thus
he weakeneth
the hands
of the men
of war
that remain
in this city,
and the hands
of all the people,
in speaking
such words
unto them: for this man
seeketh
not the welfare
of this people,
but the hurt.
say
prophesy
χρησμολογεῖ
chrēsmologei
Then Zedekiah
the king
said,
Behold, he is in your hand:
for the king
is not he that can
do any thing
against you.
Then took
they Jeremiah,
and cast
him into the dungeon
of Malchiah
the son
of Hammelech,
that was in the court
of the prison:
and they let down
Jeremiah
with cords.
And in the dungeon
there was no water,
but mire:
so Jeremiah
sunk
in the mire.
pit
λάκκον
lakkon
Melchias
Μελχιου
melchiou
pit
λάκκον
lakkon
pit
λάκκῳ
lakkō
Now when Ebedmelech
the Ethiopian,
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 Benjamin;
Abdemelech
Αβδεμελεχ
abdemelech
pit
λάκκον
lakkon
Ebedmelech
went forth
out of the king's
house,
and spake
to the king,
saying,
My lord
the king,
these men
have 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
hunger
in the place
where he is: for there is no more bread
in the city.
Then the king
commanded
Ebedmelech
the Ethiopian,
saying,
Take
from hence thirty
men
with thee,
and take up
Jeremiah
the prophet
out of the dungeon,
before he die.
Abdemelech
Αβδεμελεχ
abdemelech
pit
λάκκου
lakkou
So Ebedmelech
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 dungeon
to Jeremiah.
Abdemelech
Αβδεμελεχ
abdemelech
under the earth
ὑπόγειον
hypogeion
pit
λάκκον
lakkon
And Ebedmelech
the Ethiopian
said
unto Jeremiah,
Put
now these old
cast clouts
and rotten rags
under thine armholes
under the cords.
And Jeremiah
did
so.
So they drew up
Jeremiah
with cords,
and took him up
out of the dungeon:
and Jeremiah
remained
in the court
of the prison.
Then Zedekiah
the king
sent,
and took
Jeremiah
the prophet
unto him into the third
entry
that is in the house
of the LORD:
and the king
said
unto Jeremiah,
I will ask
thee a thing;
hide
nothing from me.
third
ασελισι
aselisi
say
Then Jeremiah
said
unto Zedekiah,
If I declare
it unto thee, wilt thou not surely
put me to death?
and if I give thee counsel,
wilt thou not hearken
unto me?
So Zedekiah
the king
sware
secretly
unto Jeremiah,
saying,
As the LORD
liveth,
that made
us this soul,
I will not put thee to death,
neither will I give
thee into the hand
of these men
that seek
thy life.
Then said
Jeremiah
unto Zedekiah,
Thus saith
the LORD,
the God
of hosts,
the God
of Israel;
If thou wilt assuredly
go forth
unto the king
of Babylon's
princes,
then thy soul
shall live,
and this city
shall not be burned
with fire;
and thou shalt live,
and thine house:
say
say
But if thou wilt not go forth
to the king
of Babylon's
princes,
then shall this city
be given
into the hand
of the Chaldeans,
and they shall burn
it with fire,
and thou shalt not escape out
of their hand.
And Zedekiah
the king
said
unto Jeremiah,
I am afraid
of the Jews
that are fallen
to the Chaldeans,
lest they deliver
me into their hand,
and they mock
me.
say
mock at
καταμωκήσονταί
katamōkēsontai
But Jeremiah
said,
They shall not deliver
thee. Obey,
I beseech thee, the voice
of the LORD,
which I speak
unto thee: so it shall be well
unto thee, and thy soul
shall live.
But if thou refuse
to go forth,
this is the word
that the LORD
hath shewed
me:
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 shall say,
Thy friends
have set thee on,
and have prevailed
against thee: thy feet
are sunk
in the mire,
and they are turned away
back.
slip
ὀλισθήμασιν
olisthēmasin
So they shall bring out
all thy wives
and thy children
to the Chaldeans:
and thou shalt not escape out
of their hand,
but shalt be taken
by the hand
of the king
of Babylon:
and thou shalt cause this city
to be burned
with fire.
Then said
Zedekiah
unto Jeremiah,
Let no man
know
of these words,
and thou shalt not die.
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 hast said
unto the king,
hide
it not from us, and we will not put thee to death;
also what the king
said
unto thee:
Then thou shalt say
unto them, I presented
my supplication
before
the king,
that he would not cause me to return
to Jonathan's
house,
to die
there.
Jonathan
Ιωναθαν
iōnathan
Then came
all the princes
unto Jeremiah,
and asked
him: and he told
them according to all these words
that the king
had commanded.
So they left off speaking
with him; for the matter
was not perceived.
cease speaking
ἀπεσιώπησαν
apesiōpēsan
So Jeremiah
abode
in the court
of the prison
until the day
that Jerusalem
was taken:
and he was there when Jerusalem
was taken.
