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39_o be_v overtake_v and_o bring_v to_o riblah_n where_o he_o first_o see_v his_o child_n and_o friend_n slay_v and_o then_o have_v his_o eye_n put_v out_o be_v carry_v to_o babylon_n where_o he_o miserable_o end_v his_o day_n 24._o on_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o five_o month_n in_o the_o 19_o year_n of_o nebuchadnezar_n come_v nebuzaradan_n captain_n of_o his_o guard_n and_z have_v get_v all_o thing_n ready_a in_o two_o day_n set_v the_o king_n house_n with_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o building_n in_o the_o city_n on_o fire_n burn_v jerusalem_n and_o the_o temple_n burn_v the_o same_o month_n all_o the_o wall_n be_v demolish_v they_o that_o remain_v in_o the_o city_n 9_o a._n m._n 34â—5_n olymp._n 48._o a_o 4._o nebuchad_n 9_o with_o those_o which_o before_o have_v revolt_v and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o people_n together_o with_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o king_n and_o prince_n and_o the_o utensil_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n do_v nabuzaradan_n 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they_o shall_v undoubted_o perish_v he_o the_o jew_n constrain_v jeremiah_n to_o go_v down_o with_o they_o into_o egypt_n where_o they_o stone_n he_o they_o notwithstanding_o this_o warning_n go_v down_o and_o constrain_v he_o with_o barach_n to_o accompany_v they_o where_o by_o the_o leave_n of_o pharaoh_n they_o inhabit_v near_o tahpane_n here_o the_o prophet_n often_o reprehend_v they_o for_o their_o idolatry_n and_o foretell_v both_o their_o destruction_n and_o the_o ruin_n of_o those_o that_o harbour_v they_o be_v by_o their_o wretched_a and_o ingrateful_a hand_n jerem._n hand_n xonaras_n tomo_n 1._o tertullian_n in_o scorpiaco_n cap._n 10._o jerem._n stone_v to_o death_n but_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v exceed_o honour_a by_o the_o egyptian_n so_o that_o alexander_n the_o great_a translate_v his_o bone_n into_o alexandria_n in_o the_o 23th_o year_n of_o nebuchadnesar_n who_o then_o besiege_v tyre_n nebuzaradan_n 4._o sect_n 4._o captain_n of_o his_o guard_n carry_v away_o the_o 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