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1. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
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1. In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4468 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 came H1961 this H2088 word H1697 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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2. Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
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2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Stand H5975 in the court H2691 of the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , and speak H1696 unto H5921 all H3605 the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , which come H935 to worship H7812 in the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 I command H6680 thee to speak H1696 unto H413 them; diminish H1639 not H408 a word H1697 :
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3. If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
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3. If so be H194 they will hearken H8085 , and turn H7725 every man H376 from his evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 , that I may repent H5162 me of H413 the evil H7451 , which H834 I H595 purpose H2803 to do H6213 unto them because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of their doings H4611 .
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4. And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
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4. And thou shalt say H559 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; If H518 ye will not H3808 hearken H8085 to H413 me , to walk H1980 in my law H8451 , which H834 I have set H5414 before H6440 you,
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5. To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
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5. To hearken H8085 to H5921 the words H1697 of my servants H5650 the prophets H5030 , whom H834 I H595 sent H7971 unto H413 you , both rising up early H7925 , and sending H7971 them , but ye have not H3808 hearkened H8085 ;
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6. Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
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6. Then will I make H5414 H853 this H2088 house H1004 like Shiloh H7887 , and will make H5414 this H2063 city H5892 a curse H7045 to all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776 .
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7. So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.
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7. So the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 and all H3605 the people H5971 heard H8085 H853 Jeremiah H3414 speaking H1696 H853 these H428 words H1697 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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8. Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
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8. Now it came to pass H1961 , when Jeremiah H3414 had made an end H3615 of speaking H1696 H853 all H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 him to speak H1696 unto H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , that the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 and all H3605 the people H5971 took H8610 him, saying H559 , Thou shalt surely die H4191 H4191 .
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9. Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
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9. Why H4069 hast thou prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , This H2088 house H1004 shall be H1961 like Shiloh H7887 , and this H2063 city H5892 shall be desolate H2717 without H4480 H369 an inhabitant H3427 ? And all H3605 the people H5971 were gathered H6950 against H413 Jeremiah H3414 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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10. When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house.
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10. When the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 heard H8085 H853 these H428 things H1697 , then they came up H5927 from the king H4428 's house H4480 H1004 unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and sat down H3427 in the entry H6607 of the new H2319 gate H8179 of the LORD H3068 's house .
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11. Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
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11. Then spoke H559 the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 unto H413 the princes H8269 and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , saying H559 , This H2088 man H376 is worthy H4941 to die H4194 ; for H3588 he hath prophesied H5012 against H413 this H2063 city H5892 , as H834 ye have heard H8085 with your ears H241 .
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12. Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
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12. Then spoke H559 Jeremiah H3414 unto H413 all H3605 the princes H8269 and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 , saying H559 , The LORD H3068 sent H7971 me to prophesy H5012 against H413 this H2088 house H1004 and against H413 this H2063 city H5892 all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 ye have heard H8085 .
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13. Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
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13. Therefore now H6258 amend H3190 your ways H1870 and your doings H4611 , and obey H8085 the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 ; and the LORD H3068 will repent H5162 him of H413 the evil H7451 that H834 he hath pronounced H1696 against H5921 you.
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14. As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
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14. As for me H589 , behold H2009 , I am in your hand H3027 : do H6213 with me as seemeth H5869 good H2896 and meet H3477 unto you.
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15. But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
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15. But H389 know ye for certain H3045 H3045 , that H3588 if H518 ye H859 put me to death H4191 H853 , ye H859 shall surely H3588 bring H5414 innocent H5355 blood H1818 upon H5921 yourselves , and upon H413 this H2063 city H5892 , and upon H413 the inhabitants H3427 thereof: for H3588 of a truth H571 the LORD H3068 hath sent H7971 me unto H5921 you to speak H1696 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in your ears H241 .
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16. Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
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16. Then said H559 the princes H8269 and all H3605 the people H5971 unto H413 the priests H3548 and to H413 the prophets H5030 ; This H2088 man H376 is not H369 worthy H4941 to die H4194 : for H3588 he hath spoken H1696 to H413 us in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 .
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17. Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
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17. Then rose up H6965 certain H376 of the elders H4480 H2205 of the land H776 , and spoke H559 to H413 all H3605 the assembly H6951 of the people H5971 , saying H559 ,
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18. Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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18. Micah H4320 the Morasthite H4183 prophesied H1961 H5012 in the days H3117 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and spoke H559 to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah H3063 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 ; Zion H6726 shall be plowed H2790 like a field H7704 , and Jerusalem H3389 shall become H1961 heaps H5856 , and the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the high places H1116 of a forest H3293 .
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19. Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
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19. Did Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and all H3605 Judah H3063 put him at all to death H4191 H4191 ? did he not H3808 fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 , and besought H2470 H853 H6440 the LORD H3068 , and the LORD H3068 repented H5162 him of H413 the evil H7451 which H834 he had pronounced H1696 against H5921 them? Thus might we H587 procure H6213 great H1419 evil H7451 against H5921 our souls H5315 .
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20. And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
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20. And there was H1961 also H1571 a man H376 that prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , Urijah H223 the son H1121 of Shemaiah H8098 of Kirjath H4480 H7157 -jearim , who prophesied H5012 against H5921 this H2063 city H5892 and against H5921 this H2063 land H776 according to all H3605 the words H1697 of Jeremiah H3414 :
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21. And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
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21. And when Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 , with all H3605 his mighty men H1368 , and all H3605 the princes H8269 , heard H8085 H853 his words H1697 , the king H4428 sought H1245 to put him to death H4191 : but when Urijah H223 heard H8085 it , he was afraid H3372 , and fled H1272 , and went into H935 Egypt H4714 ;
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22. And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
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22. And Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 sent H7971 men H376 into Egypt H4714 , namely , H853 Elnathan H494 the son H1121 of Achbor H5907 , and certain men H376 with H854 him into H413 Egypt H4714 .
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23. And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
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23. And they fetched forth H3318 H853 Urijah H223 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , and brought H935 him unto H413 Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 ; who slew H5221 him with the sword H2719 , and cast H7993 H853 his dead body H5038 into H413 the graves H6913 of the common H1121 people H5971 .
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24. Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.
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24. Nevertheless H389 the hand H3027 of Ahikam H296 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 was H1961 with H854 Jeremiah H3414 , that they should not H1115 give H5414 him into the hand H3027 of the people H5971 to put him to death H4191 .
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