Jeremiah 37

1 and to reign king Zedekiah son: child Josiah underneath: instead Coniah son: child Jehoiakim which to reign Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon in/on/with land: country/planet Judah

After Jehoiakim died, [his son Jehoiachin became king for only three months, after which] King Josiah’s son Zedekiah became the King of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, appointed him to be the new king.

2 and not to hear: hear he/she/it and servant/slave his and people [the] land: country/planet to(wards) word LORD which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by Jeremiah [the] prophet

But King Zedekiah and his palace officials and the other people in the land paid no attention to the messages that Yahweh gave me.

3 and to send: depart [the] king Zedekiah [obj] Jehucal son: child Shelemiah and [obj] Zephaniah son: child Maaseiah [the] priest to(wards) Jeremiah [the] prophet to/for to say to pray please about/through/for us to(wards) LORD God our

However, [one day] King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, who was the son of Maaseiah, to me. They requested me to pray to Yahweh our God for our [nation].

4 and Jeremiah to come (in): come and to come out: come in/on/with midst [the] people and not to give: put [obj] him house: home ([the] prison *Q(K)*)

At that time I had not yet been put in prison, so I could come and go wherever and whenever I wanted to, [without being hindered].

5 and strength: soldiers Pharaoh to come out: come from Egypt and to hear: hear [the] Chaldea [the] to confine upon Jerusalem [obj] report their and to ascend: rise from upon Jerusalem

[At that time], the army of [Hophra], the King of Egypt, came [to the southern border of Judah]. When the army of Babylonia heard about that, they stopped surrounding Jerusalem and left there [to fight against the army from Egypt].

6 and to be word LORD to(wards) Jeremiah [the] prophet to/for to say

Then Yahweh gave this message to me:

7 thus to say LORD God Israel thus to say to(wards) king Judah [the] to send: depart [obj] you to(wards) me to/for to seek me behold strength: soldiers Pharaoh [the] to come out: come to/for you to/for help to return: return to/for land: country/planet his Egypt

“[I], Yahweh, the God whom [you] Israelis [say you belong to], say this: ‘The King of Judah has sent [messengers] to you to ask me [what is going to happen]. Tell the king that even though the army of the King of Egypt came to help him, they are about to return to Egypt.

8 and to return: return [the] Chaldea and to fight upon [the] city [the] this and to capture her and to burn her in/on/with fire

Then the army of Babylonia will return here and capture this city and burn everything in it.’

9 thus to say LORD not to deceive soul: myself your to/for to say to go: went to go: went from upon us [the] Chaldea for not to go: went

[So], this is what I say [to you Israelis]: ‘You should not deceive yourselves, thinking that the army from Babylonia has gone and will not return. That is not true.

10 that if: except if: except to smite all strength: soldiers Chaldea [the] to fight with you and to remain in/on/with them human to pierce man: anyone in/on/with tent his to arise: rise and to burn [obj] [the] city [the] this in/on/with fire

And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only a few of them who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, they would come out [of their tents] and burn this city completely!”’”

11 and to be in/on/with to ascend: rise strength: soldiers [the] Chaldea from upon Jerusalem from face: because strength: soldiers Pharaoh

When the army from Babylonia left Jerusalem because the army from Egypt was approaching,

12 and to come out: come Jeremiah from Jerusalem to/for to go: went land: country/planet Benjamin to/for to divide from there in/on/with midst [the] people

I started to leave the city. I intended to go to the area [where the descendants of] Benjamin live, in order to take possession of my share of the property from my family.

13 and to be he/she/it in/on/with gate Benjamin (Gate) and there master: [master of] oversight and name his Irijah son: child Shelemiah son: child Hananiah and to capture [obj] Jeremiah [the] prophet to/for to say to(wards) [the] Chaldea you(m. s.) to fall: deserting

But as I was walking out the Benjamin Gate, a guard seized me and said, “You are deserting [us and going] to [the soldiers from] Babylonia!” The man who seized me was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah.

14 and to say Jeremiah deception nothing I to fall: deserting upon [the] Chaldea and not to hear: hear to(wards) him and to capture Irijah in/on/with Jeremiah and to come (in): bring him to(wards) [the] ruler

But I [protested and] said, “That is not true! I was not intending to do that!” But Irijah would not pay attention to what I said. He took me to the [king’s] officials.

15 and be angry [the] ruler upon Jeremiah and to smite [obj] him and to give: throw [obj] him house: home [the] bond house: household Jonathan [the] secretary for [obj] him to make to/for house: home [the] prison

They were very angry with me. They [commanded the guards to] beat me and [then to] put me in the house where Jonathan the king’s secretary stayed. They had changed Jonathan’s house to make it become a prison.

16 for to come (in): come Jeremiah to(wards) house: home [the] pit and to(wards) [the] vault and to dwell there Jeremiah day many

They put me in a dungeon/cell in that prison, and I remained there for several days.

17 and to send: depart [the] king Zedekiah and to take: recieve him and to ask him [the] king in/on/with house: palace his in/on/with secrecy and to say there word from with LORD and to say Jeremiah there and to say in/on/with hand: power king Babylon to give: give

Then King Zedekiah secretly sent a servant to me, who took me to the palace. There the king asked me, “Do you have any messages from Yahweh?” I replied, “Yes, [the message is that] you will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

18 and to say Jeremiah to(wards) [the] king Zedekiah what? to sin to/for you and to/for servant/slave your and to/for people [the] this for to give: put [obj] me to(wards) house: home [the] prison

Then I asked the king, “What crime have I committed [RHQ] against you or against your officials or against the Israeli people, with the result that you have [commanded that] I be put in a prison?

19 (and where? *Q(K)*) prophet your which to prophesy to/for you to/for to say not to come (in): come king Babylon upon you and upon [the] land: country/planet [the] this

Your prophets predicted that the army of the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land. Why were [RHQ] [their messages] not fulfilled?

20 and now to hear: hear please lord my [the] king to fall: fall please supplication my to/for face: before your and not to return: return me house: household Jonathan [the] secretary and not to die there

Your majesty, I plead with you to listen to me. Do not send me back to the dungeon/cell in the house of Jonathan your secretary, because [if you do that, ] I will die there.”

21 and to command [the] king Zedekiah and to reckon: overseer [obj] Jeremiah in/on/with court [the] guardhouse and to give: give to/for him talent food: bread to/for day: daily from outside [the] to bake till to finish all [the] food: bread from [the] city and to dwell Jeremiah in/on/with court [the] guardhouse

So King Zedekiah commanded that [I not be sent back to the prison cell. Instead, ] I was allowed to be watched by the guards in the courtyard [of the palace]. [The king] also [commanded that they should] bring me a loaf of fresh bread every day, until there was no bread left in the city. So [they put me] in that courtyard and I remained there.