In the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon moved against Jerusalem with his whole army, and they laid siege to it.
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בשנה
357
התשעית
1185
לצדקיהו
245
מלךיהודה
120
בחדש
314
העשרי
585
בא
3
נבוכדראצר
573
מלךבבל
124
וכלחילו
110
אלירושלם
617
ויצרו
312
עליה
115
Jeremiah 39:2
Gematria: 4154
בעשתיעשרהשנהלצדקיהובחדשהרביעיבתשעהלחדשהבקעההעיר
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, on the ninth day of the fourth month, the [walls of] the city were breached.
All the officers of the king of Babylon entered, and took up quarters at the middle gate—Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer the Rab-mag,aRab-saris…Rab-mag Titles of officers. and all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.
When King Zedekiah of Judah saw them, he and all the soldiers fled. They left the city at night, by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the double walls; and he set out toward the Arabah.bhe set out toward the Arabah Hoping to escape across the Jordan.
But the Chaldean troops pursued them, and they overtook Zedekiah in the steppes of Jericho. They captured him and brought him before King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the region of Hamath; and he put him on trial.
The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons slaughtered at Riblah before his eyes; the king of Babylon had all the nobles of Judah slaughtered.
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וישחט
333
מלך
90
בבל
34
אתבני
463
צדקיהו
215
ברבלה
239
לעיניו
176
ואת
407
כלחרי
268
יהודה
30
שחט
317
מלך
90
בבל
34
Jeremiah 39:7
Gematria: 2625
ואתעיניצדקיהועורויאסרהובנחשתיםלביאאתובבלה
Then the eyes of Zedekiah were put out and he was chained in bronze fetters, that he might be brought to Babylon.
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ואתעיני
547
צדקיהו
215
עור
276
ויאסרהו
288
בנחשתים
810
לביא
43
אתו
407
בבלה
39
Jeremiah 39:8
Gematria: 5109
ואתביתהמלךואתביתהעםשרפוהכשדיםבאשואתחמותירושלםנתצו
The Chaldeans burned down the king’s palace and the houseschouses Taking Heb. singular as collective, with Kimhi. of the people by fire, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
The remnant of the people that was left in the city, and the defectors who had gone over to him—the remnant of the people that was left—were exiled by Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, to Babylon.
But some of the poorest people who owned nothing were left in the land of Judah by Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
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ומןהעם
211
הדלים
89
אשר
501
איןלהם
136
מאומה
92
השאיר
516
נבוזראדן
320
רבטבחים
271
בארץ
293
יהודה
30
ויתן
466
להם
75
כרמים
310
ויגבים
71
ביום
58
ההוא
17
Jeremiah 39:11
Gematria: 2058
ויצונבוכדראצרמלךבבלעלירמיהובידנבוזראדןרבטבחיםלאמר
King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon had given orders to Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, concerning Jeremiah:
So Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, and Nebushazban the Rab-saris, and Nergal-sarezer the Rab-mag, and all the commanders of the king of Babylon sent
and had Jeremiah brought from the prison compound. They committed him to the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, that he might be left at liberty in a house.dthat he might be left at liberty in a house Meaning of Heb. uncertain. So he dwelt among the people.
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וישלחו
360
ויקחו
130
אתירמיהו
672
מחצר
338
המטרה
259
ויתנו
472
אתו
407
אלגדליהו
89
בןאחיקם
211
בןשפן
482
להוצאהו
143
אלהבית
448
וישב
318
בתוך
428
העםס
175
Jeremiah 39:15
Gematria: 2179
ואלירמיהוהיהדבריהוהבהיתועצורבחצרהמטרהלאמר
The word of GOD had come to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the prison compound:
Go and say to Ebed-melech the Cushite: “Thus said GOD of Hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to fulfill My words concerning this city—for disaster, not for good—and they shall come true on that day in your presence.
I will rescue you, and you shall not fall by the sword. You shall escape with your life,eYou shall escape with your life See note at 38.2. because you trusted Me—declares GOD.”