American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. The word[H1697] which came unto Jeremiah[H3414] from Jehovah[H3068], when Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and all his army[H2428], and all the kingdoms[H4467] of the earth[H776] that were under his dominion[H3027], and all the peoples[H5971], were fighting[H3898] against Jerusalem[H3389], and against all the cities[H5892] thereof[H559], saying:

2. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Go[H1980], and speak[H559] to Zedekiah[H6667] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and tell[H559] him[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068], Behold[H5414], I will give this city[H5892] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and he shall burn[H8313] it with fire[H784]:

3. and thou shalt not escape out[H4422] of his hand[H3027], but shalt surely[H8610] be taken[H8610], and delivered[H5414] into his hand[H3027]; and thine eyes[H5869] shall behold[H7200] the eyes[H5869] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and he shall speak[H1696] with thee mouth[H6310] to mouth[H6310], and thou shalt go[H935] to Babylon[H894].

4. Yet hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], O Zedekiah[H6667] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]: thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] concerning thee[H4191], Thou shalt not die by the sword[H2719];

5. thou shalt die[H4191] in peace[H7965]; and with the burnings[H4955] of thy fathers[H1], the former[H7223] kings[H4428] that were before[H6440] thee[H8313], so shall they make a burning for thee[H5594]; and they shall lament thee[H1945], saying, Ah Lord[H113]! for I have spoken[H1696] the word[H1697], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].

6. Then Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030] spake[H1696] all these words[H1697] unto Zedekiah[H6667] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] in Jerusalem[H3389],

7. when the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]'s army[H2428] was fighting[H3898] against Jerusalem[H3389], and against all the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] that were left[H3498], against Lachish[H3923] and against Azekah[H5825]; for these alone remained[H7604] of the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] as fortified[H4013] cities[H5892].

8. The word[H1697] that came unto Jeremiah[H3414] from Jehovah[H3068], after[H310] that the king[H4428] Zedekiah[H6667] had made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with all the people[H5971] that were at Jerusalem[H3389], to proclaim[H7121] liberty unto them[H1865];

9. that every man[H376] should let his man-servant[H5650], and every man[H376] his maid-servant[H8198], that is a Hebrew[H5680] or a Hebrewess[H5680], go[H7971] free[H2670]; that none should make bondmen[H5647] of them[H3064], to wit, of a Jew his brother[H251].

10. And all the princes[H8269] and all the people[H5971] obeyed[H935], that had entered into the covenant[H1285], that every one[H376] should let his man-servant[H5650], and every one[H376] his maid-servant[H8198], go[H7971] free[H2670], that none should make bondmen[H5647] of them any more[H8085]; they obeyed, and let them go[H7971]:

11. but afterwards[H310] they turned[H7725], and caused the servants[H5650] and the handmaids[H8198], whom they had let go[H7971] free[H2670], to return[H7725], and brought them into subjection[H3533] for servants[H5650] and for handmaids[H8198].

12. Therefore the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came to Jeremiah[H3414] from Jehovah[H3068], saying[H559],

13. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]: I made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with your fathers[H1] in the day[H3117] that I brought them forth[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], out of the house[H1004] of bondage[H5650], saying[H559],

14. At the end[H7093] of seven[H7651] years[H8141] ye shall let go[H7971] every man[H376] his brother[H251] that is a Hebrew[H5680], that hath been sold[H4376] unto thee[H5647], and hath served thee six[H8337] years[H8141], thou shalt let him go[H7971] free[H2670] from thee[H1]: but your fathers hearkened[H8085] not unto me[H5186], neither inclined their ear[H241].

15. And ye were now[H3117] turned[H7725], and had done[H6213] that which is right[H3477] in mine eyes[H5869], in proclaiming[H7121] liberty[H1865] every man[H376] to his neighbor[H7453]; and ye had made[H3772] a covenant[H1285] before[H6440] me in the house[H1004] which is called[H7121] by my name[H8034]:

16. but ye turned[H7725] and profaned[H2490] my name[H8034], and caused every man[H376] his servant[H5650], and every man[H376] his handmaid[H8198], whom ye had let[H7971] go free[H2670] at their pleasure[H5315], to return[H7725]; and ye brought them into subjection[H3533], to be unto you for servants[H5650] and for handmaids[H8198].

17. Therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: ye have not hearkened[H8085] unto me[H7121], to proclaim liberty[H1865], every man[H376] to his brother[H251], and every man[H376] to his neighbor[H7453]: behold[H7121], I proclaim unto you a liberty[H1865], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], to the sword[H2719], to the pestilence[H1698], and to the famine[H7458]; and I will make[H5414] you to be tossed[H2189] to and fro among all the kingdoms[H4467] of the earth[H776].

18. And I will give[H5414] the men[H582] that have transgressed[H5674] my covenant[H1285], that have not performed[H6965] the words[H1697] of the covenant[H1285] which they made[H3772] before[H6440] me[H3772], when they cut the calf[H5695] in twain[H8147] and passed[H5674] between the parts thereof[H1335];

19. the princes[H8269] of Judah[H3063], and the princes[H8269] of Jerusalem[H3389], the eunuchs[H5631], and the priests[H3548], and all the people[H5971] of the land[H776], that passed[H5674] between the parts[H1335] of the calf[H5695];

20. I will even give[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of their enemies[H341], and into the hand[H3027] of them that seek[H1245] their life[H5315]; and their dead bodies[H5038] shall be for food[H3978] unto the birds[H5775] of the heavens[H8064], and to the beasts[H929] of the earth[H776].

21. And Zedekiah[H6667] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and his princes[H8269] will I give[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of their enemies[H341], and into the hand[H3027] of them that seek[H1245] their life[H5315], and into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]'s army[H2428], that are gone away from you[H5927].

22. Behold[H6680], I will command, saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], and cause them to return[H7725] to this city[H5892]; and they shall fight[H3898] against it[H3920], and take it[H8313], and burn it with fire[H784]: and I will make[H5414] the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] a desolation[H8077], without inhabitant[H3427].