Nevi'im
Yirmeyahu52
Jeremiah · Chapter 52
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name
was Hamutal the daughter of Yirmeyahu of Libnah.
And he did
that which was evil in the eyes of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
For through the anger of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) it came to pass in Yerushalayim and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Bavel.
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month,
that Nebuchadrezzar king of Bavel came, he and all his army, against Yerushalayim, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
And in the fourth month, in the ninth
day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which
was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans
were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Yericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Bavel to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
And the king of Bavel slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Bavel bound him in chains, and carried him to Bavel, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth
day of the month, which
was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bavel, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard,
which served the king of Bavel, into Yerushalayim,
And burned the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and the king’s house; and all the houses of Yerushalayim, and all the houses of the great
men, burned he with fire:
And all the army of the Chaldeans, that
were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Yerushalayim round about.
Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive
certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Bavel, and the rest of the multitude.
But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left
certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Also the pillars of brass that
were in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and the bases, and the brasen sea that
was in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Bavel.
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups;
that which
was of gold
in gold, and
that which
was
of silver
in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that
were
under the bases, which king Shelomoh had made in the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
And
concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar
was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof
was four fingers:
it was hollow.
And a chapiter of brass
was upon it; and the height of one chapiter
was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates
were like unto these.
And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side;
and
all the pomegranates upon the network
were an hundred round about.
And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief kohen, and Zephaniah the second kohen, and the three keepers of the door:
He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king’s person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city.
So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Bavel to Riblah.
And the king of Bavel smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Yerushalayim eight hundred thirty and two persons:
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons
were four thousand and six hundred.
And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth
day of the month,
that Evil-merodach king of Bavel in the
first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that
were with him in Bavel,
And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
And
for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Bavel, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Nevi'im
Yechezqe'l1
Ezekiel · Chapter 1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth
month,
in the fifth
day of the month, as I
was among the captives by the river of Chebar,
that the shamayim were opened, and I saw visions of Elohim.
In the fifth
day of the month, which
was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
The word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) came expressly unto Yechezqe'l the kohen, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was there upon him.
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness
was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Also out of the midst thereof
came the likeness of four living creatures. And this
was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.
And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
And their feet
were straight feet; and the sole of their feet
was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass.
And
they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings.
Their wings
were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Thus
were their faces: and their wings
were stretched upward; two
wings of every one
were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.
And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went;
and they turned not when they went.
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance
was like burning coals of fire,
and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces.
The appearance of the wheels and their work
was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
When they went, they went upon their four sides:
and they turned not when they went.
As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings
were full of eyes round about them four.
And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither
was their
spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature
was in the wheels.
When those went,
these went; and when those stood,
these
stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature
was
in the wheels.
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature
was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
And under the firmament
were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
And there was a voice from the firmament that
was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.
And above the firmament that
was over their heads
was
the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne
was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so
was the appearance of the brightness round about. This
was
the appearance of the likeness of the glory of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH). And when I saw
it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Nevi'im
Yechezqe'l2
Ezekiel · Chapter 2
And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me.
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Yisra'el, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me,
even unto this very day.
For
they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the master 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they
are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a navi among them.
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns
be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they
be a rebellious house.
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they
are most rebellious.
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
And when I looked, behold, an hand
was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book
was therein;
And he spread it before me; and it
was written within and without: and
there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.