JER-39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the

tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his

army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

JER-39:2 [And] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth

month, the ninth [day] of the month, the city was broken up.

JER-39:3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and

sat in the middle gate, [even] Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo,

Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the

residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

JER-39:4 And it came to pass, [that] when Zedekiah the king of

Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went

forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden,

by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of

the plain.

JER-39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and

overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had

taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon

to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

JER-39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in

Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the

nobles of Judah.

JER-39:7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with

chains, to carry him to Babylon.

JER-39:8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the

houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of

Jerusalem.

JER-39:9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away

captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in

the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the

rest of the people that remained.

JER-39:10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the

poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and

gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

JER-39:11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge

concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,

saying,

JER-39:12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm;

but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

JER-39:13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and

Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the

king of Babylon's princes;

JER-39:14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of

the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam

the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt

among the people.

JER-39:15 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he

was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

JER-39:16 Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus

saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring

my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they

shall be [accomplished] in that day before thee.

JER-39:17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD:

and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom

thou [art] afraid.

JER-39:18 For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not

fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee:

because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. 

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