Liber Ieremiae

Ieremiae, chapter 34, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 34 Vulgate

   1 Verbum, quod factum est ad Ieremiam a Domino, quando Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis et omnis exercitus eius universaque regna terrae, quae erant sub potestate manus eius, et omnes populi bellabant contra Ierusalem et contra omnes urbes eius, dicens:
   2 "Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel: Vade et loquere ad Sedeciam regem Iudae et dices ad eum: Haec dicit Dominus: Ecce ego tradam civitatem hanc in manus regis Babylonis, et succendet eam igni;
   3 et tu non effugies de manu eius, sed comprehensione capieris et in manu eius traderis, et oculi tui oculos regis Babylonis videbunt, et os eius cum ore tuo loquetur, et Babylonem introibis.
   4 Attamen audi verbum Domini, Sedecia rex Iudae. Haec dicit Dominus ad te: Non morieris in gladio,
   5 sed in pace morieris et secundum combustiones patrum tuorum regum priorum, qui fuerunt ante te, sic comburent tibi et "Vae, domine!"plangent te, quia verbum ego locutus sum", dicit Dominus.
   6 Et locutus est Ieremias propheta ad Sedeciam regem Iudae universa verba haec in Ierusalem;
   7 et exercitus regis Babylonis pugnabat contra Ierusalem et contra omnes civitates Iudae, quae reliquae erant, contra Lachis et contra Azeca: hae enim supererant de civitatibus Iudae urbes munitae.
   8 Verbum, quod factum est ad Ieremiam a Domino, postquam percussit rex Sedecias foedus cum omni populo in Ierusalem praedicans eis libertatem,
   9 ut dimitteret unusquisque servum suum et unusquisque ancillam suam, Hebraeum et Hebraeam, liberos et nequaquam dominarentur eis, id est in Iudaeo et fratre suo.
   10 Audierunt ergo omnes principes et universus populus, qui inierant pactum, ut dimitteret unusquisque servum suum et unusquisque ancillam suam liberos et ultra non dominarentur eis; audierunt igitur et dimiserunt.
   11 Et conversi sunt deinceps et retraxerunt servos et ancillas suas, quos dimiserant liberos, et subiugaverunt in famulos et in famulas.
   12 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Ieremiam a Domino dicens:
   13 "Haec dicit Dominus, Deus Israel: Ego percussi foedus cum patribus vestris in die, qua eduxi eos de terra Aegypti de domo servitutis, dicens:
   14 Cum completi fuerint septem anni, dimittat unusquisque fratrem suum Hebraeum, qui venditus est ei, et serviet tibi sex annis, et dimittes eum a te liberum, et non audierunt patres vestri me nec inclinaverunt aurem suam.
   15 Et conversi estis vos hodie et fecistis, quod rectum est in oculis meis, ut praedicaretis libertatem unusquisque ad proximum suum; et inistis pactum in conspectu meo in domo, super quam invocatum est nomen meum.
   16 Et reversi estis et commaculastis nomen meum et reduxistis unusquisque servum suum et unusquisque ancillam suam, quos dimiseratis, ut essent liberi et suae potestatis, et subiugastis eos, ut sint vobis servi et ancillae.
   17 Propterea haec dicit Dominus: Vos non audistis me, ut praedicaretis libertatem unusquisque fratri suo et unusquisque amico suo; ecce ego praedico vobis libertatem, ait Dominus, ad gladium et pestem et famem et dabo vos in commotionem cunctis regnis terrae.
   18 Et dabo viros, qui praevaricantur foedus meum et non observaverunt verba foederis, quibus assensi sunt in conspectu meo, sicut vitulum, quem conciderunt in duas partes et transierunt inter divisiones eius,
   19 principes Iudae et principes Ierusalem, eunuchi et sacerdotes et omnis populus terrae, qui transierunt inter divisiones vituli;
   20 et dabo eos in manu inimicorum suorum et in manu quaerentium animam eorum, et erit morticinum eorum in escam volatilibus caeli et bestiis terrae.
   21 Et Sedeciam regem Iudae et principes eius dabo in manus inimicorum suorum et in manus quaerentium animas eorum et in manus exercituum regis Babylonis, qui recesserunt a vobis.
   22 Ecce ego praecipio, dicit Dominus, et reducam eos in civitatem hanc; et proeliabuntur adversus eam et capient eam et incendent igni; et civitates Iudae dabo in solitudinem, eo quod non sit habitator".

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
   2 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
   3 And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.
   4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
   5 But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
   6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
   7 When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
   8 ¶ This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
   9 That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.
   10 Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
   11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids.
   12 ¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
   13 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
   14 At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
   15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
   16 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
   17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
   18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof,
   19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
   20 I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
   21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.
   22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.