Jer 41
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The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord (now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon,
and all his army, and all the country of his dominion, were warring against Jerusalem,
and against all the cities of Juda,) saying,
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Thus has the Lord said; Go to Sedekias king of Juda, and you shall say to him, Thus
has the Lord said, This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king
of Babylon, and he shall take it, and shall burn it with fire:
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and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall certainly be taken, and shall
be given into his hands; and your eyes shall see his eyes, Alex. +and your mouth shall speak with his mouth and you shall
enter into Babylon.
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But hear the word of the Lord, O Sedekias king of Juda; Thus says the Lord,
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You shall die in peace: and as they wept for your fathers that reigned before you,
they shall weep also for you, saying, Ah lord! and they shall lament for you Gr. as far as Hades down to the grave: for I
have spoken the word, said the Lord.
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And Jeremias spoke to king Sedekias all these words in Jerusalem.
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And the host of the king of Babylon warred against Jerusalem, and against the cities
of Juda, Alex. that were left and against Lachis, and against Azeca: for these strong cities were left among the
cities of Juda.
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The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after king Sedekias had concluded a
covenant with the people, Alex. in Jerusalem to proclaim a release;
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That every one should set at liberty his servant, and every one has handmaid, the
Hebrew man and Hebrew woman, that no man of Juda should be a bondman.
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See Hebrew; Two verses put into one Then all the nobles, and all the people who had entered into the covenant, engaging
to set free every one his man-servant, and every one his maid, turned,
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and gave them over to be men-servants and maid-servants.
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,
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Thus says the Lord; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day wherein I took
them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,
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When six years are accomplished, you shall set free your brother the Hebrew, who shall
be sold to you: for he shall serve you six years, and then you shall let him go free:
but they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear.
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And this day they turned to do that which was right in my sight, to proclaim every
one the release of his neighbour; and they had concluded a covenant before me, in
the house whereon my name is called.
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But you turned and profaned my name, to bring back every one his servant, and every
one his handmaid, whom you had sent forth free and Probably a Hebraism at their own disposal, to be to you men-servants and
maid-servants.
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Therefore thus said the Lord; You have not hearkened to me, to proclaim a release
every one to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a release to you, to the sword, and
to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will give you up to dispersion among all
the kingdoms of the earth.
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And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not Or, confirmed, or, set kept my covenant, which they
made before me, the calf which they prepared to sacrifice
with it,
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the princes of Juda, and the men in power, and the priests, and the people;
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I will even give them to their enemies, and their carcases shall be food for the birds
of the sky and for the wild beasts of the earth.
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And I will give Sedekias king of Judea, and their princes, into the hands of their
enemies, and the host of the king of Babylon shall come upon them that run away from
them.
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Behold, I will give command, says the Lord, and will bring them back to this land;
and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire, and the cities
of Juda; and I will make them desolate without inhabitants.