1巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒率領他的軍隊和他統治的各邦國攻打耶路撒冷及其周圍城邑時，耶和華對耶利米說：2「你去告訴猶大王西底迦，以色列的上帝耶和華說，『看啊，我要把這城交在巴比倫王的手中，使它被付之一炬。3你必逃不出巴比倫王的手心，你必在他面前受審，被帶到巴比倫。4猶大王西底迦啊！你要聽耶和華的話。論到你，耶和華說，你必不會死在刀劍之下，5你必安然去世。人們必為你燒香，像為你的先王燒香一樣，他們必為你哀悼說，唉，我主啊！』這是我耶和華說的。」6耶利米先知就在耶路撒冷把這番話告訴了猶大王西底迦。7那時，巴比倫王的軍隊正攻打耶路撒冷以及猶大剩下的兩座堅城——拉吉和亞西加。8西底迦王與耶路撒冷的居民立約讓他們釋放自己的奴隸之後，耶和華的話傳給了耶利米。9西底迦王吩咐各人要釋放自己的希伯來奴隸，任何人都不應使自己的同胞做奴隸。10所有立約的首領和人民都答應守約，並釋放了自己的奴隸，11事後卻又反悔，抓回先前釋放的奴隸，再次奴役他們。12那時，耶和華的話傳給了耶利米，說：13「以色列的上帝耶和華說，『我曾帶領你們的祖先離開埃及，使他們不再受奴役，那時我與他們立約說，14倘若你們的希伯來同胞賣身做你們的奴隸，服侍你們六年後，到第七年你們要給他們自由。你們的祖先卻掩耳不聽。15不久前，你們回心轉意，做我視為正的事，釋放自己的同胞，並且在我的殿中立了約。16然而，你們卻反悔，各自抓回先前釋放的奴隸，再次奴役他們，褻瀆了我的名。17因此耶和華說，既然你們不聽我的話，不給自己的同胞自由，看啊，我必使你們自由地死在戰爭、瘟疫和饑荒中，使你們的遭遇令天下萬國驚懼。這是耶和華說的。18猶大與耶路撒冷的首領、宮廷侍臣、祭司和全體百姓曾把牛犢劈成兩半，從中間走過跟我立約，後來卻又違背跟我立的約，不守約，所以他們的下場必像他們劈開的牛犢一樣。20我要把他們交在想殺他們的敵人手中，他們的屍體要成為飛禽走獸的食物。21我要把猶大王西底迦及其官員交在想殺他們的敵人手中，交在剛撤軍的巴比倫王手中。22看啊，我要吩咐他們回來攻佔這城，將它付之一炬，我要使猶大的城邑荒無人煙。這是耶和華說的。』」
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Zedekiah to Die in Babylon
1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the peoples were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities:2“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.3You shall not escape from his hand but shall surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You shall see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face. And you shall go to Babylon.’4Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you: ‘You shall not die by the sword.5You shall die in peace. And as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so people shall burn spices for you and lament for you, saying, “Alas, lord!”’ For I have spoken the word, declares the Lord.”6Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,7when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah, for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.8The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them,9that everyone should set free his Hebrew slaves, male and female, so that no one should enslave a Jew, his brother.10And they obeyed, all the officials and all the people who had entered into the covenant that everyone would set free his slave, male or female, so that they would not be enslaved again. They obeyed and set them free.11But afterward they turned around and took back the male and female slaves they had set free, and brought them into subjection as slaves.12The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord:13“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I myself made a covenant with your fathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying,14‘At the end of seven years each of you must set free the fellow Hebrew who has been sold to you and has served you six years; you must set him free from your service.’ But your fathers did not listen to me or incline their ears to me.15You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name,16but then you turned around and profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.17“Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.18And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like* the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts—19the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf.20And I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives. Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.21And Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has withdrawn from you.22Behold, I will command, declares the Lord, and will bring them back to this city. And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.”
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