OET JER chapter 37

37 By now Yoshiyah’s son Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah) reigned as king instead of Yehoyakim’s son Yehoyakin. The Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar had made Tsidkiyah king over the Yehudah region.[ref] 2 However, Tsidkiyah, his servants, and his people wouldn’t listen to Yahweh’s messages that he’d given via the prophet Yirmeyah.

3 Eventually, King Tsidkiyah, Shelemyah’s son Yehukal, and Tsefanyah son of Maaseyah the priest, sent a message to the prophet Yirmeyah requesting him, “Pray on our behalf to our god, Yahweh. 4 At that time, Yirmeyah was still coming and going among the people, because he hadn’t yet been put in prison. 5 Far’oh’s (Pharaoh’s) army had come out of Egypt, and the Babylonians who were besieging Yerushalem heard the news about them and retreated from Yerushalem.

6 Then Yahweh gave Yirmeyah this message to proclaim: 7 Yisrael’s god, Yahweh told me that you people should say this to Yehudah’s king who sent you all to consult me: Listen Far’oh’s army which was coming out to help you all is about to return back to its own country, Egypt. 8 Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city, then they’ll capture it and burn it down. 9 Yahweh says not to deceive yourselves that the Babylonians have left, because they won’t leave, 10 because even if you all defeated the entire Babylonian army that’s attacking you so that only wounded men were left in their tents, they would get up and burn down this city.

37:11 Yirmeyah is arrested and imprisoned

11 Then when the Babylonian army had left Yerushalem to avoid Far’oh’s army, 12 Yirmeyah left the city to go to the Benyamin region to take possession of a section of land there among his people. 13 As he went through the Binyamin gate, a chief guard named Yiriyah (son of Shelemyah, son of Hananyah) was there. He seized the prophet Yirmeyah and claimed that he was deserting to the Babylonians.

14 But Yirmeyah disputed, “That’s a lie—I’m not deserting to the Babylonians.” However Yiriyah wouldn’t listen to him and he arrested him and took him to the officials. 15 The officials were angry at Yirmeyah and they had him beaten and put in prison. (The place had been the house of the scribe Yonatan, but it had been converted into a prison.) 16 So Yirmeyah was kept there in an underground cell for several days.

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37:1: 2Ki 24:17; 2Ch 36:10.

37 and_he _reigned king Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) the _son _of Yʼoshiy^yāh/(Josiah) in _place _of Kānə^yāhū/(Coniah) the _son _of Yəhōyāqīm whom Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar he _made _king the _king _of Bāⱱel in_land of _Yəhūdāh.
2 And_not he _listened he and_servants _of_his and_the _people _of the_earth/land to the _words/messages _of YHWH which he _spoke by_the _hand _of Yirmə^yāh the_prophet.
3 And_he _sent the_king Tsidqiy^yāh DOM Yəhūkal/(Jehucal) the _son _of Shelem^yāh and_DOM Tsəfan^yāh/(Zephaniah) the _son _of Maˊₐsē^yāh the_priest/officer to Yirmə^yāh the_prophet to_say pray please for_us to YHWH god _of_our.
4 And_Yirmə^yāh was_coming and_was_going _out in _the_middle the_people and_not they _had _put DOM_him/it the _house _of (the)_imprisonment[fn].
5 And_the _army _of Parˊoh it _had _come _forth from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_they _had _heard the_ones_from _Kasdiy who_were_laying _siege on Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) DOM report _of_their and_they _had _taken _themselves _up from_under Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).
6 and_ the _message _of _he/it _was of_YHWH to Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet to_say.
7 Thus YHWH he _says the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) thus[fn] you(pl)_will _say to the _king _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) who_sent you(pl) to_me to_consult_me THERE the _army _of Parˊoh which_was_coming _out to/for_you(pl) to_help is_about _to _return to_its _own _of_land Miʦrayim.
8 And_they _will _return the_ones_from _Kasdiy and_they _will _fight on the_city (the)_this and_they_will _capture _it and_they_will _burn _it with_fire.
9 thus YHWH he _says do _not deceive selves _of_your(pl) to_say surely _(go) they _will _go from_on_us the_ones_from _Kasdiy if/because not they _will _go.
10 If/because if you(pl)_defeated all _of the _army _of the_ones_from _Kasdiy who_are_fighting with_you(pl) and_they _survived among_them men pierced _through everyone in_tent _of_his they _will _arise and_they _will _burn DOM the_city (the)_this with_fire.
11 And_it _was when_had _taken _itself _up the _army _of the_ones_from _Kasdiy from_under Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) from_face/in _front _of the _army _of Parˊoh.
12 and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _went _out from_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) to_ the _land _of _go of _Binyāmīn to_receive _a _portion from_there in _the_middle the_people.
13 And_he/it _was he was_at_the _gate _of Binyāmīn and_there a _captain _of the_guard and_his/its_name was_Yirʼiyyāyh/(Irijah) the _son _of Shelem^yāh the _son _of Ḩₐnan^yāh and_he _arrested DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) the_prophet to_say to the_ones_from _Kasdiy you are_falling.
14 And_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _said a _lie not_I am_falling on the_ones_from _Kasdiy and_not he _listened to_him/it and_ Yirʼiyyāyh/(Irijah) _he _seized (in)_Yirmə^yāh and_he_brought _him to the_officials.
15 And_they _were _angry the_officials towards Yirmə^yāh and_they _struck DOM_him/it and_they _put him the _house _of (the)_fetter[s] the _house _of Yōnātān/(Yəhōnātān/(Jonathan)) the_scribe if/because DOM_him/it they _had _made into _(the)_house _of (the)_imprisonment.
16 If/because Yirmə^yāh he _went into the _house _of the _cistern and_near/to the_cells and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived there Yirmə^yāh days many.
17 and_he _sent the_king Tsidqiy^yāh/(Zedekiah) and_he_took _him and_he_asked _him the_king in_house _of_his in_secrecy and_he/it _said is_there a _message from_with YHWH and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _said there_is and_he/it _said in_the _hand _of the _king _of Bāⱱel you _will _be _given.
18 and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _said to the_king Tsidqiy^yāh what have _I _sinned to/for_yourself(m) and_to_servants _of_your and_to_people the_this (cmp) you(pl)_have _put me into the _house _of (the)_imprisonment.
19 And_where[fn] prophets _of_are_your(pl) who they _prophesied to/for_you(pl) to_say not he _will _come the _king _of Bāⱱel on_you(pl) and_on the_earth/land (the)_this.
20 And_now listen please my_master the_king may _it _fall please supplication _of_my to_your_face and_do _not make_me _go _back the _house _of Yōnātān the_scribe and_not I _will _die there.
21 And_he _commanded the_king Tsidqiy^yāh and_they _deposited DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) in_the _courtyard _of the _guard and_they _gave to_him/it a _round _loaf _of bread to_day from_the _street _of the _bakers until was _finished all _of the_bread from the_city and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_the _courtyard _of the _guard.

37:4 OSHB variant note: ה/כליא: (x-qere) ’הַ/כְּלֽוּא’: lemma_d/3628 n_0 morph_HTd/Ncmsa id_24fJr הַ/כְּלֽוּא

37:7 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

37:19 OSHB variant note: ו/אי/ו: (x-qere) ’וְ/אַיֵּה֙’: lemma_c/346 n_1.1.0 morph_HC/Ti id_24sQJ וְ/אַיֵּה֙

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