2 Kings 25 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And it came to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came––he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it,––and they built against it a siege wall, round about. ² And the city came into the siege,––until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ³ 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, ⁴ then was the city broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the garden of the king, the Chaldeans being near the city round about,––and he went the way of the Waste Plain; ⁵ and the force of the Chaldeans, pursued, the king, and overtook him in the Waste Plains of Jericho,––and, all his force, was scattered from him. ⁶ So they seized the king, and brought him up unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah,––and they pronounced upon him sentence of judgment. ⁷ And, the sons of Zedekiah, they slew before his eyes,––and, the eyes of Zedekiah, put they out, and then bound him with fetters of bronze, and brought him into Babylon.
⁸ And, in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, the same, was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem; ⁹ and burned the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king,––yea, all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man’s house, burned he with fire. ¹⁰ And, the walls of Jerusalem round about, did all the force of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the royal executioners, break down. ¹¹ And, the residue of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened who fell away unto the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, carry away captive. 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. ¹⁶ As for the two pillars the one sea and the stands which Solomon made for the house of Yahweh, without weight, was the bronze of all these things. ¹⁷ Eighteen cubits, was the height of each pillar, and, the capital thereupon was of bronze, and, the height of the capital, was three cubits, and, the lattice–work and pomegranates upon the capital round about, the whole, was of bronze; and, like these, had the second pillar, upon the lattice–work. ¹⁸ And the chief of the royal executioners took Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,––and the three keepers of the entrance hall; ¹⁹ and, out of the city, took he one courtier who himself was set over the men of war, and five men of them who were wont to see the face of the king, who were found in the city, and the scribe––general of the army, who used to muster the people of the land,––and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city; ²⁰ and Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, took them,––and brought them unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah; ²¹ and the king of Babylon smote them and slew them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath,––and thus Judah disappeared from off their own soil.
²² But, as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left remaining, he set over them Gedaliah, son of Ahikam son of Shaphan. ²³ And, when all the generals of the forces, they and the men, heard that the king of Babylon had given oversight unto Gedaliah, then came they in unto Gedaliah, at Mizpah,––even Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of a Maacathite, they and their men. ²⁴ And Gedaliah sware unto them, and to their men, and said to them, Do not fear because of the servants of the Chaldeans,––dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. ²⁵ And it came to pass, in the seventh month, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah a son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died,––and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. ²⁶ Then arose all the people, both small and great, and the generals of the forces, and came into Egypt,––for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 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; ²⁸ and he spake with him kind words,––and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon; ²⁹ and changed his prison garments,––and he did eat bread continually before him, all the days of his life. ³⁰ And, as his allowance, a continual portion, was given him, from the king, the provision of a day upon its own day,––all the days of his life.

¹⁶ and went and sat her down over against him, at a distance like as of such as draw the bow, for she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child,––So she sat down over against him, and the boy lifted up his voice, and wept.

¹³ In three days more, will Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee to thine office, and thou shalt set the cup of Pharaoh in his hand, according to the former custom, when thou wast his butler.

²⁰ And it came to pass, on the third day––the birthday of Pharaoh, that he made a banquet for all his servants,––and uplifted the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers, in the midst of his servants;

¹⁴ Then sent Pharaoh and summoned Joseph, and they hastened him out of the dungeon,––so he shaved himself, and changed his garments, and came in unto Pharaoh.

⁴² So Pharaoh took his ring from off his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand,––and clothed him in garments of fine linen, and put the chain of gold upon his neck;

³⁴ For how can I go up unto my father, should, the lad, not, be with me? lest I look on the calamity, that shall find out my father.

¹⁵ Thus blessed he Joseph, and said,––God himself––before whom walked my fathers, Abraham and Isaac, God himself––who hath been my shepherd, since I came into being until this day; –– ¹⁶ The Messenger––who hath been my redeemer from all evil––bless the lads! And may there be called upon them, my name, and the name of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac; And may they swarm into a multitude in the midst of the earth!

³ And thou shalt make its pans for removing its ashes, and its shovels, and its sprinkling bowls, and its flesh–hooks, and its fire–pans,––all its vessels, shalt thou make of bronze.

²³ And he made the lamps thereof, seven,––with its snuffers and its snuff–trays, of pure gold.

³ And he made all the utensils of the altar––the pans and the shovels, and the sprinkling bowls, the flesh–hooks and the fire–pans,––all the utensils thereof, made he of bronze.

¹⁷ And I will set my face against you, And ye shall be smitten before your foes,––And be trodden down by them who hate you, And shall flee, when no one is pursuing you.

²⁶ When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight,––And ye shall eat, and not be filled.

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. ³⁶ And, as for such as are left of you, Then will I bring faintness into their heart, in the lands of their foes,––So that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, And they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, And they shall fall, when no one is pursuing;

¹³ and, his offering, was––one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,––both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, for a meal–offering; ¹⁴ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense;

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;

²⁵ Yahweh, will give thee up to be routed before thine enemies, one way, shalt thou go out against them, and, seven ways, shalt thou flee before them,––and thou shalt become a terror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

³⁴ so that thou shalt be mad,––for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

³⁶ Yahweh will bring thee, and thy king whom thou wilt set up over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers,––and thou shalt serve, there, other gods, of wood and of stone.

⁵² And he shall lay siege to thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou wast trusting, in all thy land,––yea he will lay siege to thee in all thy gates, in all thy land, which, Yahweh thy God, hath given, unto thee. ⁵³ And thou wilt eat the fruit of thy body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Yahweh thy God, hath given unto thee––in the siege and in the straitness wherewith thine enemy will straiten thee.

⁶⁴ and Yahweh will scatter thee among all the peoples, from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth,––and thou wilt serve there, other gods, whom thou hast not known––thou, nor thy fathers,––of wood and of stone.

²⁴ The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence,––And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust: ²⁵ Without, shall the sword bereave, In the inmost recesses, terror,––[To] both young man and virgin, Suckling, with man of grey hairs.

³⁰ Oh! how would, one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand, to flight,––Were it not that, their Rock, had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them;

²⁶ and Mizpeh and Chephirah, and Mozah,

²¹ And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes,––and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison.

⁷ And David said to him––Do not fear, for I will, indeed shew, thee lovingkindness, for the sake of Jonathan thy father, and will restore unto thee all the land of Saul thy father,––but, thou thyself, shall eat bread at my table, continually.

¹¹ Then said she: Let the king, I pray thee, remember Yahweh thy God; so that the blood–redeemer may not make utter ruin, and that they destroy not my son. And he said––By the life of Yahweh, not one hair of thy son shall fall to the earth.

²³ Then said the king unto Shimei––Thou shalt not die. And the king sware to him.

¹⁵ And he cast two pillars of bronze,––eighteen cubits, the height of each pillar, and, a line of twelve cubits, would surround the second pillar.

¹⁵ And he cast two pillars of bronze,––eighteen cubits, the height of each pillar, and, a line of twelve cubits, would surround the second pillar. ¹⁶ And, two capitals, made he, to set upon the tops of the pillars, of molten bronze,––five cubits, was the height of the one capital, and, five cubits, the height of the other capital; ¹⁷ with a frame of checker work, wreaths of chain work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars,––seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital. ¹⁸ So he made the pillars,––and, two rows round about, upon the one frame of checker work, covering the capitals which were upon the top with pomegranates, thus also, did he for the other capital. ¹⁹ And, the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars, were of lily work, in span, four cubits. ²⁰ And there were capitals upon the two pillars, above also, close by the belly, which was beside the checker work,––and there were two hundred pomegranates, in rows round about, upon either capital. ²¹ So he reared the pillars for the porch of the temple,––yea he reared the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin, and reared the left pillar, and called the name thereof, Boaz. ²² And, upon the top of the pillars, was lily work,––which gave finish to the work of the pillars. ²³ And he made a molten sea,––ten cubits from the one brim to the other, it was round all about, and, five cubits, was the height thereof, and, a line of thirty cubits, would encompass it round about. ²⁴ And, colocynths, were under the brim thereof round about, encompassing it, ten in a cubit, encircling the sea, round about,––two rows of colocynths, made in the casting thereof: ²⁵ standing upon twelve oxen, three looking northward, and three looking westward, and three looking southward, and three looking eastward, the sea, being upon them above,––all their hinder parts, being, inward. ²⁶ And, the thickness thereof, was a hand breadth, and, the brim thereof, was like the brim–work of a cup, of lily–blossoms,––two thousand baths, did it contain. ²⁷ And he made ten stands of bronze,––four cubits, the length of each stand, and, four cubits, the breadth thereof, and, three cubits, the height thereof. ²⁸ And, this, was the work of the stand, there were, side walls, to them,––and, the side–walls, were between joining ledges; ²⁹ and, upon the side–walls which were between the ledges, were lions, oxen, and cherubim, and, upon the ledges, was a pedestal above, and, beneath the lions and oxen, a wreath of hanging work. ³⁰ And, four wheels of bronze, had each stand, with axles of bronze, and, the four steps thereof, had shoulder pieces,––under the laver, were the molten shoulder–pieces, over against each wreath. ³¹ And, the mouth thereof, within the capital and upwards, was a cubit, and, the mouth thereof, was round, of pedestal work, a cubit and a half,––moreover also, upon the mouth thereof, were gravings, with their side–walls four–square, not round. ³² And, four wheels, were beneath the side–walls, the axletrees of the wheels, being in the stands,––and, the height of each wheel, was a cubit and a half: ³³ and, the work of the wheels, was like the work of a chariot–wheel; and, their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, the whole, were molten. ³⁴ And there were, four shoulder–pieces, at the four corners of each stand, of the stand itself, were the shoulder–pieces thereof. ³⁵ And, in the top of the stand, half a cubit in height, was a circular piece round about,––and, on the top of the stand, the tenons thereof, and, the side–walls thereof, were of the same. ³⁶ Then carved he, upon the plates of the tenons thereof, and upon the side–walls thereof, cherubim, lions, and palm–trees,––according to the open space of each with a wreath round about. ³⁷ Thus, made he the ten stands,––one mould, one measure, one shape, had they, all. ³⁸ Then made he ten lavers of bronze,––forty baths, would each laver contain, four cubits, was each laver, one laver, was on each of, the ten stands. ³⁹ And he set the stands, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house,––but, the sea, he set on the right side of the house eastward, over against the south. ⁴⁰ And Hiram made lavers, and shovels, and bowls,––and Hiram ended the doing of all the work which he wrought for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh: ⁴¹ two pillars,––and the bowls of the capitals which were upon the top of the two pillars,––and the two frames of checker–work, covering the two bowls of the capitals, which were upon the top of the pillars; ⁴² and the four hundred pomegranates, for the two frames of checker–work,––two rows of pomegranates to each frame, for covering the two bowls of the capitals, which were on the face of the pillars; ⁴³ and the ten stands,––with the ten lavers upon the stands; ⁴⁴ and the one sea,––with the twelve oxen under the sea; ⁴⁵ and the pans, and the shovels, and the tossing bowls, and, all these vessels which Hiram made King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh, were of burnished bronze.

⁴⁷ And Solomon let all the vessels be, because of their exceeding great multitude,––the weight of the bronze was not found out.

⁴⁷ And Solomon let all the vessels be, because of their exceeding great multitude,––the weight of the bronze was not found out.
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;

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;

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.

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. ⁵¹ So was completed all the work which King Solomon made for the house of Yahweh, and Solomon brought in the hallowed things of David his father––the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put in the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

⁸ and, this house which had been renowned, shall be desolate, every one that passeth by it, shall be astonished and shall whistle,––and men shall say––For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land, and unto this house?

¹ Now, when, Athaliah, mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

²⁰ So Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and humiliated them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers,––until he had cast them out from his presence;

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;

¹² And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Achbor son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying:

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.

³³ And Pharaoh–necoh put him in bonds at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem,––and he laid a fine upon the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

¹ In his days, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,––and Jehoiakim became his servant three years, then turned he and rebelled against him.

¹⁰ At that time, came up the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem,––and the city came into the siege.

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.

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.

⁵ and the force of the Chaldeans, pursued, the king, and overtook him in the Waste Plains of Jericho,––and, all his force, was scattered from him.

²⁴ And Gedaliah sware unto them, and to their men, and said to them, Do not fear because of the servants of the Chaldeans,––dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. ²⁵ And it came to pass, in the seventh month, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah a son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died,––and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

²⁵ And it came to pass, in the seventh month, that Ishmael son of Nethaniah a son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died,––and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. ²⁶ Then arose all the people, both small and great, and the generals of the forces, and came into Egypt,––for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 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;

¹⁴ and, Azariah, begat Seraiah, and, Seraiah, begat Jehozadak; ¹⁵ and, Jehozadak, departed, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem into captivity,––by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

² And he made a molten sea,––ten––by the cubit, from the one brim thereof into the other brim thereof, it was round all about, and, five––by the cubit, was the height thereof, and, a line––of thirty by the cubit, did compass it round about. ³ And, the likeness of oxen, was under it round about on every side, encircling it, ten in a cubit, going round the sea, on every side,–two rows of oxen, made in the casting. ⁴ It was standing on twelve oxen, three, looking toward the north, and, three, looking toward the west, and, three, looking toward the south, and, three, looking toward the east, the sea, being upon them above,––and, all their hinder parts, inward. ⁵ And, the thickness thereof, was a hand–breadth, and, the brim thereof, was like the brim–work of a cup, with blossoms of lilies,––it could hold [many] baths, three thousand, would it contain. ⁶ And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand––and five on the left, to bathe therein, what is offered as an ascending–sacrifice, do they rinse therein,––but, the sea, was, that the priests should bathe therein.

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,

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.

¹⁴ And, when they had finished, they brought in before the king and Jehoiada the rest of the silver, and he made it into utensils for the house of Yahweh, utensils of attendance, and bowls and spoons, even utensils of gold and silver. Then were they offering ascending–sacrifices in the house of Yahweh, continually, all the days of Jehoiada.

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.

²⁰ Then did the king command Hilkiah––and Ahikam son of Shaphan––and Abdon son of Micah––and Shaphan the scribe––and Asaiah servant of the king, saying:

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

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;

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;

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:

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.

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.

¹ Now, after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra,––son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah;

³ And they said unto me, The remnant who are left of the captivity, there in the province, are in great misfortune and reproach, the wall of Jerusalem, is broken down, and, the gates thereof, are burned with fire.

¹⁵ And, the fountain–gate, did Shallun son of Col–hozeh ruler of the circuit of Mizpah, repair, he, built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof,––also the wall of the pool of Shelah, by the garden of the king, even as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David;

²³ For, the commandment of the king, was upon them,––as to a fixed provision for the singers, the need of a day upon its day.

⁴⁷ Now, all Israel––in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, used to give the portions of the singers and the doorkeepers, the need of a day upon its day,––and they hallowed them unto the Levites, and, the Levites, hallowed them unto the sons of Aaron.

¹⁴ and, near unto him, were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan,––the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who used to behold the face of the king, who sat first, in the kingdom––

⁴ So the maidens of Esther and her eunuchs went in and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish,––and sent garments to clothe Mordecai, and to remove his sackcloth from off him, but he accepted them not.

¹⁵ And, Mordecai, went forth from the presence of the king, in royal apparel, of blue and white, with a large diadem of gold, and a mantle of fine linen and purple,––and, the city Shusan, was bright and joyful.

³ Lift up thy steps unto the places utterly unsafe, All the mischief!––the foe in the sanctuary! ⁴ Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine appointed meeting, They have set their ensigns as tokens! ⁵ One used to be known according as he carried up high––into the thicket of trees––the axes; ⁶ But, now, the doors thereof all together, with axes and hammers, they batter down. ⁷ They have cast, into the fire, thy sanctuary, To the ground, have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.

¹ [A Melody of Asaph.]
O God, nations, Have entered thine inheritance, Have profaned thy holy temple,––Have laid Jerusalem in heaps:

¹⁰ The dwellers in darkness and death–shade, bound with oppression and iron; ¹¹ Because they had rebelled against the sayings of GOD,––and, the counsel of the Most High, they had spurned;

⁸ To bind their kings with fetters, and their honoured ones with iron bands:

¹ [Like] channels of water, is the heart of a king, in the hand of Yahweh,––whithersoever he will, he turneth it.

³ And I will encamp round about against thee,––And lay siege against thee with a fort, And raise against thee siege–works;

¹⁶ But ye said,––Nay! but on horses, will we flee, For this cause, shall ye indeed flee,––And, on the swift, will we ride, For this cause, swift, shall be your pursuers:

³ To appoint unto the mourners of Zion––To give unto them, A chaplet instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of the spirit of dejection,––So shall they be called, The oaks of righteousness, The plantation of Yahweh: That he may get himself glory

¹⁰ Thy holy, cities, have become a wilderness,––Zion, a wilderness, hath become, Jerusalem, a desolation! ¹¹ Our holy, and our beautiful, house, Where our fathers praised, thee, Hath become a conflagration,––And, all our delightful, places, are in ruins!

¹⁰ Scale ye her walls, and destroy, But, a full end, do not make,––Remove her tendrils, For, not to Yahweh, do, they, belong!

¹⁴ Therefore will I do to the house, Whereon my Name hath been called, Wherein, ye, are trusting, Even to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers,––Just as I did unto Shiloh;

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.

¹ The word which came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh,––when King Zedekiah sent unto him Pashhur, son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying:

⁷ And, after that, Declareth Yahweh––Will I deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people,––even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine,––into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, even into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them who are seeking their life,––and he will smite them with the edge of the sword, he will not have pity on them, nor will he spare, nor will he have compassion.

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.

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. ⁶ Therefore will I set mine eye upon them, for good, and will bring them back upon this land,––and will build them up, and not pull them down, and will plant them, and not root them up;

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; ⁹ yea I will deliver them up, as a terror of calamity, to all the kingdoms of the earth,––as a reproach, and as a byword, as a mockery and as a contempt, in every place whither I will drive them; ¹⁰ and I will send among them, sword, famine and pestilence,––until they are consumed from off the soil, which I gave to them, and to their fathers.

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. ¹⁰ And I will banish from among them––The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride,––The sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp: ¹¹ So shall all this land become, a desolation, an astonishment, And these nations shall serve the king of Babylon, seventy years.

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.

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.

⁶ Now, therefore, I, have given all these lands, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, my servant,––Moreover also, the wild beast of the field, have I given him, to serve him. ⁷ Therefore shall all the nations, serve him, and his son, and his son’s son,––until the time even of his own land, itself, arrive, when many nations and great kings, shall use him as a slave. ⁸ And it shall come to pass, that, the nation or kingdom which will not serve him, even Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,––with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, will I bring punishment upon that nation, Declareth Yahweh, until I have consumed them by his hand.

⁸ And it shall come to pass, that, the nation or kingdom which will not serve him, even Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon,––with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, will I bring punishment upon that nation, Declareth Yahweh, until I have consumed them by his hand. ⁹ Ye, therefore, do not ye hearken unto your prophets, nor unto your diviners, nor unto your dreams, nor unto your users of hidden arts, nor unto your mutterers of incantations,––in that, they, are speaking unto you saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; ¹⁰ for falsehood, are they, prophesying unto you, that ye may be far removed from off your own soil, and I drive you out, and ye be destroyed. ¹¹ But, the nation that shall bring its neck into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, I will let them remain in quietness upon their own soil, Declareth Yahweh, and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

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, ²² Into Babylon, shall they be taken, And, there, shall they remain, Until the day that I visit, them, Declareth Yahweh, When I will bring them up, and restore them unto this place.

²⁵ Thus, speaketh Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, saying,––Because, thou, hast sent, in thine own name, letters, unto all the people who are in Jerusalem, and unto Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and unto all the priests, saying:

²⁹ And Zephaniah the priest hath read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet,

⁴ and, Zedekiah king of Judah, shall not be delivered out of the hand of the Chaldeans,––for he shall be, wholly given up, into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak––the mouth of the one to the mouth of the other, and the eyes of the one, into the eyes of the other, shall look;

⁴ and, Zedekiah king of Judah, shall not be delivered out of the hand of the Chaldeans,––for he shall be, wholly given up, into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak––the mouth of the one to the mouth of the other, and the eyes of the one, into the eyes of the other, shall look; ⁵ and, into Babylon, shall he lead Zedekiah, and, there, shall he remain, until I visit him, Declareth Yahweh,––though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

²⁴ Lo! the earthworks! they, have entered the city, to capture it, And, the city, hath been given into the hand of the Chaldeans, who are fighting against it, because of the sword and the famine and the pestilence,––And so, what thou didst speak, hath come to pass, And there, thou art, looking on!

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;

¹ The word which came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh,––when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force and all the kingdoms of the earth the dominion of his hand, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all her cities, saying: ² Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Go and speak unto Zedekiah, king of Judah,––and say unto him––Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire; ³ And, thou, shalt not escape out of his hand, For thou shalt be, taken, And, into his hand, shalt thou be delivered,––And, thine own eyes, into the eyes of the king of Babylon, shall look, And, his mouth, with thy mouth, shall speak, And, Babylon, shalt thou enter.

³ And, thou, shalt not escape out of his hand, For thou shalt be, taken, And, into his hand, shalt thou be delivered,––And, thine own eyes, into the eyes of the king of Babylon, shall look, And, his mouth, with thy mouth, shall speak, And, Babylon, shalt thou enter. ⁴ Nevertheless, hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah, king of Judah,––Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword; ⁵ In peace, shalt thou die, And, with the burnings made for thy fathers, the former kings who were before thee, so, shall they make a burning unto thee, And, with an, Alas lord! shall they lament thee,––Because of the word, I, have spoken, Declareth Yahweh. ⁶ Then spake Jeremiah the prophet, unto Zedekiah king of Judah, all these words, in Jerusalem;

²¹ Zedekiah king of Judah also, with his princes, will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them who are seeking their life,––even into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, who are going up from you. ²² Behold me! giving command, Declareth Yahweh, and I will bring them back unto this city, and they will fight against it, and capture it, and consume it with fire,––and, the cities of Judah, will I make too desolate to have an inhabitant.

²² Behold me! giving command, Declareth Yahweh, and I will bring them back unto this city, and they will fight against it, and capture it, and consume it with fire,––and, the cities of Judah, will I make too desolate to have an inhabitant.

⁸ Then will the Chaldeans come back, and fight against this city,––and capture it, and burn it with fire.

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.

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.

² Thus, saith Yahweh, He that remaineth in this city, shall die, by sword, by famine, or by pestilence,––whereas, he that goeth forth unto the Chaldeans, shall live, so shall he have his life for a spoil, and shall live.

²³ Yea [thou shalt behold] all thy wives and thy children, brought forth unto the Chaldeans, and, thou, shalt not escape out of their hand,––but, by the hand of the king of Babylon, shalt thou be taken, and, this city, shall be burned with fire.

¹ In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his force against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. ² In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, was the city, broken into.

² In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, was the city, broken into.

² In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, was the city, broken into. ³ Then came in all the princes of the king of Babylon, and sat in the middle gate,––Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, chief eunuch, Nergal–sharezer, chief soothsayer, and all the residue, of the princes of the king of Babylon.

³ Then came in all the princes of the king of Babylon, and sat in the middle gate,––Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, chief eunuch, Nergal–sharezer, chief soothsayer, and all the residue, of the princes of the king of Babylon. ⁴ And it came to pass, as soon as Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war saw, them, that they fled, and went forth by night out of the city, by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls,––and he went forth by way of the waste plain.

⁴ And it came to pass, as soon as Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war saw, them, that they fled, and went forth by night out of the city, by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls,––and he went forth by way of the waste plain. ⁵ But the force of the Chaldeans pursued, them, and overtook Zedekiah, in the waste plains of Jericho, and when they had taken him, they brought him up unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath,––and pronounced upon him sentences of judgment.

⁵ But the force of the Chaldeans pursued, them, and overtook Zedekiah, in the waste plains of Jericho, and when they had taken him, they brought him up unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath,––and pronounced upon him sentences of judgment.

⁵ But the force of the Chaldeans pursued, them, and overtook Zedekiah, in the waste plains of Jericho, and when they had taken him, they brought him up unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah, in the land of Hamath,––and pronounced upon him sentences of judgment. ⁶ And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah, in Riblah, before his eyes,––and, all the nobles of Judah, did the king of Babylon slay;

⁶ And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah, in Riblah, before his eyes,––and, all the nobles of Judah, did the king of Babylon slay; ⁷ and, the eyes of Zedekiah, did he put out, and bound him with fetters of bronze, to bring him into Babylon.

⁷ and, the eyes of Zedekiah, did he put out, and bound him with fetters of bronze, to bring him into Babylon. ⁸ And, the house of the king, and the houses of the people, did the Chaldeans burn with fire, and, the walls of Jerusalem, brake they down;

⁸ And, the house of the king, and the houses of the people, did the Chaldeans burn with fire, and, the walls of Jerusalem, brake they down;

⁸ And, the house of the king, and the houses of the people, did the Chaldeans burn with fire, and, the walls of Jerusalem, brake they down; ⁹ and, the remnant of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened, who fell away unto him, and the remnant of the people who were left, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, take captive to Babylon.

⁹ and, the remnant of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened, who fell away unto him, and the remnant of the people who were left, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, take captive to Babylon.

⁹ and, the remnant of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened, who fell away unto him, and the remnant of the people who were left, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, take captive to Babylon. 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.

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.

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.
¹¹ Then Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, gave command, concerning Jeremiah,––through Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, saying: ¹² Take him, and, thine eyes, set thou upon him, and do not unto him any, harmful thing,––but, just as he shall speak unto thee, so, shalt thou do with him. ¹³ So Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners, sent, also Nebushazban, chief of the eunuchs, and Nergal–sharezer, chief of the magi, and all the chiefs of the king of Babylon; ¹⁴ yea they sent and fetched Jeremiah out of the guard–court, and delivered him unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to bring him forth into a home, so he dwelt in the midst of the people.

¹⁴ yea they sent and fetched Jeremiah out of the guard–court, and delivered him unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, to bring him forth into a home, so he dwelt in the midst of the people.

¹ The thing that happened unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh, after Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners had let him go from Ramah,––when he had taken him, he having been bound in fetters in the midst of all the captive–host of Jerusalem, and Judah, who were being carried away captive to Babylon. ² So then the chief of the royal executioners took Jeremiah,––and said unto him, Yahweh thy God, had threatened this, calamity, against this place; ³ and so Yahweh hath brought it about and done it, just as he threatened,––for ye have sinned against Yahweh, and have not hearkened unto his voice, and so this thing hath befallen, you. ⁴ Now, therefore, lo! I have loosed thee today, from the fetters which were upon thy hand: If it be good in thine eyes to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will set mine eyes upon thee, but, if evil in thine eyes to come with me into Babylon, forbear,––see! all the land, is before thee, whither it may be good and right in thine eyes to go, thither, go! ⁵ And ere yet, he could make reply––Go thou back then unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath set in charge over the cities of Judah, and dwell thou with him in the midst of the people, or, whithersoever it may be right in thine eyes to go, go! So the chief of the royal executioners gave him an allowance and a present, and let him go. ⁶ Then came, Jeremiah unto Gedaliah son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt with him in the midst of the people who were left in the land.
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,

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,

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, ⁸ then came they in unto Gedaliah in Mizpah,––both 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.

⁸ then came they in unto Gedaliah in Mizpah,––both 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. ⁹ Then Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, sware, unto them, and to their men, saying, Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans,––dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, that it may be well with you.

⁹ Then Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, sware, unto them, and to their men, saying, Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans,––dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, that it may be well with you.

⁹ Then Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, sware, unto them, and to their men, saying, Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans,––dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, that it may be well with you. ¹⁰ But, as for me, behold me! remaining in Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans, who may come unto us. Ye, however, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have seized.

¹⁰ But, as for me, behold me! remaining in Mizpah, to stand before the Chaldeans, who may come unto us. Ye, however, gather ye wine and summer fruits and oil, and put [them] in your vessels, and dwell in your cities which ye have seized. ¹¹ Likewise also, all the Jews, who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom, and who were in any of the lands, when they heard that the king of Babylon had granted a remnant to Judah, and that he had set in charge over them, Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, ¹² yea, then returned all the Jews, out of all the places whither they had been driven, and came into the land of Judah, unto Gedaliah, in Mizpah,––and gathered wine and summer fruits, in great abundance.

¹⁵ Then, Johanan son of Kareah, spake unto Gedaliah, secretly, in Mizpah, saying,––Let me go, I pray thee, and smite Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and not, a man, shall know it,––wherefore, should he smite thee to death, and all Judah who have gathered themselves unto thee, be dispersed, and the remnant of Judah perish?

² Then arose Ishmael son of Nethaniah––and the ten men who were with him, and they smote Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan––with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon, had set in charge, over the land.

¹⁵ But, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, escaped, with eight men, from the face of Johanan,––and departed unto the sons of Ammon. ¹⁶ Then did Johanan son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, take, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah out of Mizpah, after he had smitten Gedaliah son of Ahikam,––mighty men, men of war, and women and children, and eunuchs, whom he had recovered out of Gibeon; ¹⁷ and they departed, and dwelt in the khan of Chimham, which is near Bethlehem,––that they might go to enter Egypt; ¹⁸ because of the Chaldeans, for they were afraid of them,––because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had smitten, Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had set in charge, over the land.

¹⁴ saying,––No! for, into the land of Egypt, will we go, where we shall not see war, nor, the sound of a horn, shall we hear,––nor, for bread, shall we be famished,––there, then will we dwell. ¹⁵ Now, therefore, for this cause, hear ye the word of Yahweh, O remnant of Judah,––Thus! saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel,––If, ye, do indeed set, your faces, to enter Egypt, and do enter to sojourn there, ¹⁶ then shall it come to pass that, the sword which ye, are fearing, shall, there, overtake you, in the land of Egypt,––and, the famine which ye, are dreading, shall, there, lay fast hold of you, in Egypt, and, there, shall ye die. ¹⁷ So shall it be with all the men who have set their faces to enter Egypt, to sojourn there, they shall die, by sword, by famine, or by pestilence,––and they shall have neither survival nor escape, from the face of the calamity, which I, am about to bring in upon them. ¹⁸ For––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel,––Just as mine anger and mine indignation, have been poured out, upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so, shall mine indignation be poured out upon you, when ye enter into Egypt,––thus shall ye become a curse, and an astonishment, and a contempt, and a reproach, and ye shall no more, see, this place. ¹⁹ Yahweh hath spoken concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah, Do not enter into Egypt: Know certainly, that I have taken you to witness today. ²⁰ For ye have deceived yourselves at the cost of your lives, for, ye yourselves, sent me unto Yahweh your God, saying,––Pray thou in our behalf, unto Yahweh our God,––and, according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so, tell us, and we will do it. ²¹ Therefore have I told you today,––and yet ye have not hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh your God, even in any thing for which he hath sent me unto you. ²² Now, therefore, know ye certainly, that, by sword, by famine, or by pestilence, shall ye die,––in the place whither ye have desired to go, to sojourn.

⁴ So Johanan son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, hearkened not, unto the voice of Yahweh,––by remaining in the land of Judah; ⁵ but Johanan son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took, all the remnant of Judah, who had returned, out of all the nations whither they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah: ⁶ both the men and the women and the children, and the daughters of the king, and every soul that Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, had left, with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan,––and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch son of Neriah;

⁶ both the men and the women and the children, and the daughters of the king, and every soul that Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, had left, with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan,––and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch son of Neriah; ⁷ and entered the land of Egypt, for they hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh,––yea entered as far as Tahpanhes.

¹⁰ Then shalt thou say unto them––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel––Behold me! sending and fetching Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, my servant, and I will set his throne, over these stones, which I have hid,––and he shall spread his canopy over them.

³⁴ Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon––Hath devoured me, Hath vexed me, Hath set me down as an empty vessel, He hath swallowed me like a sea–monster, He hath filled his belly with my dainties,––He hath driven me away!

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,

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.

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.

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.
¹² And, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, the same, was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners,––who stood before the king of Babylon, into, Jerusalem;

¹² And, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, the same, was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, chief of the royal executioners,––who stood before the king of Babylon, into, Jerusalem; ¹³ and he burned the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king,––yea, all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man’s house, burned he with fire;

¹³ and he burned the house of Yahweh, and the house of the king,––yea, all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man’s house, burned he with fire; ¹⁴ and, all the walls of Jerusalem, round about, did all the force of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the royal executioners, break down.

¹⁴ and, all the walls of Jerusalem, round about, did all the force of the Chaldeans who were with the chief of the royal executioners, break down. ¹⁵ And, some of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened who had fallen away unto the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, carry away captive.

¹⁵ And, some of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people who were left in the city, and the disheartened who had fallen away unto the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, carry away captive. ¹⁶ But, others of the poor of the land, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

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

¹⁶ But, others of the poor of the land, did Nebuzaradan chief of the royal executioners, leave, for vinedressers and for husbandmen. ¹⁷ And, the pillars of bronze that pertained to the house of Yahweh, and the stands, and the sea of bronze which was in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans, break in pieces,––and they carried away all the bronze of them, to Babylon;

¹⁷ And, the pillars of bronze that pertained to the house of Yahweh, and the stands, and the sea of bronze which was in the house of Yahweh, did the Chaldeans, break in pieces,––and they carried away all the bronze of them, to Babylon; ¹⁸ and, the caldrons and the shovels and the snuffers and the dashing bowls, and the spoons, even all the utensils of bronze wherewith ministration used to be made, did they take away;

¹⁸ and, the caldrons and the shovels and the snuffers and the dashing bowls, and the spoons, even all the utensils of bronze wherewith ministration used to be made, did they take away; ¹⁹ and, the basins and the censers and the dashing bowls and the caldrons and the lamps and the spoons and the cups, which were of gold, in, gold, and which were of silver, in, silver, did the chief of the royal executioners, take away.

¹⁹ and, the basins and the censers and the dashing bowls and the caldrons and the lamps and the spoons and the cups, which were of gold, in, gold, and which were of silver, in, silver, did the chief of the royal executioners, take away. ²⁰ As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve oxen of bronze which were under the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, without weight, was the bronze of all these things.

²⁰ As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve oxen of bronze which were under the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, without weight, was the bronze of all these things. ²¹ Now, as for the pillars, eighteen cubits, was the height, of each, pillar, and, a line of twelve cubits, compassed it about,––and, the thickness thereof, was four fingers’ breadth––hollow; ²² and there was, a capital, upon it, of bronze, and, the height of each, capital, was five cubits, with lattice–work and pomegranates upon the capital round about––the whole, was of bronze,––and, like these, were the second pillar and the pomegranates. ²³ And the pomegranates were ninety–six on a side,––all the pomegranates, were a hundred, upon the lattice–work, round about.
²⁴ And the chief of the royal executioners, took away, Seraiah, the first, priest, and Zephaniah, the second, priest,––and the three keepers of the entrance–hall;

²⁶ And, when Nebuzaradan, chief the royal executioners, had taken, them, and brought them unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah, ²⁷ then did the king of Babylon smite, them and put them to death at Riblah, in the land of Hamath,––thus carried he Judah captive, away from off their own soil.

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; ³² and spake with him comfortable words,––and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon; ³³ so he changed his prison garments,––and used to eat bread before his face continually, all the days of his life. ³⁴ And, his allowance, was a continual, allowance, given him from the king of Babylon, the portion of the day upon its own day, until the day of his death,––all the days of his life.

¹⁰ His hand, hath the adversary spread out, over all her precious things,––for she saw that, the nations, entered her sanctuary, as to whom thou didst command they should not enter––in the convocation––unto thee!

⁷ My Lord hath rejected his altar, hath abhorred his sanctuary, hath delivered, into the hand of the foe, the walls of her castles,––A voice, have they uttered in the house of Yahweh, as on the day of an appointed assembly.

⁴ The tongue of the suckling, cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst,––Young children, have asked bread, there was none, to break, it to them. ⁵ They who used to eat delicacies, are deserted in the streets,––They who used to be carried on crimson, have embraced heaps of refuse. ⁶ And the punishment of the daughter of my people hath grown greater than the punishment of Sodom,––which was overthrown as in a moment, when no hands had been laid violently upon her. ⁷ Purer were her Nazirites than snow, whiter were they than milk,––more ruddy, in body, than coral, A sapphire, was their beauty of form. ⁸ Darker than a coal, is their visage, They are not known in the streets––Their skin shrivelleth on their bones, is withered, become like a stick. ⁹ Better are the slain of the sword, than the slain of the famine,––for, these, pine away, stricken through, wanting the produce of the field. ¹⁰ The hands of compassionate women, have cooked their own children,––they have served as nourishment to them, in the grievous injury of the daughter of my people.

¹² Neither the kings of the earth, nor any of the inhabitants of the world, believed, that an adversary or an enemy, should enter, the gates of Jerusalem!

¹⁶ The face of Yahweh, hath scattered them, He will look them out no more: The persons of the priests, they have not respected, To the elders, have they shown no favour.

¹⁹ Swifter are our pursuers, than the eagles of the heavens,––Over the mountains, have they come hotly after us, In the wilderness, have they lain in wait for us. ²⁰ The fragrance of our nostrils, The Anointed of Yahweh, hath been captured in their pits,––of whom we had said––In his shade, shall we live among the nations.

¹ Thou, therefore, O son of man, Take thee a tile, and lay it before thee,––and portray thereon a city, even Jerusalem. ² Then shalt thou lay siege against it, And build up against it a siege–wall, And cast up against it, a mound,––And set against it camps, And place against it battering–rams, round about. ³ Thou, therefore, take thee a pan of iron, and set it for a wall of iron, between thee and the city,––then shalt thou direct thy face against it, and it shall come into siege, and thou shalt lay siege to it, a sign, shall it be, to the house of Israel. ⁴ Thou, therefore, lie thou on thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel, upon it,––during the number of the days which thou shalt lie thereon, shalt thou bear their punishment. ⁵ I, therefore, have appointed thee the years of their punishment, by the number of days, a hundred and ninety days,––so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. ⁶ And, when thou hast ended these, then shalt thou lie, on thy right side, a second, time, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah,––forty days, one day for each year, have I appointed thee. ⁷ Thus then, unto the siege of Jerusalem, shalt thou direct thy face, with thine arm made bare,––so shalt thou prophesy against it. ⁸ And lo! I have laid upon thee––bands,––and thou shalt not turn thee from thy one side to thine other, until thou have ended the days of thy siege.
⁹ Thou, therefore, take thee wheat and barley and peas and lentils and millet and spelt, and put them in one, vessel, and make them ready for thee as bread,––during the number of days which thou, art lying on thy side, a hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat it; ¹⁰ and, thy food, which thou shalt eat, shall be, by weight, twenty shekels a day,––from time to time, shalt thou eat it; ¹¹ and, water, by measure, shalt thou drink, the sixth part of a hin,––from time to time shalt thou drink; ¹² and, as a barley cake, shalt thou eat it,––and, the same, with dung proceeding from man, shalt thou bake, before their eyes. ¹³ Then said Yahweh, In like manner, shall the sons of Israel eat their bread, defiled,––among the nations, whither I will drive them. ¹⁴ Then said, I, Ah! My Lord, Yahweh, lo! my person, hath not been defiled: neither of what hath died of itself, nor of what hath been torn in pieces: have I eaten, from my youthful days even unto now, neither hath come into my mouth, the flesh of a foul thing. ¹⁵ So then he said unto me, See, I have granted thee, cow’s dung for man’s dung,––and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereupon. ¹⁶ And he said unto me, Son of man, Behold me! breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, So shall they eat bread by weight, and with anxious care, And, water, by measure, and in astonishment, shall they drink: ¹⁷ that they may lack bread and water and be astonished one with another, and pine away in their punishment.

² A third part, in the fire, shalt thou burn, in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege, are fulfilled,––and thou shalt take a third part, thou shalt smite it with the cuting instrument, round about it, and, a third part, shalt thou scatter to the wind, and, a sword, will I make bare after them;

¹⁰ Therefore, fathers, will eat, sons, in thy midst, And, sons, will eat, fathers,––And I will execute upon thee judgments, And will scatter the whole remnant of thee, to every wind.

¹² The third part of thee, by pestilence, shall die, and, by famine, be consumed in thy midst, And, the third part, by the sword, shall fall round about thee,––And, the third part, to every wind, will I scatter, and, a sword, will I make bare after them.

¹⁵ The sword, without, and, Pestilence and famine, within,––He that is in the field, by the sword, shall die, and, He that is in the city, famine or pestilence, shall devour him;

²⁷ The king, shall mourn, and, The chief, shall clothe himself with astonishment, and, The hands of the people of the land, shall be wrung in anguish,––After their own way, will I deal with them, and, With their own sentences, will I sentence them, And they shall know, that, I, am Yahweh.

¹² Yea, the Bearer who is in their midst, Upon his shoulder, shall lift it. In thick darkness, shall he go forth, Through the wall, shall they break, to bear forth through it,––His face, shall he cover, to the end that, his own eye, may not see the land. ¹³ Then will I spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare; And I will take him to Babylon, in the land of the Chaldeans, The which, indeed, he shall not see. And yet, there, shall he die! ¹⁴ And, all who are round about him to help him, and all his troops, will I scatter to every wind,––and, a sword, will I make bare after them. ¹⁵ So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh,––By my dispersing them among the nations, And scattering them throughout the lands. ¹⁶ Yet will I leave remaining of them, men easily counted, from the sword, from the famine and from the pestilence,––that they may recount all their abominations among the nations whither they have come, So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh.

²⁵ For, I, Yahweh, will speak whatsoever word I please to speak, And it shall be done, It shall not be delayed any more,––For, in your own days, O perverse house, will I speak a word, and perform it, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh. ²⁶ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying: ²⁷ Son of man, Lo! the house of Israel, are saying, The vision which he, seeth, is for many days, Yea, for times far away, hath, he, prophesied. ²⁸ Therefore, say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, None of my words, shall be delayed any more,––Whatsoever word I speak, then, shall it be performed, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

²¹ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, How much less [should they avail] when, my four calamitous judgments, sword, and, famine, and, mischievous wild beast, and, pestilence, I have sent against Jerusalem,––to cut off therefrom, man and beast?

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;

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; ²¹ And, all his fugitives, throughout all his bands, by the sword, shall fall, And, they who are left, to every wind, shall be scattered,––So shall ye know, that, I, Yahweh, have spoken!

²² On his right hand, hath come the divination––Jerusalem! To plant battering–rams. To open a hole by breach, To lift up the voice, with a war–shout,––To plant battering–rams against the gates, To cast up an earth–work, To build a siege–wall. ²³ Though it will become to them a veritably false, divination in their eyes, even when bound by oaths to them, Yet, he, calling to mind iniquity, [will determine] that it shall be captured. ²⁴ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because ye have brought to mind your iniquity, by revealing your transgressions, causing your sins to appear, in all your doings,––Because ye have brought yourselves to mind, By force, shall ye be captured. ²⁵ Thou, therefore, O profane, lawless one, prince of Israel,––Whose day, hath come, in a time of final iniquity: ²⁶ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Remove the turban, And lift off the crown,––This, not that, The abased, exalt, And, the exalted, abase. ²⁷ An overthrow, overthrow, overthrow, will I make it,––Even this, hath not befallen until the coming of One to whom belongeth the right, Then will I bestow it.

¹⁵ Therefore will I disperse thee among the nations, And scatter thee throughout the lands,––And will cause to cease thine impurity out of thee; ¹⁶ So shalt thou be profaned in thyself, before the eyes of nations, Thus shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh.

¹ And the word of Yahweh came unto me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying: ² Son of man, Write thee the name of the day, this selfsame day,––the king of Babylon cast, himself against Jerusalem, on this selfsame day. ³ Put thou forth, therefore, against the perverse house, a parable, and say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh: Set on the caldron, set it on, Moreover also, pour into it water: ⁴ Gather the pieces thereof into it, Every good piece, thigh and shoulder,––With the choice of the bones, fill it: ⁵ Take, of the choice of the rock, Moreover also, a pile of bones [place] under it,––Boil the pieces thereof, Yea, let the bones of it seethe, in the midst thereof. ⁶ Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed. The caldron whose scum is in it, and, whose scum, hath not gone out of it: Piece by piece, bring it out, There hath fallen thereon no lot. ⁷ For, her own blood, hath come to be, in her midst, Upon the smooth face of the cliff, hath she set it,––She hath not poured it out on the earth, that she might cover it with dust. ⁸ To bring up indignation, to execute an avenging, have I set her blood upon the smooth face of the cliff,––that it may not be covered. ⁹ Wherefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Woe! city of bloodshed,––Even I myself, will make large the pile. ¹⁰ Heap on the wood, Kindle the fire, Consume the flesh, Yea season with spice, And let the bones be scorched. ¹¹ Then set it upon the live coals thereof, empty,––that the copper of it, may be scorched and burn, So that the impurity thereof, may be annihilated within it, The scum thereof, be consumed. ¹² With toils, hath she wearied herself,––Since her abundant scum will not go out of her, into the fire, with her scum! ¹³ In thine uncleanness, is lewdness; because I purified thee. and thou wast not purified, from thine uncleanness, thou shalt not be purified any more, until I have let mine indignation rest upon thee. ¹⁴ I, Yahweh, have spoken, It cometh, and I will perform, I will not let alone, neither will I shield, Nor will I repent,––According to thy ways and according to thy doings, have they judged thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

¹⁴ I, Yahweh, have spoken, It cometh, and I will perform, I will not let alone, neither will I shield, Nor will I repent,––According to thy ways and according to thy doings, have they judged thee, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

⁷ For, thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! bringing against Tyre, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon out of the North, a king of kings,––with horses and with chariots and with horsemen, and a gathered host and much people.

²¹ And it came to pass, in the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, of our exile, that there came unto me one that had escaped out of Jerusalem, saying, Smitten, is the city!

²⁴ Son of man, These inhabitants of waste places, on the soil of Israel, are saying thus, One, was Abraham, Yet he inherited the land,––But, we, are many, To us, is the land, given as an inheritance.

²⁴ Son of man, These inhabitants of waste places, on the soil of Israel, are saying thus, One, was Abraham, Yet he inherited the land,––But, we, are many, To us, is the land, given as an inheritance. 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? ²⁶ Ye men have taken your stand by your sword, Ye women have wrought abomination, And, every man––with the wife of his neighbour, have ye defiled yourselves; And, the land, shall ye inherit? ²⁷ Thus, shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, As I live, surely, they who are in the waste places, by the sword, shall fall, And, him who is on the face of the field, to the wild beast, have I given to be devoured,––And, they who are in the mountain holds and in the pits, by pestilence, shall die; ²⁸ And I will make the land a desolation and an astonishment, So shall be made to cease, the pride of her strength,––And the mountains of Israel shall be too desolate for any, to pass through. ²⁹ So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh,––When I make the land a desolation and an astonishment, because of all their abominations which they have committed.

⁵ And the king appointed them the provision of each day upon its day, out of the delicacies of the king and out of the wine which he drank, and so to let them grow three years,––and, at the end thereof, that they should stand before the king.

³⁷ Thou, O king, art the king of kings,––for, the God of the heavens, hath given unto thee, the kingship, the might, the power and the dignity;

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all the peoples, the races and the tongues who are dwelling in all the earth, Let, your prosperity, abound! ² The signs, and the wonders, which the most high God, hath wrought with me, it is pleasing before me to declare. ³ His signs, how great! and, his wonders, how mighty! His kingdom, is an age–abiding kingdom, and, his dominion, lasteth from generation to generation.
⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at peace in mine own house, and was prosperous in my palace. ⁵ A dream, I saw, and it made me afraid,––and, fancies upon my bed, and visions of my head, terrified me. ⁶ Therefore made I a decree, to bring in before me, all the wise men of Babylon,––who, the interpretation of the dream, should make known to me. ⁷ Then came in the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers,––and, the dream, told I before them, but, the interpretation, could they not make known to me. ⁸ Howbeit, at last, came before me––Daniel, whose, name, was Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and, the dream––before him, I told [saying]: ⁹ O Belteshazzar, chief of the sacred scribes, because I know that, the spirit of the holy gods, is in thee,––and no secret giveth thee trouble, [therefore], the visions of my dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof, do thou tell. ¹⁰ The visions then of my head upon my bed [were these], ––I was looking, when lo! a tree in the midst of the land, and, the height thereof, was great. ¹¹ The tree, grew, and became strong,––and, the height thereof, reached unto the heavens, and, the view thereof, unto the end of all the land: ¹² The foliage thereof, was beautiful, and, the fruit thereof, abundant, and there was food for all therein,––under it, the wild beast of the field found shade, and, among its branches, dwelt the birds of the heavens, and, therefrom, was well fed, all flesh. ¹³ I was looking, in the visions of my head, upon my bed, when lo! a watcher and holy one, outer the heavens, coming down. ¹⁴ He cried aloud, and, thus, he said––Hew ye down the tree, and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves, and scatter its fruit,––let the wild beasts flee from under it, and the birds, out of its branches; ¹⁵ Nevertheless, the stock of its roots in the earth, leave ye, yea in a bond of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and, with the dew of the heavens, let it be drenched, and, with the wild beasts, be its portion, amongst, the herbage of the earth; ¹⁶ Let, its heart, from a man’s, be changed, and, the heart of a wild beast, be given to it,––and let seven seasons pass over it. ¹⁷ By the decree of the watchers, is the thing, and [by] the mandate of the holy ones, the matter: to the intent that the living, may get to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it, and, one low among men, he setteth up over it. ¹⁸ This dream, have, I, King Nebuchadnezzar, seen. Thou, therefore, O Belteshazzar, the interpretation, do thou tell, forasmuch as, all the wise men of my kingdom, are unable, the interpretation, to make known to me, but, thou, art able, because, the spirit of the holy gods, is in thee.

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:

¹⁸ As for thee, O king, the Most High God, gave, kingship and greatness and honour and majesty, unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father; ¹⁹ and, for the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, races and tongues, used to tremble and to withdraw falteringly from before him,––Whom he would, he slew, and, whom he would, he kept alive, and, whom he would, he set up, and, whom he would, he put down.

⁵ Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah,––which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ Therefore shall flight, perish, from the swift, and, the mighty, shall not invigorate his strength,––nor shall, the hero, escape with his life; ¹⁵ Nor, he that handleth the bow, make a stand, and, the swift on his feet, shall not escape,––nor, he that rideth on a horse, escape with his life: ¹⁶ Nay, he that is stout in his heart, among heroes, naked, shall flee, in that day, Declareth Yahweh.

²⁷ Therefore will I carry you into exile beyond Damascus,––saith Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.

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.

⁴ Then responded he and spake unto those who were standing before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from off him; and he said unto him, See! I have caused to pass from off thee, thine iniquity, And will cause thee to be clothed in robes of state.

⁵ Speak thou unto all the people of the land, and unto the priests, saying,––When ye fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh, even these seventy years, did ye, really fast, unto, me?

¹⁹ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts––The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the eleventh, shall become to the house of Judah a gladness and a rejoicing, and pleasant appointed meetings,––But, truth and peace, see that ye love.

¹¹ Our needful bread, give us, this day;

³ Our needful bread, be giving us, day by day;

²² But the father said unto his servants––Quick! bring forth a robe––the best! and put on him, and get out a ring for his hand, and sandals for his feet.

⁴³ Because days will have come upon thee, that thine enemies will throw around a rampart against thee, and enclose thee; and hem thee in from every side,–– ⁴⁴ And will level thee with the ground, and thy children within thee, and will not leave, stone on stone, within thee: because thou didst not get to know the season of thy visitation.

⁵ And, certain saying, of the temple––With beautiful stones and offerings, hath it been adorned! he said–– ⁶ As to these things, which ye are looking upon, There will come days, in which there will not be left here, stone upon stone, which will not be taken down.

¹ But, in these days, the disciples, multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, in that, their widows, were being overlooked in the daily ministry.

¹³ And they set up false witnesses, who said––This man, ceaseth not speaking things against this holy place and the law; ¹⁴ For we have heard him saying––This Jesus the Nazarene, will overthrow this place, and will change the customs which, Moses, delivered unto us.