2 “Thus says the Lord: a‘He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes over to the Chaldeans shall live; his life shall be as a prize to him, and he shall live.’
3 Thus says the Lord: a‘This city shall surely be bgiven into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.’ ”
4 Therefore the princes said to the king, “Please, alet this man be put to death, for thus he1 weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the2 welfare of this people, but their harm.”
5 Then Zedekiah the king said, “Look, he is in your hand. For the king can do nothing against you.”
6 aSo they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire.
7 aNow Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, one of the1 eunuchs, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon. When the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
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Interlinear Bible for Jeremiah 38:4:
sar (#8269)
'amar (#559)
'el (#413)
melek (#4428)
na' (#4994)
'eth (#853)
zeh (#2088)
'iysh (#376)
muwth (#4191)
kiy (#3588)
ken (#3651)
huw' (#1931)
raphah (#7503)
'eth (#853)
yad (#3027)
'iysh (#376)
milchamah (#4421)
sha'ar (#7604)
zo'th (#2063)
`iyr (#5892)
yad (#3027)
kol (#3605)
`am (#5971)
dabar (#1696)
'el-leh (#428)
dabar (#1697)
'el (#413)
kiy (#3588)
zeh (#2088)
'iysh (#376)
darash (#1875)
'ayin (#369)
shalowm (#7965)
zeh (#2088)
`am (#5971)
kiy (#3588)
ra` (#7451)
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