<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, when <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="2428">army</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> of his <sn="4480 4475 3027">dominion</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> thereof, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="559 413">tell</s> him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and he shall <sn="8313">burn</s> it with <sn="784">fire</s>: </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4422">escape</s> out of his <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> shalt surely be <sn="8610 8610">taken</s>, and <sn="5414">delivered</s> into his <sn="3027">hand</s>; and thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> shall <sn="7200">behold</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and he shall <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="854">with</s> thee <sn="6310">mouth</s> to <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and thou shalt <sn="935">go</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="389">Yet</s><sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, O <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5921">of</s> thee, Thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>: </v>
<vn='5'> But thou shalt <sn="4191">die</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s>: and with the <sn="4955">burnings</s> of thy <sn="1">fathers</s>, the <sn="7223">former</s><sn="4428">kings</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee, <sn="3651">so</s> shall they <sn="8313">burn</s> odors for thee; and they will <sn="5594">lament</s> thee, saying, <sn="1945">Ah</s><sn="113">lord</s>! <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> have <sn="1696">pronounced</s> the <sn="1697">word</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Then <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, </v>
<vn='7'>When the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> 's <sn="2428">army</s><sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> that were <sn="3498">left</s>, <sn="413">against</s><sn="3923">Lachish</s>, and <sn="413">against</s><sn="5825">Azekah</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2007">these</s><sn="4013">defensed</s><sn="5892">cities</s><sn="7604">remained</s> of the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='8'> This is the <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, after <sn="310">that</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> had <sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">which</s> were at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, to <sn="7121">proclaim</s><sn="1865">liberty</s> unto them; </v>
<vn='9'>That every <sn="376">man</s> should let <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5650">manservant</s>, and every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8198">maidservant</s>, being a <sn="5680">Hebrew</s> or a <sn="5680">Hebrewess</s>, <sn="7971">go</s><sn="2670">free</s>; that <sn="1115 376">none</s> should <sn="5647">serve</s> himself of them, to wit, of a <sn="3064">Jew</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Now when <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">which</s> had <sn="935">entered</s> into the <sn="1285">covenant</s>, <sn="8085">heard</s> that every <sn="376">one</s> should let <sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5650">manservant</s>, and every <sn="376">one</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8198">maidservant</s>, <sn="7971">go</s><sn="2670">free</s>, that <sn="1115">none</s> should <sn="5647">serve</s> themselves of them any <sn="5750">more</s>, then they <sn="8085">obeyed</s>, and let them <sn="7971">go</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>But <sn="310 3651">afterward</s> they <sn="7725">turned</s>, and caused <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5650">servants</s> and the <sn="8198">handmaids</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> they had let <sn="7971">go</s><sn="2670">free</s>, to <sn="7725">return</s>, and brought them into <sn="3533">subjection</s> for <sn="5650">servants</s> and for <sn="8198">handmaids</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Therefore the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="595">I</s><sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="854">with</s> your <sn="1">fathers</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> that I brought them <sn="3318 *853">forth</s> out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, out of the <sn="4480 1004">house</s> of <sn="5650">bondmen</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='14'>At the <sn="4480 7093">end</s> of <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="8141">years</s> let ye <sn="7971">go</s> every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="251">brother</s> a <sn="5680">Hebrew</s>, <sn="834">which</s> hath been <sn="4376">sold</s> unto thee; and when he hath <sn="5647">served</s> thee <sn="8337">six</s><sn="8141">years</s>, thou shalt let him <sn="7971">go</s><sn="2670">free</s><sn="4480 5973">from</s> thee: but your <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="5186">inclined</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="241">ear</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="859">ye</s> were <sn="3117">now</s><sn="7725">turned</s>, and had <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3477">right</s> in my <sn="5869">sight</s>, in <sn="7121">proclaiming</s><sn="1865">liberty</s> every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>; and ye had <sn="3772">made</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="6440">before</s> me in the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">which</s> is <sn="7121">called</s><sn="5921">by</s> my <sn="8034">name</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>But ye <sn="7725">turned</s> and <sn="2490">polluted</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="8034">name</s>, and caused every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5650">servant</s>, and every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8198">handmaid</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> ye had <sn="7971">set</s> at <sn="2670">liberty</s> at their <sn="5315">pleasure</s>, to <sn="7725">return</s>, and brought them into <sn="3533 *853">subjection</s>, to <sn="1961">be</s> unto you for <sn="5650">servants</s> and for <sn="8198">handmaids</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="859">Ye</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, in <sn="7121">proclaiming</s><sn="1865">liberty</s>, every <sn="376">one</s> to his <sn="251">brother</s>, and every <sn="376">man</s> to his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, I <sn="7121">proclaim</s> a <sn="1865">liberty</s> for you, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>, <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="7458">famine</s>; and I will <sn="5414">make</s> you to be <sn="2189">removed</s> into <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And I will <sn="5414">give</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s> that have <sn="5674">transgressed</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1285">covenant</s>, <sn="834">which</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6965">performed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="834">which</s> they had <sn="3772">made</s><sn="6440">before</s> me, <sn="834">when</s> they <sn="3772">cut</s> the <sn="5695">calf</s> in <sn="8147">twain</s>, and <sn="5674">passed</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="1335">parts</s> thereof, </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and the <sn="8269">princes</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, the <sn="5631">eunuchs</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, which <sn="5674">passed</s><sn="996">between</s> the <sn="1335">parts</s> of the <sn="5695">calf</s>; </v>
<vn='20'>I will even <sn="5414">give</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of their <sn="341">enemies</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of them that <sn="1245">seek</s> their <sn="5315">life</s>: and their dead <sn="5038">bodies</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> for <sn="3978">meat</s> unto the <sn="5775">fowls</s> of the <sn="8064">heaven</s>, and to the <sn="929">beasts</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and his <sn="8269">princes</s> will I <sn="5414">give</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of their <sn="341">enemies</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of them that <sn="1245">seek</s> their <sn="5315">life</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> 's <sn="2428">army</s>, which are gone <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> you. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="6680">command</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and cause them to <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>; and they shall <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5921">against</s> it, and <sn="3920">take</s> it, and <sn="8313">burn</s> it with <sn="784">fire</s>: and I will <sn="5414">make</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> a <sn="8077">desolation</s><sn="4480 369">without</s> an <sn="3427">inhabitant</s>. </v>