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Jeremiah 40:1--41:18

40:1

The word
<01697>

that came to Jeremiah
<03414>

from the LORD
<03068>_,

after
<0310>

that Nebuzaradan
<05018>

the captain
<07227>

of the guard
<02876>

had let him go
<07971> (8763)

from Ramah
<07414>_,

when he had taken
<03947> (8800)

him being bound
<0631> (8803)

in chains
<0246>

among
<08432>

all that were carried away captive
<01546>

of Jerusalem
<03389>

and Judah
<03063>_,

which were carried away captive
<01540> (8716)

unto Babylon
<0894>_.

{chains: or, manicles}

40:2

And the captain
<07227>

of the guard
<02876>

took
<03947> (8799)

Jeremiah
<03414>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, The LORD
<03068>

thy God
<0430>

hath pronounced
<01696> (8765)

this evil
<07451>

upon this place
<04725>_.

40:3

Now the LORD
<03068>

hath brought
<0935> (8686)

[it], and done
<06213> (8799)

according as he hath said
<01696> (8765)_:

because ye have sinned
<02398> (8804)

against the LORD
<03068>_,

and have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

his voice
<06963>_,

therefore this thing
<01697>

is come upon you.

40:4

And now, behold, I loose
<06605> (8765)

thee this day
<03117>

from the chains
<0246>

which [were] upon thine hand
<03027>_.

If it seem good
<02896> <05869>

unto thee to come
<0935> (8800)

with me into Babylon
<0894>_,

come
<0935> (8798)_;

and I will look well
<07760> (8799) <05869>

unto thee: but if it seem ill
<07489> (8804) <05869>

unto thee to come
<0935> (8800)

with me into Babylon
<0894>_,

forbear
<02308> (8798)_:

behold
<07200> (8798)_,

all the land
<0776>

[is] before
<06440>

thee: whither it seemeth
<0413>

good
<02896>

and convenient
<03477> <05869>

for thee to go
<03212> (8800)_,

thither go
<03212> (8798)_.

{were...: or, are upon thine hand} {I will...: Heb. I will set mine eye upon thee}

40:5

Now while he was not yet gone back
<07725> (8799)_,

[he said], Go back
<07725> (8798)

also to Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

the son
<01121>

of Shaphan
<08227>_,

whom the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

hath made governor
<06485> (8689)

over the cities
<05892>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and dwell
<03427> (8798)

with him among
<08432>

the people
<05971>_:

or go
<03212> (8798)

wheresoever it seemeth convenient
<03477> <05869>

unto thee to go
<03212> (8800)_.

So the captain
<07227>

of the guard
<02876>

gave
<05414> (8799)

him victuals
<0737>

and a reward
<04864>_,

and let him go
<07971> (8762)_.

40:6

Then went
<0935> (8799)

Jeremiah
<03414>

unto Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

to Mizpah
<04708>_;

and dwelt
<03427> (8799)

with him among
<08432>

the people
<05971>

that were left
<07604> (8737)

in the land
<0776>_.

40:7

Now when all the captains
<08269>

of the forces
<02428>

which [were] in the fields
<07704>_,

[even] they and their men
<0582>_,

heard
<08085> (8799)

that the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

had made Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

governor
<06485> (8689)

in the land
<0776>_,

and had committed
<06485> (8689)

unto him men
<0582>_,

and women
<0802>_,

and children
<02945>_,

and of the poor
<01803>

of the land
<0776>_,

of them that were not carried away captive
<01540> (8717)

to Babylon
<0894>_;

40:8

Then they came
<0935> (8799)

to Gedaliah
<01436>

to Mizpah
<04708>_,

even Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>_,

and Johanan
<03110>

and Jonathan
<03129>

the sons
<01121>

of Kareah
<07143>_,

and Seraiah
<08304>

the son
<01121>

of Tanhumeth
<08576>_,

and the sons
<01121>

of Ephai
<05778>

the Netophathite
<05200>_,

and Jezaniah
<03153>

the son
<01121>

of a Maachathite
<04602>_,

they and their men
<0582>_.

40:9

And Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

the son
<01121>

of Shaphan
<08227>

sware
<07650> (8735)

unto them and to their men
<0582>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Fear
<03372> (8799)

not to serve
<05647> (8800)

the Chaldeans
<03778>_:

dwell in
<03427> (8798)

the land
<0776>_,

and serve
<05647> (8798)

the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_,

and it shall be well
<03190> (8799)

with you.

40:10

As for me, behold, I will dwell
<03427> (8802)

at Mizpah
<04709>

to serve
<05975> (8800) <06440>

the Chaldeans
<03778>_,

which will come
<0935> (8799)

unto us: but ye, gather
<0622> (8798)

ye wine
<03196>_,

and summer fruits
<07019>_,

and oil
<08081>_,

and put
<07760> (8798)

[them] in your vessels
<03627>_,

and dwell
<03427> (8798)

in your cities
<05892>

that ye have taken
<08610> (8804)_.

{to serve: Heb. to stand before}

40:11

Likewise when all the Jews
<03064>

that [were] in Moab
<04124>_,

and among the Ammonites
<05983>_,

and in Edom
<0123>_,

and that [were] in all the countries
<0776>_,

heard
<08085> (8804)

that the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

had left
<05414> (8804)

a remnant
<07611>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and that he had set
<06485> (8689)

over them Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

the son
<01121>

of Shaphan
<08227>_;

40:12

Even all the Jews
<03064>

returned out
<07725> (8799)

of all places
<04725>

whither they were driven
<05080> (8738)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to the land
<0776>

of Judah
<03063>_,

to Gedaliah
<01436>_,

unto Mizpah
<04708>_,

and gathered
<0622> (8799)

wine
<03196>

and summer fruits
<07019>

very
<03966>

much
<07235> (8687)_.

40:13

Moreover Johanan
<03110>

the son
<01121>

of Kareah
<07143>_,

and all the captains
<08269>

of the forces
<02428>

that [were] in the fields
<07704>_,

came
<0935> (8804)

to Gedaliah
<01436>

to Mizpah
<04708>_,

40:14

And said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Dost thou certainly
<03045> (8800)

know
<03045> (8799)

that Baalis
<01185>

the king
<04428>

of the Ammonites
<01121> <05983>

hath sent
<07971> (8804)

Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

to slay
<05221> (8687) <05315>

thee? But Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

believed
<0539> (8689)

them not. {to slay...: Heb. to strike thee in soul?}

40:15

Then Johanan
<03110>

the son
<01121>

of Kareah
<07143>

spake
<0559> (8804)

to Gedaliah
<01436>

in Mizpah
<04709>

secretly
<05643>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Let me go
<03212> (8799)_,

I pray thee, and I will slay
<05221> (8686)

Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>_,

and no man
<0376>

shall know
<03045> (8799)

[it]: wherefore should he slay
<05221> (8686) <05315>

thee, that all the Jews
<03064>

which are gathered
<06908> (8737)

unto thee should be scattered
<06327> (8738)_,

and the remnant
<07611>

in Judah
<03063>

perish
<06> (8804)_?

40:16

But Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Johanan
<03110>

the son
<01121>

of Kareah
<07143>_,

Thou shalt not do
<06213> (8799)

this thing
<01697>_:

for thou speakest
<01696> (8802)

falsely
<08267>

of Ishmael
<03458>_.

41:1

Now it came to pass in the seventh
<07637>

month
<02320>_,

[that] Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

the son
<01121>

of Elishama
<0476>_,

of the seed
<02233>

royal
<04410>_,

and the princes
<07227>

of the king
<04428>_,

even ten
<06235>

men
<0582>

with him, came
<0935> (8804)

unto Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

to Mizpah
<04709>_;

and there they did eat
<0398> (8799)

bread
<03899>

together
<03162>

in Mizpah
<04708>_.

41:2

Then arose
<06965> (8799)

Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>_,

and the ten
<06235>

men
<0582>

that were with him, and smote
<05221> (8686)

Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>

the son
<01121>

of Shaphan
<08227>

with the sword
<02719>_,

and slew
<04191> (8686)

him, whom the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

had made governor
<06485> (8689)

over the land
<0776>_.

41:3

Ishmael
<03458>

also slew
<05221> (8689)

all the Jews
<03064>

that were with him, [even] with Gedaliah
<01436>_,

at Mizpah
<04709>_,

and the Chaldeans
<03778>

that were found
<04672> (8738)

there, [and] the men
<0582>

of war
<04421>_.

41:4

And it came to pass the second
<08145>

day
<03117>

after he had slain
<04191> (8687)

Gedaliah
<01436>_,

and no man
<0376>

knew
<03045> (8804)

[it],

41:5

That there came
<0935> (8799)

certain
<0582>

from Shechem
<07927>_,

from Shiloh
<07887>_,

and from Samaria
<08111>_,

[even] fourscore
<08084>

men
<0376>_,

having their beards
<02206>

shaven
<01548> (8794)_,

and their clothes
<0899>

rent
<07167> (8803)_,

and having cut
<01413> (8706)

themselves, with offerings
<04503>

and incense
<03828>

in their hand
<03027>_,

to bring
<0935> (8687)

[them] to the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

41:6

And Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

went forth
<03318> (8799)

from Mizpah
<04709>

to meet
<07125> (8800)

them, weeping
<01058> (8802)

all along
<01980> (8800)

as he went
<01980> (8802)_:

and it came to pass, as he met
<06298> (8800)

them, he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Come
<0935> (8798)

to Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>_.

{weeping...: Heb. in going and weeping}

41:7

And it was [so], when they came
<0935> (8800)

into the midst
<08432>

of the city
<05892>_,

that Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

slew
<07819> (8799)

them, [and cast them] into the midst
<08432>

of the pit
<0953>_,

he, and the men
<0582>

that [were] with him.

41:8

But ten
<06235>

men
<0582>

were found
<04672> (8738)

among them that said
<0559> (8799)

unto Ishmael
<03458>_,

Slay
<04191> (8686)

us not: for we have
<03426>

treasures
<04301>

in the field
<07704>_,

of wheat
<02406>_,

and of barley
<08184>_,

and of oil
<08081>_,

and of honey
<01706>_.

So he forbare
<02308> (8799)_,

and slew
<04191> (8689)

them not among
<08432>

their brethren
<0251>_.

41:9

Now the pit
<0953>

wherein Ishmael
<03458>

had cast
<07993> (8689)

all the dead bodies
<06297>

of the men
<0582>_,

whom he had slain
<05221> (8689)

because
<03027>

of Gedaliah
<01436>_,

[was] it which Asa
<0609>

the king
<04428>

had made
<06213> (8804)

for fear
<06440>

of Baasha
<01201>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_:

[and] Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

filled
<04390> (8765)

it with [them that were] slain
<02491>_.

{because...: or, near Gedaliah: Heb. by the hand, or, by the side of Gedaliah}

41:10

Then Ishmael
<03458>

carried away captive
<07617> (8799)

all the residue
<07611>

of the people
<05971>

that [were] in Mizpah
<04709>_,

[even] the king's
<04428>

daughters
<01323>_,

and all the people
<05971>

that remained
<07604> (8737)

in Mizpah
<04709>_,

whom Nebuzaradan
<05018>

the captain
<07227>

of the guard
<02876>

had committed
<06485> (8689)

to Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>_:

and Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

carried them away captive
<07617> (8799)_,

and departed
<03212> (8799)

to go over
<05674> (8800)

to the Ammonites
<01121> <05983>_.

41:11

But when Johanan
<03110>

the son
<01121>

of Kareah
<07143>_,

and all the captains
<08269>

of the forces
<02428>

that [were] with him, heard
<08085> (8799)

of all the evil
<07451>

that Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

had done
<06213> (8804)_,

41:12

Then they took
<03947> (8799)

all the men
<0582>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to fight
<03898> (8736)

with Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>_,

and found
<04672> (8799)

him by the great
<07227>

waters
<04325>

that [are] in Gibeon
<01391>_.

41:13

Now it came to pass, [that] when all the people
<05971>

which [were] with Ishmael
<03458>

saw
<07200> (8800)

Johanan
<03110>

the son
<01121>

of Kareah
<07143>_,

and all the captains
<08269>

of the forces
<02428>

that [were] with him, then they were glad
<08055> (8799)_.

41:14

So all the people
<05971>

that Ishmael
<03458>

had carried away captive
<07617> (8804)

from Mizpah
<04709>

cast about
<05437> (8799)

and returned
<07725> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

unto Johanan
<03110>

the son
<01121>

of Kareah
<07143>_.

41:15

But Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

escaped
<04422> (8738)

from
<06440>

Johanan
<03110>

with eight
<08083>

men
<0582>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

to the Ammonites
<01121> <05983>_.

41:16

Then took
<03947> (8799)

Johanan
<03110>

the son
<01121>

of Kareah
<07143>_,

and all the captains
<08269>

of the forces
<02428>

that [were] with him, all the remnant
<07611>

of the people
<05971>

whom he had recovered
<07725> (8689)

from Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>_,

from Mizpah
<04709>_,

after
<0310>

[that] he had slain
<05221> (8689)

Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>_,

[even] mighty
<01397>

men
<0582>

of war
<04421>_,

and the women
<0802>_,

and the children
<02945>_,

and the eunuchs
<05631>_,

whom he had brought again
<07725> (8689)

from Gibeon
<01391>_:

41:17

And they departed
<03212> (8799)_,

and dwelt in
<03427> (8799)

the habitation
<01628>

of Chimham
<03643>_,

which is by
<0681>

Bethlehem
<01035>_,

to go
<03212> (8800)

to enter
<0935> (8800)

into Egypt
<04714>_,

41:18

Because
<06440>

of the Chaldeans
<03778>_:

for they were afraid
<03372> (8804)

of them, because Ishmael
<03458>

the son
<01121>

of Nethaniah
<05418>

had slain
<05221> (8689)

Gedaliah
<01436>

the son
<01121>

of Ahikam
<0296>_,

whom the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

made governor
<06485> (8689)

in the land
<0776>_.