And Neḇ
And he ordered the captain to keep Sha’ul and to have ease, and not to forbid any of his friends to attend to him.
“And I shall deliver you from the hand of evil-doers, and I shall ransom you from the grip of the ruthless.”
But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land had listened to the words of יהוה which He spoke by the prophet Yirmeyahu.
יהוה said, “Did I not direct you for your good? Did I not intercede for you in a time of evil and in a time of distress against the enemy?
In six distresses He delivers you, and in seven no evil strikes you.
But He saves the needy from the sword of their mouth, from the clutches of the strong.
Thus the poor have expectancy, and unrighteousness shuts her mouth.
“Do not fear their faces, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares יהוה.
“And I shall make you to this people a strong bronze wall. And they shall fight against you, but not overcome you. For I am with you to save you and deliver you,” declares יהוה.
The word that came to Yirmeyahu from יהוה after Neḇ
“And now, see, I loosen you today from the chains that were on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Baḇ
And on the tenth of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of sovereign Neḇ
