καὶ ἤγαγεν Ιωσιας τὸ πασχα ἐν Ιερουσαλημ τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔθυσεν τὸ πασχα τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ πρώτου
And Josiah kept the Passover in Jerusalem to the Lord his God, and he sacrificed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
στήσας τοὺς ἱερεῖς κατ' ἐφημερίας ἐστολισμένους ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοῦ κυρίου
Having stationed the priests by their courses, arrayed in the sanctuary of the Lord,
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καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς Λευίταις ἱεροδούλοις τοῦ Ισραηλ ἁγιάσαι ἑαυτοὺς τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν τῇ θέσει τῆς ἁγίας κιβωτοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ᾧ ᾠκοδόμησεν Σαλωμων ὁ τοῦ Δαυιδ ὁ βασιλεύς οὐκ ἔσται ὑμῖν ἆραι ἐπ' ὤμων αὐτήν
he told the Levites, the temple-servants of Israel, to sanctify themselves to the Lord at the place of the holy ark of the Lord in the house that Solomon son of David the king had built: 'It will no longer be for you to carry it on your shoulders.',
Word-by-word analysis· 37 words
καὶ νῦν λατρεύετε τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ ὑμῶν καὶ θεραπεύετε τὸ ἔθνος αὐτοῦ Ισραηλ καὶ ἑτοιμάσατε κατὰ τὰς πατριὰς καὶ τὰς φυλὰς ὑμῶν κατὰ τὴν γραφὴν Δαυιδ βασιλέως Ισραηλ καὶ κατὰ τὴν μεγαλειότητα Σαλωμων τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ
'And now serve the Lord your God and minister to his nation Israel, and prepare yourselves by your families and your tribes, according to the writing of David king of Israel and according to the greatness of Solomon his son.',
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καὶ στάντες ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ κατὰ τὴν μεριδαρχίαν τὴν πατρικὴν ὑμῶν τῶν Λευιτῶν τῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀδελφῶν ὑμῶν υἱῶν Ισραηλ ἐν τάξει
'And stand in the sanctuary according to your ancestral division, you Levites, before your brothers, the sons of Israel, in due order.',
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θύσατε τὸ πασχα καὶ τὰς θυσίας ἑτοιμάσατε τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὑμῶν καὶ ποιήσατε τὸ πασχα κατὰ τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦ κυρίου τὸ δοθὲν τῷ Μωυσῇ
'Sacrifice the Passover, prepare the sacrifices for your brothers, and keep the Passover according to the command of the Lord given to Moses.'
Word-by-word analysis· 23 words
καὶ ἐδωρήσατο Ιωσιας τῷ λαῷ τῷ εὑρεθέντι ἀρνῶν καὶ ἐρίφων τριάκοντα χιλιάδας μόσχους τρισχιλίους ταῦτα ἐκ τῶν βασιλικῶν ἐδόθη κατ' ἐπαγγελίαν τῷ λαῷ καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν καὶ Λευίταις
And Josiah gave as a gift to the people who were found there thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves; these were given from the royal possessions in fulfillment of his pledge to the people and to the priests and Levites.
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καὶ ἔδωκεν Χελκιας καὶ Ζαχαριας καὶ Ησυηλος οἱ ἐπιστάται τοῦ ἱεροῦ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν εἰς πασχα πρόβατα δισχίλια ἑξακόσια μόσχους τριακοσίους
And Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the overseers of the sanctuary, gave to the priests for the Passover two thousand six hundred sheep and three hundred calves.
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καὶ Ιεχονιας καὶ Σαμαιας καὶ Ναθαναηλ ὁ ἀδελφὸς καὶ Ασαβιας καὶ Οχιηλος καὶ Ιωραμ χιλίαρχοι ἔδωκαν τοῖς Λευίταις εἰς πασχα πρόβατα πεντακισχίλια μόσχους ἑπτακοσίους
And Jechonias and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brother and Hashabiah and Ochihel and Joram, chiliarchs, gave to the Levites for the Passover five thousand sheep and seven hundred calves.
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καὶ ταῦτα τὰ γενόμενα εὐπρεπῶς ἔστησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται
And when these things had been properly arranged, the priests and the Levites took their stations,
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ἔχοντες τὰ ἄζυμα κατὰ τὰς φυλὰς
holding the unleavened bread according to the tribes,
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καὶ κατὰ τὰς μεριδαρχίας τῶν πατέρων ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ λαοῦ προσενεγκεῖν τῷ κυρίῳ κατὰ τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐν βιβλίῳ Μωυσῆ καὶ οὕτω τὸ πρωινόν
and according to the divisions of the fathers before the people, so as to present them to the Lord as it is written in the book of Moses; and so it was in the morning.
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καὶ ὤπτησαν τὸ πασχα πυρὶ ὡς καθήκει καὶ τὰς θυσίας ἥψησαν ἐν τοῖς χαλκείοις καὶ λέβησιν μετ' εὐωδίας καὶ ἀπήνεγκαν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ
And they roasted the Passover with fire, as is fitting, and they boiled the sacrifices in braziers and kettles with fragrance and carried them out to all the people.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ἡτοίμασαν ἑαυτοῖς τε καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν υἱοῖς Ααρων οἱ γὰρ ἱερεῖς ἀνέφερον τὰ στέατα ἕως ἀωρίας καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἡτοίμασαν ἑαυτοῖς καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν υἱοῖς Ααρων
After this they prepared portions both for themselves and for the priests, their brothers, because the priests, sons of Aaron, were offering up the fat until late; and the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, their brothers, the sons of Aaron.
Word-by-word analysis· 33 words
καὶ οἱ ἱεροψάλται υἱοὶ Ασαφ ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῆς τάξεως αὐτῶν κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ Δαυιδ τεταγμένα καὶ Ασαφ καὶ Ζαχαριας καὶ Εδδινους οἱ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ οἱ θυρωροὶ ἐφ' ἑκάστου πυλῶνος οὐκ ἔστιν παραβῆναι ἕκαστον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐφημερίαν οἱ γὰρ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν οἱ Λευῖται ἡτοίμασαν αὐτοῖς
And the temple singers, the sons of Asaph, were at their station according to what had been appointed by David and Asaph and Zechariah and Eddinus, the king's men; and the gatekeepers were at every gate, without needing to leave their own course, because their brothers the Levites had prepared for them.
Word-by-word analysis· 46 words
καὶ συνετελέσθη τὰ τῆς θυσίας τοῦ κυρίου ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἀχθῆναι τὸ πασχα καὶ προσενεχθῆναι τὰς θυσίας ἐπὶ τὸ τοῦ κυρίου θυσιαστήριον κατὰ τὴν ἐπιταγὴν τοῦ βασιλέως Ιωσιου
Thus the matters of the Lord's sacrifice were completed on that day, so that the Passover was kept and the sacrifices were offered on the altar of the Lord according to the command of King Josiah.
Word-by-word analysis· 29 words
καὶ ἠγάγοσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ισραηλ οἱ εὑρεθέντες ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ τὸ πασχα καὶ τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων ἡμέρας ἑπτά
And the Israelites who were found there kept the Passover at that time and the feast of unleavened bread for seven days.
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καὶ οὐκ ἤχθη τὸ πασχα τοιοῦτο ἐν τῷ Ισραηλ ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων Σαμουηλ τοῦ προφήτου
And no Passover like this had been kept in Israel from the times of Samuel the prophet.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς τοῦ Ισραηλ οὐκ ἠγάγοσαν πασχα τοιοῦτον οἷον ἤγαγεν Ιωσιας καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευῖται καὶ οἱ Ιουδαῖοι καὶ πᾶς Ισραηλ οἱ εὑρεθέντες ἐν τῇ κατοικήσει αὐτῶν ἐν Ιερουσαλημ
And none of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as Josiah kept, together with the priests and the Levites and the Judeans and all Israel who were found dwelling in Jerusalem.
Word-by-word analysis· 33 words
ὀκτωκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει βασιλεύοντος Ιωσιου ἤχθη τὸ πασχα τοῦτο
This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.
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καὶ ὠρθώθη τὰ ἔργα Ιωσιου ἐνώπιον τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ ἐν καρδίᾳ πλήρει εὐσεβείας
And Josiah's works were set right before the Lord his God in a heart full of piety.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ τὰ κατ' αὐτὸν δὲ ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν χρόνοις περὶ τῶν ἡμαρτηκότων καὶ ἠσεβηκότων εἰς τὸν κύριον παρὰ πᾶν ἔθνος καὶ βασιλείαν καὶ ἃ ἐλύπησαν αὐτὸν ἐν αἰσθήσει καὶ οἱ λόγοι τοῦ κυρίου ἀνέστησαν ἐπὶ Ισραηλ
The matters concerning him are recorded in the earlier histories, and also the matters concerning those who sinned and acted impiously against the Lord beyond every nation and kingdom, and the things that grieved him deeply; and the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.
Word-by-word analysis· 37 words
καὶ μετὰ πᾶσαν τὴν πρᾶξιν ταύτην Ιωσιου συνέβη Φαραω βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου ἐλθόντα πόλεμον ἐγεῖραι ἐν Χαρκαμυς ἐπὶ τοῦ Εὐφράτου καὶ ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτῷ Ιωσιας
After all this activity of Josiah, Pharaoh king of Egypt happened to come up to stir up war at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
καὶ διεπέμψατο βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγων τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί ἐστιν βασιλεῦ τῆς Ιουδαίας
And the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, 'What is there between me and you, king of Judea?',
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
οὐχὶ πρὸς σὲ ἐξαπέσταλμαι ὑπὸ κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῦ Εὐφράτου ὁ πόλεμός μού ἐστιν καὶ νῦν κύριος μετ' ἐμοῦ ἐστιν καὶ κύριος μετ' ἐμοῦ ἐπισπεύδων ἐστίν ἀπόστηθι καὶ μὴ ἐναντιοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ
'Was I not sent out by the Lord God? For my war is on the Euphrates, and now the Lord is with me, and the Lord is urging me on. Stand aside and do not oppose the Lord.'
Word-by-word analysis· 34 words
καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστρεψεν ἑαυτὸν Ιωσιας ἐπὶ τὸ ἅρμα αὐτοῦ ἀλλὰ πολεμεῖν αὐτὸν ἐπιχειρεῖ οὐ προσέχων ῥήμασιν Ιερεμιου προφήτου ἐκ στόματος κυρίου
But Josiah did not turn himself back to his chariot; rather, he attempted to fight him, not giving heed to the words of Jeremiah the prophet from the mouth of the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
ἀλλὰ συνεστήσατο πρὸς αὐτὸν πόλεμον ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ Μαγεδδαους καὶ κατέβησαν οἱ ἄρχοντες πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Ιωσιαν
Instead he joined battle with him in the plain of Megiddo, and the commanders came down to King Josiah.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ ἀποστήσατέ με ἀπὸ τῆς μάχης ἠσθένησα γὰρ λίαν καὶ εὐθέως ἀπέστησαν αὐτὸν οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς παρατάξεως
And the king said to his servants, 'Take me away from the battle, for I have become very weak.' And at once his servants took him away from the line of battle.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
καὶ ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὸ ἅρμα τὸ δευτέριον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀποκατασταθεὶς εἰς Ιερουσαλημ μετήλλαξεν τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν τῷ πατρικῷ τάφῳ
And he mounted his second chariot, and after being brought back to Jerusalem he ended his life and was buried in the tomb of his fathers.
Word-by-word analysis· 22 words
καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ Ιουδαίᾳ ἐπένθησαν τὸν Ιωσιαν καὶ ἐθρήνησεν Ιερεμιας ὁ προφήτης ὑπὲρ Ιωσιου καὶ οἱ προκαθήμενοι σὺν γυναιξὶν ἐθρηνοῦσαν αὐτὸν ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης καὶ ἐξεδόθη τοῦτο γίνεσθαι αἰεὶ εἰς ἅπαν τὸ γένος Ισραηλ
And in all Judea they mourned for Josiah, and Jeremiah the prophet lamented over Josiah, and the leaders together with the women kept lamenting for him to this day; and it was ordained that this should always be done for the whole race of Israel.
Word-by-word analysis· 36 words
ταῦτα δὲ ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῇ βύβλῳ τῶν ἱστορουμένων περὶ τῶν βασιλέων τῆς Ιουδαίας καὶ τὸ καθ' ἓν πραχθὲν τῆς πράξεως Ιωσιου καὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ κυρίου τά τε προπραχθέντα ὑπ' αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ νῦν ἱστόρηται ἐν τῷ βυβλίῳ τῶν βασιλέων Ισραηλ καὶ Ιουδα
These things are recorded in the book of the histories of the kings of Judah, and each deed of Josiah's activity and his glory and his understanding in the law of the Lord, both what had been done before by him and what is now being related, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Word-by-word analysis· 50 words
καὶ ἀναλαβόντες οἱ ἐκ τοῦ ἔθνους τὸν Ιεχονιαν υἱὸν Ιωσιου ἀνέδειξαν βασιλέα ἀντὶ Ιωσιου τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ὄντα ἐτῶν εἴκοσι τριῶν
And those from the nation took Jechonias the son of Josiah and made him king in place of Josiah his father, when he was twenty-three years old.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ιουδα καὶ Ιερουσαλημ μῆνας τρεῖς καὶ ἀπεκατέστησεν αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου βασιλεύειν ἐν Ιερουσαλημ
And he reigned in Judah and Jerusalem for three months, and the king of Egypt displaced him from reigning in Jerusalem.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ ἐζημίωσεν τὸ ἔθνος ἀργυρίου ταλάντοις ἑκατὸν καὶ χρυσίου ταλάντῳ ἑνί
And he fined the nation one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
Word-by-word analysis· 11 words
καὶ ἀνέδειξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου βασιλέα Ιωακιμ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ βασιλέα τῆς Ιουδαίας καὶ Ιερουσαλημ
And the king of Egypt appointed Joakim his brother king over Judea and Jerusalem.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ ἔδησεν Ιωακιμ τοὺς μεγιστᾶνας Ζαριον δὲ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ συλλαβὼν ἀνήγαγεν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου
And he bound the nobles of Joakim, but after seizing Zarion his brother he brought him up out of Egypt.
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
ἐτῶν δὲ ἦν εἴκοσι πέντε Ιωακιμ ὅτε ἐβασίλευσεν τῆς Ιουδαίας καὶ Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον κυρίου
Joakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign over Judea and Jerusalem, and he did what was evil before the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
ἐπ' αὐτὸν δὲ ἀνέβη Ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος καὶ δήσας αὐτὸν ἐν χαλκείῳ δεσμῷ ἀπήγαγεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα
Against him Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and after binding him in a bronze fetter he led him away to Babylon.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν σκευῶν τοῦ κυρίου λαβὼν Ναβουχοδονοσορ καὶ ἀπενέγκας ἀπηρείσατο ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι
And after taking some of the sacred vessels of the Lord, Nebuchadnezzar carried them off and deposited them in his temple in Babylon.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
τὰ δὲ ἱστορηθέντα περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκαθαρσίας καὶ δυσσεβείας ἀναγέγραπται ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῶν χρόνων τῶν βασιλέων
The matters recorded concerning him, and concerning his uncleanness and impiety, have been written in the book of the chronicles of the kings.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἀντ' αὐτοῦ Ιωακιμ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὅτε γὰρ ἀνεδείχθη ἦν ἐτῶν δέκα ὀκτώ
And in his place Joakim his son reigned, for he was eighteen years old when he was made king.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
βασιλεύει δὲ μῆνας τρεῖς καὶ ἡμέρας δέκα ἐν Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸ πονηρὸν ἔναντι κυρίου
And he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem and did what was evil before the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ μετ' ἐνιαυτὸν ἀποστείλας Ναβουχοδονοσορ μετήγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα ἅμα τοῖς ἱεροῖς σκεύεσιν τοῦ κυρίου
And after a year Nebuchadnezzar sent and carried him to Babylon, together with the sacred vessels of the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ ἀνέδειξε Σεδεκιαν βασιλέα τῆς Ιουδαίας καὶ Ιερουσαλημ Σεδεκιαν ὄντα ἐτῶν εἴκοσι ἑνός βασιλεύει δὲ ἔτη ἕνδεκα
And he appointed Zedekiah king of Judea and Jerusalem, Zedekiah being twenty-one years old; and he reigned eleven years.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ οὐκ ἐνετράπη ἀπὸ τῶν ῥηθέντων λόγων ὑπὸ Ιερεμιου τοῦ προφήτου ἐκ στόματος τοῦ κυρίου
And he did what was evil before the Lord and did not feel shame at the words spoken by Jeremiah the prophet from the mouth of the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
καὶ ὁρκισθεὶς ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως Ναβουχοδονοσορ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἐπιορκήσας ἀπέστη καὶ σκληρύνας αὐτοῦ τὸν τράχηλον καὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ παρέβη τὰ νόμιμα κυρίου θεοῦ Ισραηλ
Though he had been put under oath by King Nebuchadnezzar in the name of the Lord, he committed perjury and revolted; and by stiffening his neck and hardening his heart, he transgressed the ordinances of the Lord God of Israel.
Word-by-word analysis· 27 words
καὶ οἱ ἡγούμενοι δὲ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τῶν ἱερέων πολλὰ ἠσέβησαν καὶ ἠνόμησαν ὑπὲρ πάσας τὰς ἀκαθαρσίας πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ ἐμίαναν τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ κυρίου τὸ ἁγιαζόμενον ἐν Ιεροσολύμοις
And the leaders of the people and of the priests also acted with great impiety and lawlessness beyond all the uncleannesses of the nations, and they defiled the sanctuary of the Lord that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
Word-by-word analysis· 30 words
καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ μετακαλέσαι αὐτούς καθὸ ἐφείδετο αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ σκηνώματος αὐτοῦ
And the God of their fathers sent through his messenger to call them back, because he was sparing them and his dwelling place.
Word-by-word analysis· 20 words
αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐξεμυκτήρισαν ἐν τοῖς ἀγγέλοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐλάλησεν κύριος ἦσαν ἐκπαίζοντες τοὺς προφήτας αὐτοῦ ἕως τοῦ θυμωθέντα αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ διὰ τὰ δυσσεβήματα προστάξαι ἀναβιβάσαι ἐπ' αὐτοὺς τοὺς βασιλεῖς τῶν Χαλδαίων
But they mocked his messengers, and on the day when the Lord spoke they were making sport of his prophets, until in anger over the impieties of the nation he commanded that the kings of the Chaldeans be brought up against them.
Word-by-word analysis· 36 words
οὗτοι ἀπέκτειναν τοὺς νεανίσκους αὐτῶν ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ περικύκλῳ τοῦ ἁγίου αὐτῶν ἱεροῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐφείσαντο νεανίσκου καὶ παρθένου καὶ πρεσβύτου καὶ νεωτέρου ἀλλὰ πάντας παρέδωκεν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν
These killed their young men with the sword all around their holy sanctuary, and they did not spare young man or virgin, elder or younger; rather, he gave them all into their hands.
Word-by-word analysis· 29 words
καὶ πάντα τὰ ἱερὰ σκεύη τοῦ κυρίου τὰ μεγάλα καὶ τὰ μικρὰ καὶ τὰς κιβωτοὺς τοῦ κυρίου καὶ τὰς βασιλικὰς ἀποθήκας ἀναλαβόντες ἀπήνεγκαν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα
And after taking all the sacred vessels of the Lord, great and small, and the treasuries of the Lord and the royal storehouses, they carried them away to Babylon.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
καὶ ἐνεπύρισαν τὸν οἶκον τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἔλυσαν τὰ τείχα Ιεροσολύμων καὶ τοὺς πύργους αὐτῶν ἐνεπύρισαν ἐν πυρὶ
And they burned the house of the Lord, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem, and they burned its towers with fire.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ συνετέλεσαν πάντα τὰ ἔνδοξα αὐτῆς ἀχρεῶσαι καὶ τοὺς ἐπιλοίπους ἀπήγαγεν μετὰ ῥομφαίας εἰς Βαβυλῶνα
And they finished by despoiling all its glorious things, and the remnant he carried away with the sword into Babylon.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
καὶ ἦσαν παῖδες αὐτῷ καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ μέχρι τοῦ βασιλεῦσαι Πέρσας εἰς ἀναπλήρωσιν τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ κυρίου ἐν στόματι Ιερεμιου
And they became servants to him and to his sons until the Persians came to reign, for the fulfillment of the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
ἕως τοῦ εὐδοκῆσαι τὴν γῆν τὰ σάββατα αὐτῆς πάντα τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἐρημώσεως αὐτῆς σαββατιεῖ εἰς συμπλήρωσιν ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα
until the land should take pleasure in its Sabbaths; all the time of its desolation it will keep sabbath, for the fulfillment of seventy years.