Jeremiah 21
1 [the] word which to be to(wards) Jeremiah from with LORD in/on/with to send: depart to(wards) him [the] king Zedekiah [obj] Pashhur son: child Malchiah and [obj] Zephaniah son: child Maaseiah [the] priest to/for to say
The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the king Zedekiah's sending unto him Pashhur son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
2 to seek please about/through/for us [obj] LORD for Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon to fight upon us perhaps to make: do LORD with us like/as all to wonder his and to ascend: rise from upon us
'Inquire, we pray thee, for us at Jehovah, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath fought against us; perhaps Jehovah doth deal with us according to all His wonders, and doth cause him to go up from off us.'
3 and to say Jeremiah to(wards) them thus to say [emph?] to(wards) Zedekiah
And Jeremiah saith unto them, 'Thus do ye say unto Zedekiah,
4 thus to say LORD God Israel look! I to turn: repell [obj] article/utensil [the] battle which in/on/with hand your which you(m. p.) to fight in/on/with them with king Babylon and with [the] Chaldea [the] to confine upon you from outside to/for wall and to gather [obj] them to(wards) midst [the] city [the] this
Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel: Lo, I am turning round the weapons of battle That [are] in your hand, With which ye do fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city,
5 and to fight I with you in/on/with hand to stretch and in/on/with arm strong and in/on/with face: anger and in/on/with rage and in/on/with wrath great: large
And I — I have fought against you, With a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath,
6 and to smite [obj] to dwell [the] city [the] this and [obj] [the] man and [obj] [the] animal in/on/with pestilence great: large to die
And I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die.
7 and after so utterance LORD to give: give [obj] Zedekiah king Judah and [obj] servant/slave his and [obj] [the] people and [obj] [the] to remain in/on/with city [the] this from [the] pestilence from [the] sword and from [the] famine in/on/with hand: power Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon and in/on/with hand: power enemy their and in/on/with hand: power to seek soul: life their and to smite them to/for lip: edge sword not to pity upon them and not to spare and not to have compassion
And after this — an affirmation of Jehovah, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he hath smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He hath no pity on them, Nor doth he spare, nor hath he mercy.
8 and to(wards) [the] people [the] this to say thus to say LORD look! I to give: put to/for face: before your [obj] way: conduct [the] life and [obj] way: conduct [the] death
And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!
9 [the] to dwell in/on/with city [the] this to die in/on/with sword and in/on/with famine and in/on/with pestilence and [the] to come out: come and to fall: fall upon [the] Chaldea [the] to confine upon you (and to live *Q(K)*) and to be to/for him soul: life his to/for spoil
Whoso is abiding in this city — dieth, By sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, And whoso is going forth, And hath fallen unto the Chaldeans, Who are laying siege against you — liveth, And his life hath been to him for a spoil.
10 for to set: make face my in/on/with city [the] this to/for distress: harm and not to/for welfare utterance LORD in/on/with hand: power king Babylon to give: give and to burn her in/on/with fire
For I have set My face against this city for evil, And not for good — an affirmation of Jehovah. Into the hand of the king of Babylon it is given, And he hath burned it with fire.
11 and to/for house: palace king Judah to hear: hear word LORD
And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear ye a word of Jehovah;
12 house: household David thus to say LORD to judge to/for morning justice and to rescue to plunder from hand: power to oppress lest to come out: issue like/as fire rage my and to burn: burn and nothing to quench from face: because evil (deed your *Q(K)*)
O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.
13 look! I to(wards) you to dwell [the] valley rock [the] plain utterance LORD [the] to say who? to descend upon us and who? to come (in): come in/on/with habitation our
Lo, I [am] against thee — an affirmation of Jehovah, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who cometh down against us? And who cometh into our habitations?
14 and to reckon: punish upon you like/as fruit deed your utterance LORD and to kindle fire in/on/with wood her and to eat all around her
And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it hath consumed — all its suburbs!
