ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 40
1. The word[H1697] which came to Jeremiah[H3414] from Jehovah[H3068], after[H310] that Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] had let him go[H7971] from Ramah[H7414], when he had taken[H3947] him being bound[H631] in chains[H246] among[H8432] all the captives[H1546] of Jerusalem[H3389] and Judah[H3063], that were carried away captive[H1540] unto Babylon[H894].
2. And the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] took[H3947] Jeremiah[H3414], and said[H559] unto him[H3068], Jehovah thy God[H430] pronounced[H1696] this evil[H7451] upon this place[H4725];
3. and Jehovah[H3068] hath brought[H935] it[H6213], and done according as he spake[H1696]: because ye have sinned[H2398] against Jehovah[H3068], and have not obeyed[H8085] his voice[H6963], therefore this thing is come upon you[H1697].
4. And now[H6605], behold, I loose thee this day[H3117] from the chains[H246] which are upon thy hand[H3027]. If it seem good[H2896] unto thee to come[H935] with me into Babylon[H894], come[H935], and I will look well[H7760] unto thee[H7489]; but if it seem ill unto thee to come[H935] with me into Babylon[H894], forbear[H2308]: behold[H7200], all the land[H776] is before[H6440] thee[H413]; whither it seemeth good[H2896] and right[H3477] unto thee to go[H3212], thither go[H3212].
5. Now while he was not yet gone back[H7725], Go back[H7725] then[H1436], said he, to Gedaliah the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296], the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227], whom the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] hath made governor[H6485] over the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063], and dwell[H3427] with him among[H8432] the people[H5971]; or go[H3212] wheresoever it seemeth right[H3477] unto thee to go[H3212]. So the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] gave[H5414] him victuals[H737] and a present[H4864], and let him go[H7971].
6. Then went[H935] Jeremiah[H3414] unto Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] to Mizpah[H4708], and dwelt[H3427] with him among[H8432] the people[H5971] that were left[H7604] in the land[H776].
7. Now when all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were in the fields[H7704], even they and their men[H582], heard[H8085] that the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had made Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] governor[H6485] in the land[H776], and had committed[H6485] unto him men[H582], and women[H802], and children[H2945], and of the poorest[H1803] of the land[H776], of them that were not carried away captive[H1540] to Babylon[H894];
8. then they came[H935] to Gedaliah[H1436] to Mizpah[H4708], to wit[H3458], Ishmael the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], and Johanan[H3110] and Jonathan[H3129] the sons[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and Seraiah[H8304] the son[H1121] of Tanhumeth[H8576], and the sons[H1121] of Ephai[H5778] the Netophathite[H5200], and Jezaniah[H3153] the son[H1121] of the Maacathite[H4602], they and their men[H582].
9. And Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227] sware[H7650] unto them and to their men[H582], saying[H559], Fear[H3372] not to serve[H5647] the Chaldeans[H3778]: dwell in[H3427] the land[H776], and serve[H5647] the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and it shall be well with you[H3190].
10. As for me[H3427], behold, I will dwell at Mizpah[H4709], to stand[H5975] before the Chaldeans[H3778] that shall come[H935] unto us[H622]: but ye, gather ye wine[H3196] and summer fruits[H7019] and oil[H8081], and put[H7760] them in your vessels[H3627], and dwell[H3427] in your cities[H5892] that ye have taken[H8610].
11. Likewise when all the Jews[H3064] that were in Moab[H4124], and among the children of Ammon[H5983], and in Edom[H123], and that were in all the countries[H776], heard[H8085] that the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had left[H5414] a remnant[H7611] of Judah[H3063], and that he had set[H6485] over them Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296], the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227];
12. then all the Jews[H3064] returned out[H7725] of all places[H4725] whither they were driven[H5080], and came[H935] to the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], to Gedaliah[H1436], unto Mizpah[H4708], and gathered[H622] wine[H3196] and summer fruits[H7019] very[H3966] much[H7235].
13. Moreover Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], and all the captains[H8269] of the forces[H2428] that were in the fields[H7704], came[H935] to Gedaliah[H1436] to Mizpah[H4708],
14. and said[H559] unto him[H3045], Dost thou know[H3045] that Baalis[H1185] the king[H4428] of the children of Ammon[H1121] hath sent[H7971] Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418] to take[H5221] thy life[H1436]? But Gedaliah the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] believed them not[H539].
15. Then Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143] spake[H559] to Gedaliah[H1436] in Mizpah[H4709] secretly[H5643], saying[H559], Let me go[H3212], I pray thee[H5221], and I will slay Ishmael[H3458] the son[H1121] of Nethaniah[H5418], and no man[H376] shall know[H3045] it[H5221]: wherefore should he take thy life[H3064], that all the Jews that are gathered[H6908] unto thee should be scattered[H6327], and the remnant[H7611] of Judah[H3063] perish[H6]?
16. But Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] said[H559] unto Johanan[H3110] the son[H1121] of Kareah[H7143], Thou shalt not do[H6213] this thing[H1697]; for thou speakest[H1696] falsely[H8267] of Ishmael[H3458].
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