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Jeremiah 34:22

הִנְנִ֨י מְצַוֶּ֜ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה וַהֲשִׁ֨בֹתִ֜ים אֶל־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ וְנִלְחֲמ֣וּ עָלֶ֔יהָ וּלְכָד֖וּהָ וּשְׂרָפֻ֣הָ בָאֵ֑שׁ וְאֶת־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה אֶתֵּ֥ן שְׁמָמָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין יֹשֵֽׁב׃ פ Behold, I am commanding,’ declares YHWH, ‘and I will bring them back against this city, and they will fight against it and … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:21

וְאֶת־צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֜ה וְאֶת־שָׂרָ֗יו אֶתֵּן֙ בְּיַ֣ד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֑ם וּבְיַד חֵ֚יל מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל הָעֹלִ֖ים מֵעֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ And Tsidqiyyahu king of Yehuda and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:20

וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֹותָם֙ בְּיַ֣ד אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֔ם וּבְיַ֖ד מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְהָיְתָ֤ה נִבְלָתָם֙ לְמַֽאֲכָ֔ל לְעֹ֥וף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ And I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life, and their carcasses shall be … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:19

שָׂרֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֜ה וְשָׂרֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הַסָּֽרִסִים֙ וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וְכֹ֖ל עַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ הָעֹ֣בְרִ֔ים בֵּ֖ין בִּתְרֵ֥י הָעֵֽגֶל׃ The officials of Yehuda and the officials of Yerushalayim, the eunuchs and the priests, and all the people of the land, those who passed between the parts … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:18

וְנָתַתִּ֣י אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הָעֹֽבְרִים֙ אֶת־בְּרִתִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־הֵקִ֨ימוּ֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י הַבְּרִ֔ית אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרְת֖וּ לְפָנָ֑י הָעֵ֨גֶל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּרְת֣וּ לִשְׁנַ֔יִם וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ בֵּ֥ין בְּתָרָֽיו׃ And I will give the men who transgressed My covenant, who did not establish the words of the covenant that they cut … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:17

לָכֵן֮ כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֒ אַתֶּם֙ לֹֽא־שְׁמַעְתֶּ֣ם אֵלַ֔י לִקְרֹ֣א דְרֹ֔ור אִ֥ישׁ לְאָחִ֖יו וְאִ֣ישׁ לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ הִנְנִ֣י קֹרֵא֩ לָכֶ֨ם דְּרֹ֜ור נְאֻם־יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־הַחֶ֨רֶב֙ אֶל־הַדֶּ֣בֶר וְאֶל־הָרָעָ֔ב וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ לְזוּעָה לְכֹ֖ל מַמְלְכֹ֥ות הָאָֽרֶץ׃ Therefore, thus says YHWH: ‘You have not listened to Me to proclaim liberty, each … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:16

וַתָּשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ וַתְּחַלְּל֣וּ אֶת־שְׁמִ֔י וַתָּשִׁ֗בוּ אִ֤ישׁ אֶת־עַבְדֹּו֙ וְאִ֣ישׁ אֶת־שִׁפְחָתֹ֔ו אֲשֶׁר־שִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם חָפְשִׁ֖ים לְנַפְשָׁ֑ם וַתִּכְבְּשׁ֣וּ אֹתָ֔ם לִֽהְיֹ֣ות לָכֶ֔ם לַעֲבָדִ֖ים וְלִשְׁפָחֹֽות׃ ס But you turned back and profaned My Name, and you brought back each man his male servant and each man his female … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:15

וַתָּשֻׁ֨בוּ אַתֶּ֜ם הַיֹּ֗ום וַתַּעֲשׂ֤וּ אֶת־הַיָּשָׁר֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י לִקְרֹ֥א דְרֹ֖ור אִ֣ישׁ לְרֵעֵ֑הוּ וַתִּכְרְת֤וּ בְרִית֙ לְפָנַ֔י בַּבַּ֕יִת אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָ֥א שְׁמִ֖י עָלָֽיו׃ But you turned back today and did what is right in My eyes, to proclaim liberty each man to his fellow. And you … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:14

מִקֵּ֣ץ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֡ים תְּֽשַׁלְּח֡וּ אִישׁ֩ אֶת־אָחִ֨יו הָעִבְרִ֜י אֲשֶֽׁר־יִמָּכֵ֣ר לְךָ֗ וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֙ שֵׁ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֔ים וְשִׁלַּחְתֹּ֥ו חָפְשִׁ֖י מֵֽעִמָּ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־שָׁמְע֤וּ אֲבֹֽותֵיכֶם֙ אֵלַ֔י וְלֹ֥א הִטּ֖וּ אֶת־אָזְנָֽם׃ At the end of seven years you shall release each man his ʿIvri brother who has been sold to … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:13

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אָנֹכִ֗י כָּרַ֤תִּֽי בְרִית֙ אֶת־אֲבֹ֣ותֵיכֶ֔ם בְּיֹ֨ום הֹוצִאִ֤י אֹותָם֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם מִבֵּ֥ית עֲבָדִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר׃ “Thus said YHWH, the God of Yisraʾel: ‘I made a covenant with your fathers on the day I brought them out from the land … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:12

וַיְהִ֤י דְבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ מֵאֵ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃ And the word of YHWH came to Yirmeyahu from YHWH, saying,   Morphology וַיְהִ֤י (va-yehī) – Root: היה; Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And it came to be”; Notes: Standard narrative … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:11

וַיָּשׁ֨וּבוּ֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיָּשִׁ֗בוּ אֶת־הָֽעֲבָדִים֙ וְאֶת־הַשְּׁפָחֹ֔ות אֲשֶׁ֥ר שִׁלְּח֖וּ חָפְשִׁ֑ים וַיַּכְבִּשֻׁ֙ם֙ לַעֲבָדִ֖ים וְלִשְׁפָחֹֽות׃ ס But afterward they turned back and took back the male servants and the female servants whom they had released free, and they subdued them to be male servants … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:10

וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ֩ כָל־הַשָּׂרִ֨ים וְכָל־הָעָ֜ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֣אוּ בַבְּרִ֗ית לְ֠שַׁלַּח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־עַבְדֹּ֞ו וְאִ֤ישׁ אֶת־שִׁפְחָתֹו֙ חָפְשִׁ֔ים לְבִלְתִּ֥י עֲבָד־בָּ֖ם עֹ֑וד וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ וַיְשַׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ And all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant heard, to release each man his male servant and each … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:9

לְ֠שַׁלַּח אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־עַבְדֹּ֞ו וְאִ֧ישׁ אֶת־שִׁפְחָתֹ֛ו הָעִבְרִ֥י וְהָעִבְרִיָּ֖ה חָפְשִׁ֑ים לְבִלְתִּ֧י עֲבָד־בָּ֛ם בִּיהוּדִ֥י אָחִ֖יהוּ אִֽישׁ׃ To release each man his male servant, and each man his female servant, the ʿIvri man and the ʿIvri woman, free, so that no one should enslave … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:8

הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה אַחֲרֵ֡י כְּרֹת֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ בְּרִ֗ית אֶת־כָּל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּירֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִקְרֹ֥א לָהֶ֖ם דְּרֹֽור׃ The word that came to Yirmeyahu from YHWH after King Tsidqiyyahu had cut a covenant with all the people who were in Yerushalayim, to … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:7

וְחֵ֣יל מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֗ל נִלְחָמִים֙ עַל־יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְעַ֛ל כָּל־עָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה הַנֹּֽותָרֹ֑ות אֶל־לָכִישׁ֙ וְאֶל־עֲזֵקָ֔ה כִּ֣י הֵ֗נָּה נִשְׁאֲר֛וּ בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה עָרֵ֥י מִבְצָֽר׃ פ And the army of the king of Bavel was fighting against Yerushalayim and against all the cities of Yehuda that remained, against … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:6

וַיְדַבֵּר֙ יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֔יא אֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ And Yirmeyahu the prophet spoke to Tsidqiyyahu king of Yehuda all these words in Yerushalayim,   Morphology וַיְדַבֵּר֙ (va-yedabbēr) – Root: דבר; Form: Piel wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:5

בְּשָׁלֹ֣ום תָּמ֗וּת וּֽכְמִשְׂרְפֹ֣ות אֲ֠בֹותֶיךָ הַמְּלָכִ֨ים הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֗יךָ כֵּ֚ן יִשְׂרְפוּ־לָ֔ךְ וְהֹ֥וי אָדֹ֖ון יִסְפְּדוּ־לָ֑ךְ כִּֽי־דָבָ֥ר אֲנִֽי־דִבַּ֖רְתִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ ס In peace you shall die, and as the burnings for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they shall burn … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:4

אַ֚ךְ שְׁמַ֣ע דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ עָלֶ֔יךָ לֹ֥א תָמ֖וּת בֶּחָֽרֶב׃ Nevertheless, hear the word of YHWH, Tsidqiyyahu king of Yehuda! Thus said YHWH concerning you: ‘You shall not die by the sword.   Morphology אַ֚ךְ (ʾakh) – Root: … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:3

וְאַתָּ֗ה לֹ֚א תִמָּלֵט֙ מִיָּדֹ֔ו כִּ֚י תָּפֹ֣שׂ תִּתָּפֵ֔שׂ וּבְיָדֹ֖ו תִּנָּתֵ֑ן וְֽ֠עֵינֶיךָ אֶת־עֵינֵ֨י מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֜ל תִּרְאֶ֗ינָה וּפִ֛יהוּ אֶת־פִּ֥יךָ יְדַבֵּ֖ר וּבָבֶ֥ל תָּבֹֽוא׃ And you shall not escape from his hand, for you shall surely be captured and into his hand you shall be given. … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:2

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הָלֹךְ֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ אֶל־צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֜ן אֶת־הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ בְּיַ֣ד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֔ל וּשְׂרָפָ֖הּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ “Thus said YHWH, the God of Yisraʾel: ‘Go and you shall say to Tsidqiyyahu king of Yehuda, and … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 34:1

הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וּנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֣ל וְכָל־חֵילֹ֡ו וְכָל־מַמְלְכֹ֣ות אֶרֶץ֩ מֶמְשֶׁ֨לֶת יָדֹ֜ו וְכָל־הָעַמִּ֗ים נִלְחָמִ֧ים עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם וְעַל־כָּל־עָרֶ֖יהָ לֵאמֹֽר׃ The word that came to Yirmeyahu from YHWH when Nevukhadretstsar king of Bavel and all his army and all the kingdoms of the … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 33:26

גַּם־זֶ֣רַע יַעֲקֹוב֩ וְדָוִ֨ד עַבְדִּ֜י אֶמְאַ֗ס מִקַּ֤חַת מִזַּרְעֹו֙ מֹֽשְׁלִ֔ים אֶל־זֶ֥רַע אַבְרָהָָ֖ם יִשְׂחָ֣ק וְיַעֲקֹ֑ב כִּֽי־אָשִׁיב אֶת־שְׁבוּתָ֖ם וְרִחַמְתִּֽים׃ ס Also the offspring of Yaʿaqov and Dawid My servant I will not reject, from taking of his seed rulers over the seed of Avraham, … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 33:25

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֥א בְרִיתִ֖י יֹומָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה חֻקֹּ֛ות שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָ֖רֶץ לֹא־שָֽׂמְתִּי׃ Thus says YHWH: ‘If not for My covenant with day and night, the statutes of heaven and earth I would not have established;   Morphology כֹּ֚ה (koh) – Root: … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 33:24

הֲלֹ֣וא רָאִ֗יתָ מָֽה־הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ דִּבְּר֣וּ לֵאמֹ֔ר שְׁתֵּ֣י הַמִּשְׁפָּחֹ֗ות אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּחַ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה בָּהֶ֖ם וַיִּמְאָסֵ֑ם וְאֶת־עַמִּי֙ יִנְאָצ֔וּן מִֽהְיֹ֥ות עֹ֖וד גֹּ֥וי לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ ס “Have you not seen what this people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families that YHWH chose, He has rejected them’? … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 33:23

וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר׃ And the word of YHWH came to Yirmeyahu, saying,   Morphology וַֽיְהִי (vayehí) – Root: הָיָה; Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd masculine singular; Translation: “And it came to be”; Notes: Narrative introduction formula, marking the start of … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 33:22

אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־יִסָּפֵר֙ צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְלֹ֥א יִמַּ֖ד חֹ֣ול הַיָּ֑ם כֵּ֣ן אַרְבֶּ֗ה אֶת־זֶ֨רַע֙ דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֔י וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם מְשָׁרְתֵ֥י אֹתִֽי׃ ס Just as the host of the heavens cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 33:21

גַּם־בְּרִיתִ֤י תֻפַר֙ אֶת־דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדִּ֔י מִהְיֹֽות־לֹ֥ו בֵ֖ן מֹלֵ֣ךְ עַל־כִּסְאֹ֑ו וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֥ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים מְשָׁרְתָֽי׃ also My covenant with Dawid My servant would be broken, from having for him a son reigning on his throne, and with the Leviyim priests, My ministers.   Morphology … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 33:20

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אִם־תָּפֵ֨רוּ֙ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י הַיֹּ֔ום וְאֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י הַלָּ֑יְלָה וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י הֱיֹ֥ות יֹֽומָם־וָלַ֖יְלָה בְּעִתָּֽם׃ “Thus said YHWH: ‘If you break My covenant of the day and My covenant of the night, so that day and night are not in their time,   … Continue reading

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Jeremiah 33:19

וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽור׃ And the word of YHWH came to Yirmeyahu, saying,   Morphology וַֽיְהִי (va-yehi) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (narrative past) 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And it came to be”; Notes: Introduces a prophetic … Continue reading

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