I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
It may be that the house of Yhudah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that YY hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
YY is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Then said Yirmeyah-yahu unto TZidkiyah-yahu, Thus saith YY , the Elohim of hosts, the Elohim of Yisrael; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Bavel's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Wherefore YY brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Ashur, which took Mnasheh among the tshofars, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Bavel.