¹² Ειπε τωρα προς τον οικον τον αποστατην· δεν εννοειτε τι δηλουσι ταυτα; ειπε, Ιδου, ο βασιλευς της Βαβυλωνος ηλθεν εις Ιερουσαλημ, και ελαβε τον βασιλεα αυτης και τους αρχοντας αυτης, και εφερεν αυτους μεθ' εαυτου εις Βαβυλωνα·

¹⁶ Πλην δεν θελει πληθυνει ιππους εις εαυτον, ουδε θελει επαναφερει τον λαον εις την Αιγυπτον, δια να αυξηση ιππους· διοτι ο Κυριος ειπε προς εσας, Δεν θελετε επιστρεψει πλεον δι' εκεινης της οδου.

¹ The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying: