Jerusalem after two years' siege is taken by the Chaldees: 4. king Sedecias with others, fleeing by a postern gate, is taken, brought to the king of Babylon, all his sons are slain, his eyes put out, and so led into Babylon. 8. The king's palace and the town house are burned, the walls of the city destroyed, the people carried captive, only the poorest left to till the ground. 11. Jeremias is delivered. 15. And Abdemelech is saved from danger.Ierusalem after two yeares siege is taken by the Chaldees: 4. king Sedecias with others, fleing by a posterne gate, is taken, brought to the king of Babylon, al his sonnes are slaine, his eyes put out, and so led into Babylon. 8. The kinges palace and-the towne house are burned, the walles of the citie destroyed, the people caried captiue, only the poorest left to til the ground. 11. Ieremias is deliuered. 15. And Abdemelech is saued from danger.✦
In the ninth year of Sedecias the king of Juda, the tenth month, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army to Jerusalem, and they besieged it.IN THE ninth yeare of Sedecias the king of Iuda, the tenth moneth, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and al his armie to Ierusalem, and they besieged it.✦Anno nono Sedeciæ regis Juda, mense decimo, venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et omnis exercitus ejus, ad Jerusalem, et obsidebant eam.
2And in the eleventh year of Sedecias, the fourth month, the ninth of the month the city was opened:And in the eleuenth yeare of Sedecias, the fourth moneth, the ninth of the moneth the citie was opened:Undecimo autem anno Sedeciæ, mense quarto, quinta mensis, aperta est civitas :
3And all the princes of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate: Neregal, Sereser, Semegarnabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, Neregel, Serezer, Rebmag, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.And al the princes of the king of Babylon went in, and sate in the midle gate: Neregal, Sereser, Semegarnabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, Neregel, Serezer, Rebmag, and al the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.et ingressi sunt omnes principes regis Babylonis, et sederunt in porta media : Neregel, Sereser, Semegarnabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, Neregel, Sereser, Rebmag, et omnes reliqui principes regis Babylonis.
4And when Sedecias the king of Juda, and all the men of war had seen them, they fled: and they went forth in the night out of the city by the way of the king's garden, and by the gate, that was between the two walls, and they went out to the way of the desert.And when Sedecias the king of Iuda, and al the men of warre had seene them, they fled: and they went forth in the night out of the citie by the way of the kinges garden, and by the gate, that was betwen the two walles, and they went out to the way of the desert.✦Cumque vidisset eos Sedecias rex Juda, et omnes viri bellatores, fugerunt : et egressi sunt nocte de civitate per viam horti regis, et per portam quæ erat inter duos muros, et egressi sunt ad viam deserti.
5But the host of the Chaldees pursued them: and they took Sedecias in the field of the desert of Jericho; and being taken they brought him to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon into Reblatha, which is in the Land of Emath: and he spake unto him judgements.But the host of the Chaldees pursued them: and they tooke Sedecias in the field of the desert of Iericho; and being taken they brought him to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon into Reblatha, which is in the Land of Emath: and he spake vnto him iudgements.✦Persecutus est autem eos exercitus Chaldæorum, et comprehenderunt Sedeciam in campo solitudinis Jerichontinæ, et captum adduxerunt ad Nabuchodonosor regem Babylonis, in Reblatha, quæ est in terra Emath : et locutus est ad eum judicia.
6And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Sedecias in Reblatha, before his eyes: and the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Juda.And the king of Babylon killed the sonnes of Sedecias in Reblatha, before his eies: and the king of Babylon killed al the nobles of Iuda.Et occidit rex Babylonis filios Sedeciæ in Reblatha, in oculis ejus : et omnes nobiles Juda occidit rex Babylonis.
7The eyes also of Sedecias he plucked out: and bound him with fetters, to be led into Babylon.The eies also of Sedecias he plucked out: and bound him with fetters, to be led into Babylon.Oculos quoque Sedeciæ eruit, et vinxit eum compedibus ut duceretur in Babylonem.
8The king's house also, and the house of the common people the Chaldees burnt with fire, and they overthrew the wall of Jerusalem.The kinges house also, and the house of the common people the Chaldees burnt with fire, and they ouerthrew the wal of Ierusalem.✦Domum quoque regis et domum vulgi succenderunt Chaldæi igni, et murum Jerusalem subverterunt.
9And the remnant of the people, that remained in the city, and the fugitives that were fled to him, and the rest of the people that remained, Nabuzardan the prince of the soldiers transtulit: deported, carried into exile into Babylon.And the remnant of the people, that remayned in the citie, and the fugitiues that were fled to him, and the rest of the people that remained, Nabuzardan the prince of the soldiars transported into Babylon.Et reliquias populi qui remanserant in civitate, et perfugas qui transfugerant ad eum, et superfluos vulgi qui remanserant, transtulit Nabuzardan, magister militum, in Babylonem.
10And the poor people, that had nothing at all, Nabuzardan the master of the soldiers let alone in the land of Juda, and he gave them vineyards, and cisterns in that day.And the poore people, that had nothing at al, Nabuzardan the master of the soldiars let alone in the land of Iuda, and he gaue them vineyards, and cisternes in that day.✦Et de plebe pauperum, qui nihil penitus habebant, dimisit Nabuzardan magister militum in terra Juda, et dedit eis vineas et cisternas in die illa.
11But Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had commanded Nabuzardan the prince of the soldiers concerning Jeremie, saying:But Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had commanded Nabuzardan the prince of the soldiars concerning Ieremie, saying:Præceperat autem Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis de Jeremia Nabuzardan magistro militum, dicens :
12Take him, and set thine eyes upon him, and do him no evil: but as he will so do to him.Take him, and set thine eies vpon him, and doe him no euil: but as he wil so doe to him.✦Tolle illum, et pone super eum oculos tuos, nihilque ei mali facias : sed ut voluerit, sic facias ei.
13Nabuzardan therefore the prince of the militiæ: army, military host sent; and Nabusezban also, and Rabsares, and Neregel, and Sereser, and Rebmag, and all the nobles of the king of Babylon,Nabuzardan therefore the prince of the warfare sent; and Nabusezban also, and Rabsares, and Neregel, & Sereser, and Rebmag, and al the nobles of the king of Babylon,Misit ergo Nabuzardan princeps militiæ, et Nabusezban, et Rabsares, et Neregel, et Sereser, et Rebmag, et omnes optimates regis Babylonis,
14sent, and took Jeremie out of the entry of the prison, and delivered him to Godolias the son of Ahicam the son of Saphan, that he might enter into the house, and dwell among the people.sent, and tooke Ieremie out of the entrie of the prison, and deliuered him to Godolias the sonne of Ahicam the sonne of Saphan, that he might enter into the house, & dwel among the people.miserunt, et tulerunt Jeremiam de vestibulo carceris, et tradiderunt eum Godoliæ filio Ahicam filii Saphan, ut intraret in domum, et habitaret in populo.
15But to Jeremie the word of our Lord was made, when he was shut up in the entry of the prison, saying: Go, and tell Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying:But to Ieremie the word of our Lord was made, when he was shut vp in the entrie of the prison, saying: Goe, and tel Abdemelech the AEthiopian, saying:Ad Jeremiam autem factus fuerat sermo Domini, cum clausus esset in vestibulo carceris, dicens :
16Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Behold I will bring my words upon this city unto evil, and not unto good: and they shall be in thy sight in that day.Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel: Behold I wil bring my wordes vpon this citie vnto euil, and not vnto good: and they shal be in thy sight in that day.Vade, et dic Abdemelech Æthiopi, dicens : Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum, Deus Israël : Ecce ego inducam sermones meos super civitatem hanc in malum, et non in bonum, et erunt in conspectu tuo in die illa.
17And I will deliver thee in that day, saith our Lord; and thou shalt not be delivered into the hands of the men, whom thou fearest:And I wil deliuer thee in that day, saith our Lord; and thou shalt not be deliuered into the handes of the men, whom thou fearest:Et liberabo te in die illa, ait Dominus, et non traderis in manus virorum quos tu formidas :
18but delivering I will deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword: but thy life shall be to thee unto salvation, because thou hast had confidence in me, saith our Lord.but deliuering I wil deliuer thee, and thou shalt not fal by the sword: but thy life shal be to thee vnto saluation, because thou hast had confidence in me, saith our Lord.sed eruens liberabo te, et gladio non cades, sed erit tibi anima tua in salutem, quia in me habuisti fiduciam, ait Dominus.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.