| 5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Jeremiah 39:5:1 ⧉וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּvayirdefuand they pursued Jeremiah 39:5:2 ⧉חֵיל־כַּשְׂדִּ֜יםkheilkasdedimthe army of the Chaldeans Jeremiah 39:5:3 ⧉אַחֲרֵיהֶ֗םakharehemafter them Jeremiah 39:5:4 ⧉וַיַּשִּׂ֣גוּvayasiguand they overtook Jeremiah 39:5:5 ⧉אֶת־צִדְקִיָּהוּ֮ettsidkiyahuZedekiah Jeremiah 39:5:6 ⧉בְּעַֽרְב֣וֹתbearvotin the plains of Jeremiah 39:5:7 ⧉יְרֵחוֹ֒yerekhoJericho Jeremiah 39:5:8 ⧉וַיִּקְח֣וּvayikkhuand they took Jeremiah 39:5:9 ⧉אֹת֗וֹotohim Jeremiah 39:5:10 ⧉וַֽ֠יַּעֲלֻהוּvayaaluhuand they brought him up Jeremiah 39:5:11 ⧉אֶל־נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧רelnevukhadretsarto Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 39:5:12 ⧉מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛לmelekhbavelking of Babylon Jeremiah 39:5:13 ⧉רִבְלָ֖תָהrivlatato Riblah Jeremiah 39:5:14 ⧉בְּאֶ֣רֶץbeeretsin the land of Jeremiah 39:5:15 ⧉חֲמָ֑תkhamatHamath Jeremiah 39:5:16 ⧉וַיְדַבֵּ֥רvayedaberand he spoke Jeremiah 39:5:17 ⧉אִתּ֖וֹitowith him Jeremiah 39:5:18 ⧉מִשְׁפָּטִֽים׃mishpatimjudgments or legal decisions |
| 5. Formal Translation But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and there he pronounced judgments upon him. |
| 5. Dynamic Translation But the Babylonian army chased after them and caught up with Zedekiah in the lowlands near Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, at Riblah in Hamath’s land, where he pronounced judgment. |