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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.

And in the eleventh

​

year

of Zedekiah,

in the fourth

month,

the ninth

day of the month,

the city

was broken up.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Moreover he put out

Zedekiah's

eyes,

and bound

him with chains,

to carry

him to Babylon.

And the Chaldeans

burned

the king's

house,

and the houses

of the people,

with fire,

and brake down

the walls

of Jerusalem.

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.

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.

Now Nebuchadrezzar

king

of Babylon

gave charge

concerning Jeremiah

to

Nebuzaradan

the captain

of the guard,

saying,

Take

him, and look well

​

to him, and do

him no harm;

​

but do

unto him even as he shall say

unto thee.

So Nebuzaradan

the captain

of the guard

sent,

and Nebushasban,

Rabsaris,

and Nergalsharezer,

Rabmag,

and all the king

of Babylon's

princes;

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.

Now the word

of the LORD

came unto Jeremiah,

while he was shut up

in the court

of the prison,

saying,

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.

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.

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.