Verse 16
Jeremiah 39:16
Free Bible Version
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“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: I am about to keep my promise I made against this city—to harm it and not to help it—you'll see it for yourself when it happens.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הָל֣וֹךְ וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֡ לְ/עֶבֶד מֶ֨לֶךְ הַ/כּוּשִׁ֜י לֵ/אמֹ֗ר כֹּֽה אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאוֹת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְ/נִי֩ מבי מֵבִ֨יא אֶת דְּבָרַ֜/י אֶל הָ/עִ֥יר הַ/זֹּ֛את לְ/רָעָ֖ה וְ/לֹ֣א לְ/טוֹבָ֑ה וְ/הָי֥וּ לְ/פָנֶ֖י/ךָ בַּ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/הֽוּא
English Translation
Go and say to the servant of the king of Cush, thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing my words to this city for disaster and not for good, and they shall be before you on that day.
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Chapter 39 Context
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In the tenth month of the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of...
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On the ninth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah's reign, the city wall was bro...
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All the officials of the king of Babylon came in and took over the city, making their headquarters a...
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When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the defenders saw them there, they ran away. They escaped from t...
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But the Babylonian army chased after them and caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They...
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The king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons killed as Zedekiah watched, and he also executed all of Juda...
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Then he had Zedekiah's eyes gouged out, and had him bound with bronze chains and taken away to Babyl...
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The Babylonians burned down the king's palace and the people's houses, and they demolished Jerusalem...
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Then Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried off to Babylon the rest of the people who had st...
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But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poorest people who didn't have any property. He...
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11
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders to Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard regarding...
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“Go and get Jeremiah and watch out that nothing bad happens to him. Do whatever he wants.”
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So Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and...
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took Jeremiah from the guard's courtyard, and they handed him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the so...
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During the time that Jeremiah had been kept prisoner in the guard's courtyard, a message from the Lo...
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“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel...
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But when that day comes I'm going to save you, declares the Lord. You won't be handed over to the pe...
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I promise to rescue you so that you're won't be killed. Your reward will be your life, because you t...
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