2 Kings 24 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ In his days, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,––and Jehoiakim became his servant three years, then turned he and rebelled against him. ² And Yahweh sent against him troops of Chaldeans, and troops of Syrians, and troops of Moabites, and troops of the sons of Ammon, yea he sent them against Judah, to destroy him,––according to the word of Yahweh, which he spake through his servants the prophets. ³ Surely, it was, because of the anger of Yahweh, that this came upon Judah, to remove them from his presence,––for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done: ⁴ moreover also, for the innocent blood that he had shed, so that he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood,––which Yahweh was not willing to pardon. ⁵ Now, the rest of the story of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ⁶ So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers,––and, Jehoiachin his son, reigned, in his stead. ⁷ And the king of Egypt came no more again out of his land,––for the king of Babylon had taken––from the ravine of Egypt, unto the river Euphrates, all that had belonged to the king of Egypt.
⁸ Eighteen years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem,––and, his mother’s name, was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, of Jerusalem. ⁹ And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––according to all that, his father, had done. ¹⁰ At that time, came up the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem,––and the city came into the siege. ¹¹ And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants were about to besiege it. ¹² Then came out Jehoiachin king of Judah, unto the king of Babylon, he and his mother, and his servants, and his generals, and his courtiers,––and the king of Babylon took him, in the eighth year of his reign. ¹³ And he carried forth from thence, all the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the house of the king,––and he cut off all the fittings of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Yahweh, according to all that, Yahweh, had spoken. ¹⁴ And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the generals, and all the mighty men of valour, ten thousand becoming captives, and all the artificers and the smiths,––none remained save the poorest of the people of the land. ¹⁵ And he carried away captive Jehoiachin, to Babylon,––and, the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his courtiers, and the nobles of the land, took he away captive, from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶ And, all the men of might––seven thousand, and artificers and smiths––a thousand, all who were valiant and ready to make war, the king of Babylon brought them captive to Babylon. ¹⁷ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his relative, king in his stead,––and changed his name to Zedekiah. ¹⁸ Twenty–one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem,––and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ¹⁹ And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––according to all that, Jehoiakim, had done. ²⁰ For, it was because the anger of Yahweh had come against Jerusalem, and against Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled, against the king of Babylon.

¹⁸ In that day, did Yahweh solemnise with Abram a covenant, saying,––To thy seed, have I given this land, from the river of Egypt, as far as the great river––the river Euphrates:

²⁰ Ye, indeed, planned against me, evil,––God, planned it, for good, for the sake of doing, as at this day, to save alive much people.

¹⁴ for, this time, am, I, sending all my plagues unto thy heart, and amongst thy servants, and amongst thy people,––to the intent thou mayest get to know, that there is none like me, in all the earth. ¹⁵ For, now, might I have put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people, with pestilence,––and thou shouldst have secretly disappeared from the earth; ¹⁶ but, in very deed, for this purpose, have I let thee remain, for the purpose of showing thee my might,––and that my name may be celebrated in all the earth. ¹⁷ Even yet, art thou exalting thyself over my people,––in not letting them go?

⁵ thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor be led to serve them––For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers, upon sons, unto three [generations] and unto four, of them that hate me;

³³ When, even you, I scatter among the nations, And make bare, after you, a sword. Then shall your land become an astonishment, And your cities become a desolation. ³⁴ Then, shall the land be paid her sabbaths, All the days she lieth desolate, While, ye, are in the land of your foes,––Then, shall the land keep sabbath, And pay off her sabbaths: ³⁵ All the days she lieth desolate, shall she keep sabbath,––the which she kept not as your sabbaths, while ye dwelt thereupon.

⁵ then shall the boundary turn round from Azmon towards the ravine of Egypt,––and the extension thereof shall be towards the sea.

³³ So shall ye not pollute the land wherein ye are, for, blood, doth pollute the land,––and, for the land, no propitiatory–covering can be made, as touching blood, that is shed therein, save with the blood of him that shed it;

³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon, was not willing, to let us pass along through it,––for Yahweh thy God had suffered him to make his spirit harsh, and his heart bold, that he might give him into thy hand––(as [appeareth] this day).

²⁶ I take both the heavens and the earth to witness against you, today, that ye shall, perish, speedily from off the land which ye, are passing over the Jordan to possess,––ye shall not prolong your days thereupon; for, ye shall surely be laid waste; ²⁷ and Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples,––and ye shall have left remaining of you, men easily counted, among the nations whither Yahweh will drive you;

¹⁰ that innocent blood may not be shed, in the midst of thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, as an inheritance,––and so shed–blood be upon thee.

⁴⁹ Yahweh will bring against thee a nation from afar, from the end of the earth, as darteth a bird of prey,––a nation whose tongue thou canst not understand; ⁵⁰ a nation of fierce countenance,––who wilt not respect an elder, nor to the young, show favour;

⁶³ And it shall come to pass that, as Yahweh rejoiced over you, to do you good, and to multiply you, so, will Yahweh rejoice over you, to cause you to perish, and, to destroy you,––and ye shall be torn away, from off the soil, whither thou art going in to possess it;

²⁷ therefore did the anger of Yahweh kindle upon that land,––to bring in upon it all the curse that is written in this scroll; ²⁸ and therefore hath Yahweh, rooted them out, from off their own soil, in anger and in wrath, and in great indignation,––and cast them into another land, as at this day.

⁴ and passeth over to Azmon, and goeth forth at the ravine of Egypt, and so the extensions of the boundary are to the sea. This, shall be your south boundary.

¹⁵ But it shall be that, as all the good things have come unto you, which Yahweh your God spake unto you, so, will Yahweh bring upon you all the evil things, until he hath destroyed you from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you.

¹⁹ Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying,––Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon? ²⁰ Now, therefore, according to all the desire of thy soul O king, to come down, come! and, ours, [will it be] to surrender him into the hand of the king. ²¹ Then said Saul, Blessed, be ye, of Yahweh,––because ye have taken pity upon me. ²² Go, I pray you, make ready yet further, and get to know and see his place, where may be his track, who hath seen him there,––for it hath been said unto me, Cunning indeed, is, he!

²¹ And, Solomon, became ruler over all the kingdoms, from the River [even unto] the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt,––and these were bringing presents, and serving Solomon, all the days of his life.

⁴⁸ And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Yahweh,––the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereon was the presence–bread; ⁴⁹ and the lamp–holders––five on the right and five on the left, before the shrine, of pure gold,––with the blossoms, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; ⁵⁰ and the bowls, and the snuffers, and the tossing bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold,––and the hinge–holes, for the doors of the inner house, the holy of holies, and for the doors of the house itself, the temple, of, gold.

²³ And he made for them a great feast, and, when they had eaten and drunk, he let them go, and they went their way unto their lord. So then, troops of Syrians came again, no more, into the land of Israel.

²⁰ And Elisha died, and they buried him,––now, troops of Moabites, used to enter the land, at the coming in of the year; ²¹ and it came to pass, as, they, were burying a man, that, lo! they saw a troop, so they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha,––and, as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he came to life again, and rose up on his feet.

⁵ And the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land,––yea he came up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

²⁵ Now, is it, without Yahweh, that I have come up against this place, to destroy it? Yahweh himself, said unto me, Go thou up against this land, and destroy it.

¹⁷ Lo! days are coming, when all that is in thine house, and that thy fathers have treasured up, unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon,––nothing shall be left, saith Yahweh;

² And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––after the abominable practices of the nations, whom Yahweh had dispossessed from before the sons of Israel. ³ He again built the high places, which Hezekiah his father had destroyed,––and reared altars to Baal, and made a Sacred Stem, as did Ahab, king of Israel, and bowed down to all the army of the heavens, and served them. ⁴ And he used to build altars in the house of Yahweh,––concerning which Yahweh had said,––In Jerusalem, will I put my Name. ⁵ And he built altars to all the army of the heavens,––in the two courts of the house of Yahweh; ⁶ and caused his son to pass through the fire, and practiced hidden arts and used divination, and dealt with a familiar spirit and wizards,––he exceeded in doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, provoking [him] to anger; ⁷ and he set the image of the Sacred Stem which he had made,––in the house, of which Yahweh had said unto David, and unto Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name, unto times age–abiding; ⁸ and I will not again let the foot of Israel wander away from the soil which I gave unto their fathers. Only if they take heed to do according to all that I have commanded them, even to the extent of all the law which, my servant Moses, commanded them. ⁹ But they hearkened not,––and Manasseh led them astray to do the thing that was wicked, more than the nations which Yahweh destroyed from before the sons of Israel.
¹⁰ Yahweh therefore spake through his servants the prophets saying–– ¹¹ Because Manasseh king of Judah hath made these abominations––hath done that which is wicked, more than all which the Amorites did who were before him, and hath caused, even Judah, to sin with his manufactured gods, ¹² therefore––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Behold me! bringing in calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah,––that, whosoever heareth thereof, both his ears, will tingle; ¹³ And I will stretch over Jerusalem, the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab,––and will wipe out Jerusalem, as one wipeth out a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down; ¹⁴ And will abandon the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies,––and they shall become a prey and a plunder, to all their enemies:

¹⁶ Moreover also, innocent blood, did Manasseh shed in great abundance, till he had filled Jerusalem, from one end to the other, besides his committing the sins which he caused, Judah, to commit, in doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh.

¹⁷ Because they have forsaken me, and burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger, with all the workmanship of their hands; and so my wrath shall fire up against this place, and shall not be quenched:

²⁶ Howbeit, Yahweh turned not away from the glow of his great anger, wherewith his anger glowed against Judah––because of all the provocations wherewith, Manasseh, had provoked him. ²⁷ So Yahweh said: Even Judah, will I remove from my presence, as I have removed Israel,––and will reject this city, which I had chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house as to which I had said, My Name, shall be, there.

²⁷ So Yahweh said: Even Judah, will I remove from my presence, as I have removed Israel,––and will reject this city, which I had chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house as to which I had said, My Name, shall be, there.

³¹ Twenty–three years old, was Jehoahaz when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem,––and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, of Libnah.

³⁴ And Pharaoh–necoh made Eliakim son of Josiah king, instead of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim,––and, Jehoahaz, took he away, so he entered Egypt, and died there.

³⁷ And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––according to all that, his fathers, had done.

⁸ Eighteen years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months, reigned he in Jerusalem,––and, his mother’s name, was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the generals, and all the mighty men of valour, ten thousand becoming captives, and all the artificers and the smiths,––none remained save the poorest of the people of the land.

¹⁶ And, all the men of might––seven thousand, and artificers and smiths––a thousand, all who were valiant and ready to make war, the king of Babylon brought them captive to Babylon.

² And the city came into the siege,––until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

¹² But, of the poorest of the land, did the chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vine–dressers and for husbandmen. ¹³ And, the pillars of bronze that were in the house of Yahweh, and the stands, and the sea of bronze which was in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans brake in pieces, and they carried away the bronze of them to Babylon; ¹⁴ and, the caldrons, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, even all the utensils of bronze wherewith ministration used to be made, did they take away; ¹⁵ and, the sprinkling pans and the dashing bowls which were of gold, in gold, and which were of silver, in silver, did, the chief of the royal executions, take away.

²⁷ And it came to pass, in the thirty–seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty–seventh day of the month,––that Evil–merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of prison;

¹⁵ And, the sons of Josiah, the firstborn, Johanan, the second, Jehoiakim,––the third, Zedekiah, the fourth, Shallum. ¹⁶ And, the sons of Jehoiakim,––Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

¹⁶ And, the sons of Jehoiakim,––Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

⁷ And he made ten lampstands of gold according to the regulation thereof,––and set in the temple, five, on the right hand, and, five, on the left. ⁸ And he made ten tables, and placed in the temple, five, on the right hand, and, five, on the left,––and he made a hundred tossing bowls of gold. ⁹ And he made the court of the priests, and the large enclosure,––and doors to the enclosure, and, the doors thereof, overlaid he with bronze. ¹⁰ And, the sea, he set on the right side of the house, eastward over against the south.
¹¹ And Huram made––the pans, and the shovels, and the tossing bowls,––and Huram finished doing the work, which he did for King Solomon, in the house of God:–– ¹² two pillars, and the bowls and the capitals on the top of the two pillars, and the two frames of checker work, to cover the two bowls of the capitals, which were on the top of the pillars; ¹³ and four hundred pomegranates, for the two frames,–two rows of pomegranates, for each frame, for covering the two bowls of the capitals, which were on the face of the pillars; ¹⁴ and, the stands, made he,––and, the lavers, made he upon the stands; ¹⁵ the one sea,––and the twelve oxen under it; ¹⁶ and, the pans and the shovels and the flesh–hooks, and all the vessels, made Huram his father for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh,––of burnished bronze, ¹⁷ In the circuit of the Jordan, did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. ¹⁸ So Solomon made all these utensils, in great abundance,––for the weight of the bronze could not be searched out. ¹⁹ Yea Solomon made all the utensils which were for the house of God,––and the altar of gold, and the rubles, whereon was the Presence–bread; ²⁰ and the lamp–holders and their lamps, that they should burn according to the regulation before the shrine, of purified gold; ²¹ and the blossom–work, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold,––the same, was the purest gold; ²² and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the censers, of purified gold,––and the entrance of the house, the inner doors thereof for the holy of holies, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

²⁴ Although, with a comparatively few men, came the force of Syria, yet, Yahweh, delivered into their hand an exceeding large force,––because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers,––and, upon Joash, executed they judgments.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as he spake unto him, that he said to him, To be, counselor to the king, have we appointed thee? forbear thou, wherefore should they smite thee? So the prophet forbare, and said––I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

¹¹ So Yahweh brought in upon them, the captains of the army that belonged to the king of Assyria, and they captured Manasseh with hooks,––and bound him captive with a pair of bronze fetters, and took him away to Babylon.

⁴ And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim,––but Neco took, Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

⁶ Against him, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,––and bound him in fetters of bronze, to carry him to Babylon.

⁶ Against him, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,––and bound him in fetters of bronze, to carry him to Babylon. ⁷ And, some of the utensils of the house of Yahweh, did Nebuchadnezzar carry to Babylon,––and put them in his own temple in Babylon. ⁸ But, the rest of the story of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he made, and that which was found upon him, there they are, written in the book of the Kings of Israel and Judah,––and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

⁸ But, the rest of the story of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he made, and that which was found upon him, there they are, written in the book of the Kings of Israel and Judah,––and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. ⁹ Eight years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months and ten days, reigned he in Jerusalem, and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh;

⁹ Eight years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months and ten days, reigned he in Jerusalem, and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh;

⁹ Eight years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months and ten days, reigned he in Jerusalem, and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh; ¹⁰ and, when the year came round, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and carried him to Babylon, with the precious utensils of the house of Yahweh,––and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁰ and, when the year came round, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and carried him to Babylon, with the precious utensils of the house of Yahweh,––and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁰ and, when the year came round, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and carried him to Babylon, with the precious utensils of the house of Yahweh,––and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁰ and, when the year came round, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and carried him to Babylon, with the precious utensils of the house of Yahweh,––and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
¹¹ Twenty–one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign,––and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem.

¹¹ Twenty–one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign,––and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem.

¹¹ Twenty–one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign,––and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem. ¹² And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh his God,–he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet, from the mouth of Yahweh.

¹² And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh his God,–he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet, from the mouth of Yahweh.

¹² And he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh his God,–he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet, from the mouth of Yahweh. ¹³ Moreover also––against King Nebuchadnezzar, he rebelled, who had made him swear by God,–and he stiffened his neck, and emboldened his heart, from turning unto Yahweh, God of Israel.

¹³ Moreover also––against King Nebuchadnezzar, he rebelled, who had made him swear by God,–and he stiffened his neck, and emboldened his heart, from turning unto Yahweh, God of Israel.

¹³ Moreover also––against King Nebuchadnezzar, he rebelled, who had made him swear by God,–and he stiffened his neck, and emboldened his heart, from turning unto Yahweh, God of Israel. ¹⁴ Also, all the rulers of the priests and of the people, abounded in committing treachery, according to all the abominable ways of the nations,––and polluted the house of Yahweh, which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And, though Yahweh God of their fathers sent unto them through his messengers, zealously sending them,––because he had compassion upon his people and upon his habitation, ¹⁶ yet became they mockers of the messengers of God, and despisers of his words, and mimics of his prophets,––until the mounting up of the wrath of Yahweh against his people, until there was no healing. ¹⁷ So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword, in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, elder or ancient,–all, delivered he into his hand. ¹⁸ And, all the utensils of the house of God, both great and small, and the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king and of his rulers, the whole, carried he to Babylon; ¹⁹ and they burned the house of God, and threw down the wall of Jerusalem,––and, all the palaces thereof, burned they with fire, and, all the precious vessels thereof, he destroyed; ²⁰ and he exiled the remnant left from the sword, into Babylon,––where they became his and his sons, as servants, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: ²¹ to fulfill the word of God, by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had paid off her sabbaths,––all the days of her lying desolate, she kept sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

⁷ And, King Cyrus, brought forth the utensils of the house of Yahweh,––which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth from Jerusalem, and put in the house of his gods:–– ⁸ yea Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth, by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer,––and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, a leader of Judah. ⁹ And, these, were the numbers of them,––basins of gold, thirty, basins of silver, a thousand, knives, twenty–nine; ¹⁰ bowls of gold, thirty, bowls of silver, of a secondary sort, four hundred and ten,––other utensils, a thousand. ¹¹ All the utensils, in gold and silver, were five thousand and four hundred,––the whole, did Sheshbazzar bring up with the upbringing of the exile, out of Babylon unto Jerusalem.

⁶ who had been exiled from Jerusalem, with the exiles who were carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah,––whom, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, exiled.

¹⁷ Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, The Chaldeans, appointed three chiefs, and spread out against the camels, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.

³⁸ And poured out innocent blood, the blood of their sons and their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, And the land was polluted with blood–shed;

¹¹ Then said I––How long, My Lord? And he said––Until the time that, Cities be wasted, through, having no inhabitant, And houses––through having no men, And, the ground, be laid waste unto desolation; ¹² And Yahweh have far removed, men,––And great, be the abandonment in the midst of the land.

¹⁷ Yahweh will bring, upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon the house of thy father, days which have not come, from the day when Ephraim departed from Judah,––even the king of Assyria.

⁵ Alas! for Assyria, the rod of mine anger,––Yea, the very staff in their hand, is, my displeasure: ⁶ Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea, against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him,––To capture spoil, And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes.

⁵ They are coming in, From a land far away, From the utmost bound of the heavens,––Yahweh––with his weapons of indignation, To destroy the land.

¹¹ Surely, foolish, are the princes of Zoan, the wisest counselors of Pharaoh, in counsel, are brutish,––How can ye say unto Pharaoh, Son of the wise, am I, Son of the kings of olden time? ¹² Where then are, thy wise men? Pray let them tell thee! And let them know what Yahweh of hosts, hath purposed, on Egypt! ¹³ Doting, are the princes of Zoan, Deceived, are the princes of Noph: They who are the corner–stone of her tribes, have led Egypt astray. ¹⁴ Yahweh, hath infused in her midst, a spirit of perverseness,––And they have led Egypt astray into all his own doings, As a drunken man staggereth, into his own vomit;

¹² And it shall come to pass, in that day, That Yahweh will beat off his fruit from the stream of the River[=Euphrates], unto the torrent–valley of Egypt,––And, ye, shall be picked up, one by one, O sons of Israel.

⁶ Lo! days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have treasured up until this day, shall be carried, away unto Babylon,––nothing, shall be left, Saith Yahweh.

⁷ Forming light, and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune,––I––Yahweh, who doeth all these.

¹⁰ Declaring, from the beginning, the latter end, And, from olden time, that which had never been done,––Saying, My purpose shall stand, and, All my pleasure, will I perform; ¹¹ Calling, From the East, a Bird of Prey, From a far country, the Man I intended,––Yea I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass, I have planned, I will also do it.

³⁴ Even in thy skirts, is there found, The blood of the lives of the helpless innocents,––Not, in the act of breaking in, didst thou find them, yet [the blood is] on all these.

¹ Then said Yahweh unto me, Though Moses and Samuel should stand, before me, My soul could not, be toward this people,––Send them away from before me, And let them go forth.

¹ Then said Yahweh unto me, Though Moses and Samuel should stand, before me, My soul could not, be toward this people,––Send them away from before me, And let them go forth. ² And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither, shall we go? Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh––Such as are for death, to death, and, Such as are for the sword, to the sword, and, Such as are for famine, to the famine, and, Such as are for captivity, to captivity.

² And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither, shall we go? Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh––Such as are for death, to death, and, Such as are for the sword, to the sword, and, Such as are for famine, to the famine, and, Such as are for captivity, to captivity. ³ And I will set in charge over them––four species, Declareth Yahweh, The sword, to slay, and, The dogs, to trail along,––and, The bird of the heavens, and, The beast of the earth, to devour and to destroy. ⁴ And I will make them a terror, to all the kingdoms of the earth,––On account of Manasseh, son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, For what he did in Jerusalem.

⁴ Because they have forsaken me, And have treated this as a foreign place, And have burned incense therein to other, gods, which, neither they, nor their fathers, nor the kings of Judah, have known; And have filled this place with the blood of innocents;

⁵ And I will deliver up––All the wealth of this city, and, All her labour, and, All her precious things,––And, all the treasures of the kings of Judah, will I deliver up into the hands of their enemies, and they will make of them a prey, and take them, and carry them into Babylon.

¹³ Alas! for him who buildeth, His house without righteousness, And his roof–chambers without justice,––Of his neighbour, taketh service for nought, And, recompense for his work, giveth him not. ¹⁴ Who saith––I will build me a roomy house, with spacious roof–chambers,––So he cutteth him open its windows, And it is covered in with cedar, And he painteth it with vermilion. ¹⁵ Shalt thou reign, because, thou, art eager to excel in cedar? Thy father, did he not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, And, then, it was well with him? ¹⁶ [Did he not] plead the cause of the oppressed and the needy, And, then, it was well? Was not, that, to know, me? Demandeth Yahweh. ¹⁷ Verily thou hast neither eyes, nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of, innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing, to do, them! ¹⁸ Therefore––Thus, saith Yahweh, Touching Jehoiakim son of Josiah, King of Judah, They shall not cry in lament for him, Alas, my brother! or Alas, sister! They shall not cry in lament for him, Alas, lord! or Alas! his renown! ¹⁹ With the burial of an ass, shall he be buried,––Dragged along and cast forth, beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

²⁴ As I live, Declareth Yahweh,––Even though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet–ring upon my right hand, yet, from thence, would I pull thee off;

²⁴ As I live, Declareth Yahweh,––Even though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet–ring upon my right hand, yet, from thence, would I pull thee off;

²⁴ As I live, Declareth Yahweh,––Even though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet–ring upon my right hand, yet, from thence, would I pull thee off; ²⁵ and I would give thee into the hand of them who seek thy life, and into the hand of them from the face of whom, thou, dost shrink in fear,––even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans;

²⁵ and I would give thee into the hand of them who seek thy life, and into the hand of them from the face of whom, thou, dost shrink in fear,––even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans; ²⁶ and I will hurl thee out, and thy mother who bare thee, upon another land, where ye were not born,––and, there, shall ye die.

²⁶ and I will hurl thee out, and thy mother who bare thee, upon another land, where ye were not born,––and, there, shall ye die. ²⁷ But, unto the land whither they shall be lifting up their souls to return, thither, shall they not return.

²⁷ But, unto the land whither they shall be lifting up their souls to return, thither, shall they not return. ²⁸ An earthen vessel, to be despised, thrown about, is this man Coniah? Or an instrument, in which is no pleasure? Wherefore, are they to be cast out, he, and his seed, and to be thrown forth upon a land which they have not known?

²⁸ An earthen vessel, to be despised, thrown about, is this man Coniah? Or an instrument, in which is no pleasure? Wherefore, are they to be cast out, he, and his seed, and to be thrown forth upon a land which they have not known?

²⁸ An earthen vessel, to be despised, thrown about, is this man Coniah? Or an instrument, in which is no pleasure? Wherefore, are they to be cast out, he, and his seed, and to be thrown forth upon a land which they have not known? ²⁹ O land, land, land! Hear thou the word of Yahweh! ³⁰ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Register ye this man, childless, A man who shall not prosper in his days,––For there shall prosper of his seed, No man sitting upon the throne of David, Or ruling any more over Judah.

¹ Yahweh shewed, me, and lo! two baskets of figs, which had been set before the temple of Yahweh,––after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive, Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the carpenters and the smiths, out of Jerusalem, and had brought them into Babylon:––

¹ Yahweh shewed, me, and lo! two baskets of figs, which had been set before the temple of Yahweh,––after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive, Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the carpenters and the smiths, out of Jerusalem, and had brought them into Babylon:–– ² the one basket, was of very good figs, like the first–ripe, figs; and, the other basket, was of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for badness. ³ Then said Yahweh unto me,––What canst thou, see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs: the good figs, very, good; and, the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, for badness. ⁴ Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying: ⁵ Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Like these, good, figs, so, will I regard them of Judah who are carried into captivity, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.

⁸ And, like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, for badness, Surely, thus, saith Yahweh––so, will I deliver up Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them who are dwelling in the land of Egypt;

¹ The word, which came upon Jeremiah, concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah,––the same, was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

⁹ Behold me! sending and fetching all the families of the North, Declareth Yahweh, and Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, my servant, And I will bring them in against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations, round about,––And I will devote them to destruction, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and age–abiding desolations.

¹ In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from Yahweh, saying: ² Thus, saith Yahweh,––Stand thou in the court of the house of Yahweh, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, who are entering in to bow down in the house of Yahweh, all the words, which I have commanded thee to speak unto them,––do not thou keep back a word: ³ Peradventure, they will hear, and return every man from his wicked, way,––and I shall repent as to the calamity which I, am devising to execute upon them, because of the wickedness of their doings: ⁴ Therefore shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh,––If ye will not hearken unto me, To walk in my law which I have set before you; ⁵ To hearken unto the words of my servants the prophets, whom I, am sending unto you, even, betimes, sending, though ye have not hearkened, ⁶ Then I will make this house like Shiloh,––And, this city, will I make a contempt, to all the nations of the earth.

⁶ Then I will make this house like Shiloh,––And, this city, will I make a contempt, to all the nations of the earth.
⁷ So the priests and the prophets, and all the people, heard, Jeremiah, speaking these words in the house of Yahweh. ⁸ And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Yahweh had commanded [him] to speak unto all the people, that the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, laid hold of him, saying––Thou shalt, surely die! ⁹ Why, hast thou prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, Like Shiloh, shall this house become, And, this city, shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people, were gathered together, unto Jeremiah, in the house of Yahweh. ¹⁰ When the princes of Judah heard, these things, then came they up out of the house of the king, [unto] the house of Yahweh,––and took their seats in the opening of the new gate of Yahweh. ¹¹ Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes, and unto all the people, saying,––Worthy of death, is this man, because he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard, with your own ears. ¹² Then spake Jeremiah, unto all the princes, and unto all the people, saying,––Yahweh, sent me to prophesy against this house, and against this city, all the words that ye have heard. ¹³ Now, therefore, amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken unto the voice of Yahweh your God,––that Yahweh may repent him, as to the calamity, which he hath spoken concerning you. ¹⁴ But, I, behold me! in your hand,––do with me as may be good and right in your eyes; ¹⁵ Only, ye must, know, that, If, ye, do put, me, to death, verily, innocent blood, are ye, laying upon yourselves, and against this city, and against her inhabitants,––for, of a truth, did Yahweh send, me unto you, to speak in your ears, all these words.
¹⁶ Then said the princes, and all the people, unto the priests, and unto the prophets,––There is nothing in this man, worthy of death, for, in the name of Yahweh our God, hath he spoken unto us. ¹⁷ Then rose up men, from among the elders of the land, and spake unto all the convocation of the people, saying: ¹⁸ Micah the Morashtite, was prophesying, in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,––and he spake unto all the people of Judah, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts––Zion, as a field, shall be plowed, And, Jerusalem, into heaps of ruins, shall be turned, And, the mountain of the house, [be] like mounds in a jungle, ¹⁹ Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah, put him to death? Did he not revere Yahweh, and appease the face of Yahweh? And did not Yahweh repent, him, as to the calamity which he had spoken against them? We, therefore, are doing a great wickedness, against our own lives! ²⁰ There was, however, a man, prophesying in the name of Yahweh, Urijah, son of Shemaiah, of Keriath–jearim,––who prophesied, against this city, and against this land, according to all the words of Jeremiah.

²⁰ There was, however, a man, prophesying in the name of Yahweh, Urijah, son of Shemaiah, of Keriath–jearim,––who prophesied, against this city, and against this land, according to all the words of Jeremiah. ²¹ And, when King Jehoiakim, and all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard, his words, then the king sought, to put him to death,––but Urijah heard, and feared, and fled, and entered Egypt. ²² Then did King Jehoiakim send men to Egypt,––even Elnathan son of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt, ²³ and they brought forth Urijah out of Egypt, and took him in unto King Jehoiakim, who smote him with the sword,––and cast out his dead body among the graves of the sons of the people. ²⁴ Howbeit, the hand of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, turned out to be with Jeremiah,––so as not to give him up into the hand of the people, to put him to death.

¹² Also, unto Zedekiah king of Judah, spake I, according to all these words, saying,––Bring your necks into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live! ¹³ Wherefore, should ye die, thou, and thy people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence,––as Yahweh hath spoken, against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? ¹⁴ Do not, then, hearken unto the words of the prophets who are speaking unto you, saying––Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon,––for, falsehood, are they, prophesying unto you. ¹⁵ For I have not sent them, Declareth Yahweh, but they, are prophesying in my name, falsely,––to the end I may drive you out and ye be destroyed, ye, and the prophets who are prophesying unto you. ¹⁶ Also, unto the priests, and unto all this people, spake I, saying, Thus! saith Yahweh, Do not hearken unto the words of your prophets, who are prophesying unto you, saying, Lo! the vessels of the house of Yahweh, are to be brought back out of Babylon, now, quickly; for, falsehood, are they, prophesying unto you. ¹⁷ Do not hearken unto them, serve the king of Babylon, land live! wherefore, should this city become a desolation? ¹⁸ But, if prophets, they are, and if the word of Yahweh is, with them, let them intercede, I pray you, with Yahweh of hosts, that the vessels which are left remaining in the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, come not, into Babylon. ¹⁹ For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts––Concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the stands,––and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city, ²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon,––with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. ²¹ Yea––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel––Concerning the vessels that are left, [in] thee house of Yahweh, and the house of the king of Judah, and Jerusalem,

³ within the space of two years, I, am bringing back into this place, all the vessels of the house of Yahweh,––which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, hath taken away, from this place, and carried into Babylon. ⁴ Jeconiah also, son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah who have entered Babylon, am I, bringing back into this place, Declareth Yahweh,––for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

⁶ then said Jeremiah the prophet,––Amen! So, may Yahweh do! Yahweh establish, thy words which thou hast prophesied, by bringing back the vessels of the house of Yahweh and all them of the captivity, from Babylon, unto this place.

¹ Now, these, are the, words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent, from Jerusalem,––unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and unto the priests, and unto the prophets, and unto all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; ² after that Jeconiah the king and the queen–mother and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem and the craftsmen and the smiths, had gone forth, from Jerusalem; ––

² after that Jeconiah the king and the queen–mother and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem and the craftsmen and the smiths, had gone forth, from Jerusalem; ––

²⁸ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh,––Behold me! giving this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall capture it;

¹¹ And so it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said,––Let us, even enter, Jerusalem, because of the force of the Chaldeans and because of the force of the Syrians: So have we dwelt in Jerusalem.

³⁰ Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah,––He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David,––And, his dead body, shall be cast out––to the heat by day, and to the frost by night;

¹ And Zedekiah son of Josiah, reigned as king, instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, made king, in the land of Judah.

¹ And Zedekiah son of Josiah, reigned as king, instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, made king, in the land of Judah. ² But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, had hearkened, unto the words of Yahweh, which he had spoken, through Jeremiah the prophet. ³ And King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying,––Pray thou, I beseech thee, in our behalf, unto Yahweh, our God. ⁴ Now, Jeremiah, was coming in and going out in the midst of the people, for they had not put him into prison. ⁵ And, the force of Pharaoh, had come forth out of Egypt,––and, when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the tidings of them, they went up from Jerusalem.

⁵ And, the force of Pharaoh, had come forth out of Egypt,––and, when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the tidings of them, they went up from Jerusalem. ⁶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

⁶ Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying: ⁷ Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Thus, shall ye say unto the king of Judah, who sent you unto me to enquire of me,––Lo! the force of Pharaoh, which is coming out to you to help, is about to return to its own land, to Egypt;

⁷ Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Thus, shall ye say unto the king of Judah, who sent you unto me to enquire of me,––Lo! the force of Pharaoh, which is coming out to you to help, is about to return to its own land, to Egypt; ⁸ Then will the Chaldeans come back, and fight against this city,––and capture it, and burn it with fire. ⁹ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Let not your own souls deceive you, saying, The Chaldeans will, surely depart, from us! For they will not depart; ¹⁰ For, though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there had remained of them only desperately wounded, men, yet, every man in his tent, should have arisen and burnt this city, with fire.
¹¹ Now it came to pass, when the army of the Chaldeans, had gone up, from Jerusalem,––because of the force of Pharaoh, ¹² then went forth Jeremiah out of Jerusalem, to go into the land of Benjamin,––to receive a portion from thence in the midst of the people. ¹³ And so it came to pass, he, being in the gate of Benjamin, and there being there, a ward–master whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah, that he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Unto the Chaldeans, art thou, falling away! ¹⁴ Then said Jeremiah, False! I am not falling away unto the Chaldeans! Howbeit he hearkened not unto him,––so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him in unto the princes. ¹⁵ Then were the princes wroth, against Jeremiah, and smote him,––and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for, that, had they made the prison. ¹⁶ When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon–house and into the cells, and Jeremiah, had remained there, many days, ¹⁷ then sent King Zedekiah––and fetched him, and the king, asked him, in his own house, secretly, and said,––Is, there a word from Yahweh? And Jeremiah said,––There is, for (said he), Into the hand of the king of Babylon, shalt thou be delivered! ¹⁸ And Jeremiah said, unto King Zedekiah,––What sin have I committed against thee, or, against thy servants, or, against this people, that ye have delivered me, up into prison? ¹⁹ Where, then are your prophets, who prophesied unto you, saying,––The king of Babylon, shall not come, against you, nor against this land? ²⁰ Now, therefore, hear, I beseech thee, O my lord the king,––Let my supplication, I pray thee, fall prostrate before thee, and do not cause me to return unto the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there! ²¹ Then King Zedekiah gave command and they committed Jeremiah into the guard–court, and [said] that there should be given him a cake of bread daily, out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread out of the city, should be spent. So Jeremiah remained, in the guard–court.

¹⁷ Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel––If thou wilt, indeed go forth, unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall thine own soul live, and, this city, shall not be burned with fire,––but thou shalt live, thou, and thy house.

¹⁷ Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel––If thou wilt, indeed go forth, unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall thine own soul live, and, this city, shall not be burned with fire,––but thou shalt live, thou, and thy house. ¹⁸ But, if thou wilt not go forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall this city be delivered into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and, thou, shalt not escape out of their hand.

¹⁸ But, if thou wilt not go forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall this city be delivered into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and, thou, shalt not escape out of their hand. ¹⁹ Then said King Zedekiah, unto Jeremiah: I, am afraid of the Jews, who have fallen away unto the Chaldeans, lest they deliver, me, into their hand, and they maltreat me. ²⁰ But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver!––Hearken, I pray thee, unto the voice of Yahweh, in what I, am speaking unto thee, that it may be well with thee, and thy soul live. ²¹ But, if thou, art refusing to go forth, this, is the thing which Yahweh hath shewed, me:––

¹⁰ But, of the poor people, who had, nothing, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, leave remaining in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and ploughed fields, on the same day.

⁷ Now, when all the captains of the forces which were in the field––they and their men, heard, that the king of Babylon had set Gedaliah son of Ahikam in charge over the land,––and that he had committed to him men and women and children, and the poor of the land, of those who had not been carried away captive to Babylon,

² Of Egypt, Concerning the force of Pharaoh–necho, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates, in Carchemish,––which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, smote, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:––

¹ Twenty–one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he, in Jerusalem,––and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

¹ Twenty–one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign, and, eleven years, reigned he, in Jerusalem,––and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ² And he did that which was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,––according to all that, Jehoiakim, had done. ³ For it was, because, the anger of Yahweh, had come against Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them, out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled, against the king of Babylon. ⁴ And it came to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it,––and he built against it a siege–wall, round about. ⁵ And the city, came into, the siege,––until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ⁶ In the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe, in the city,––and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land, ⁷ then was the city, broken up, and, all the men of war, beginning to flee, went forth out of the city by night, by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the garden of the king (the Chaldeans being near the city round about), ––and they went the way towards the Waste Plain. ⁸ And the force of the Chaldeans pursued, the king, and overtook Zedekiah, in the Waste Plains of Jericho,––and, all his force, was scattered from him. ⁹ So they seized the king, and brought him up unto the king of Babylon at Riblah, in the land of Hamath,––and he pronounced upon him sentences of judgment. ¹⁰ And the king of Babylon slew, the sons of Zedekiah, before his eyes,––moreover also, all the princes of Judah, slew he in Riblah; ¹¹ and, the eyes of Zedekiah, put he out,––and bound him with fetters of bronze, and the king of Babylon took, him to Babylon, and put him in prison––until the day of his death.

¹⁶ But, others of the poor of the land, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

²⁸ This, is the people, whom Nebuchadrezzar, carried away captive,––In the seventh year––of them of Judah, three thousand and twenty–three;

³¹ And it came to pass, in the thirty–seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty–fifth of the month, that Evil–merodach king of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, lifted up, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison;

⁴² We, have trespassed and rebelled, Thou, hast not pardoned.

¹ And it came to pass, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, I, being in the midst of them of the captivity, by the river Chebar, that the heavens, were opened, and I saw visions of God. ² On the fifth of the month, that, was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin,

¹² Say, I pray thee, unto the perverse house, Know ye not what these things are? Say thou, Lo! the King of Babylon entered Jerusalem, And took her king and her princes, And brought them unto him in Babylon;

¹⁴ That, the kingdom, might be, abased, so as not to lift itself up,––By the keeping of his covenant, might be made to stand. ¹⁵ But he hath rebelled against him, by sending his messengers to Egypt, that there should be given to him horses, and much people. Shall he thrive? Shall he escape that doeth these things? Shall he break a covenant, and escape? ¹⁶ As I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Very! in the place where dwelleth the king that made him, king, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die. ¹⁷ Neither shall Pharaoh, with a great force, or with a large gathered host, work with him, in the war, by casting up an earthwork, and by building a siege–wall, ––to the cuting off of many lives. ¹⁸ Seeing he hath despised an oath, by breaking a covenant––yea lo! hath given his hand, and, all these things, hath done, he shall not escape. ¹⁹ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, As I live, Surely it is mine oath, which he hath despised, And, my covenant, which he hath broken, Therefore will I bring it upon his own head: ²⁰ And I will spread over him my net, And he shall be taken in my snare, And I will bring him into Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there, as to his treachery wherewith he hath been treacherous against me;

⁸ Then, set upon him, the nations round about, From the provinces,––And spread over him their net, In their pit, was he caught;

²⁵ Thou, therefore, O profane, lawless one, prince of Israel,––Whose day, hath come, in a time of final iniquity:

²⁵ Wherefore, say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, With the blood, ye do eat, And, your eyes, ye do lift up unto your manufactured gods, And, blood, ye do shed; And, the land, shall ye inherit?

¹ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and laid siege against it;

¹ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and laid siege against it; ² and the Lord gave into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, and a part of the vessels of the house of God, and he brought them into the land of Shinar, into the house of his gods,––and, the vessels, brought he into the treasure–house of his gods.

² Belshazzar, gave word, at the flavour of the wine, to bring the vessels of gold and silver, which Nebuchadnezzar his father, had brought forth, out of the temple which was in Jerusalem,––that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink therein. ³ Then brought they the vessels of gold which had been taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was in Jerusalem,––and the king and his nobles, his wives and, his concubines, drank therein:

⁶ Or a horn be blown in a city, and, a people, not tremble? Or calamity happen in a city, and, Yahweh, not have wrought with effect?

¹⁰ Arise ye and depart, for, this, is not the place of rest,––Because it is defiled, it shall make desolate with a desolation that is ruthless.

¹² Wherefore, for your sake, Zion, as a field, shall be ploughed, and, Jerusalem, unto heaps of ruins, shall be turned,––and, the mountain of the house, shall [be] like mounds in a jungle.

¹¹ And Josiah begat Jechoniah, and his brethren,––upon the removal to Babylon. ¹² And, after the removal to Babylon, Jechoniah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel;

²⁰ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

⁹ Whose, presence, [shall be] according to an inworking of Satan, with all manner of mighty work and signs and wonders of falsehood, ¹⁰ And with all manner of deceit of unrighteousness, in them who are destroying themselves, because, the love of the truth, they did not welcome, that they might be saved; –– ¹¹ And, for this cause, God sendeth them an inworking of error, to the end they should believe in the falsehood,––