Jer 41 | EngLXX | STEP | The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord (now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and allhis army, and all the country of his dominion, were warring against Jerusalem, and against all the citiesof Juda,) saying,

‏ Jeremiah 41

1 The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord (now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and allhis army, and all the country of his dominion, were warring against Jerusalem, and against all the citiesof Juda,) saying, 2 Thus has the Lord said; Go to Sedekias king of Juda, and you shall say to him, Thus hasthe Lord said, This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shalltake it, and shall burn it with fire: 3 and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall certainly be taken, and shall be giveninto his hands; and your eyes shall see his eyes, and you shall enter into Babylon. 4 But hear the word of the Lord, O Sedekias king of Juda; Thus says the Lord, 5 You shall die in peace: and as they wept for your fathers that reigned before you, theyshall weep also for you,saying, Ah lord! and they shall lament for you down to the grave: for I have spoken the word,said the Lord. 6 And Jeremias spoke to king Sedekias all these words in Jerusalem. 7 And the host of the king of Babylon warred against Jerusalem, and against the cities ofJuda, and against Lachis, and against Azeca: for these strong cities were left among the cities of Juda. 8 The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after king Sedekias had concluded a covenantwith the people, to proclaim a release; 9 That every one should set at liberty his servant, and every one has handmaid, the Hebrewman and Hebrew woman, that no man of Juda should be a bondman. 10 Then all the nobles, and all the people who had entered into the covenant,engaging to set free every one his man-servant, and every one his maid, turned, 11 and gave them over to be menservants and maidservants. 12 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying, 13 Thus says the Lord; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day wherein I took themout of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying, 14 When six years are accomplished, you shall set free your brother the Hebrew, who shallbe sold to you: for he shall serve you six years, andthen you shall let him go free: but they hearkened not to me, and inclined not their ear. 15 And this day they turned to do that which was right in my sight, to proclaim every onethe release of his neighbor; and they had concluded a covenant before me, in the house whereon my nameis called. 16 But you⌃ turned and profaned my name, to bring back every one his servant, and everyone his handmaid, whom you⌃ had sent forth freeand at their own disposal, to be to you menservants and maidservants. 17 Therefore thus said the Lord; You⌃ have not hearkened to me, to proclaim a release everyone to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a release to you, to the sword, and to the pestilence, and tothe famine; and I will give you up to dispersionamong all the kingdoms of the earth. 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not kept my covenant,which they made before me, the calf which they prepared to sacrifice with it, the princes of Juda, and the men in power, and the priests, and the people; I will even give them to their enemies, and their carcases shall be food for the birdsof the sky and for the wild beasts of the earth. And I will give Sedekias king of Judea, and their princes, into the hands of their enemies,and the host of the king of Babylonshall come upon them that run away from them. Behold, Iwill give command, says the Lord, and will bring them back to this land; and they shall fightagainst it, and take it, and burn it with fire, and the cities of Juda; and I will make them desolatewithout inhabitants.