39This is how Jerusalem was taken: In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it.H8671H8141H6667H4428H3063H6224H2320H935H5019H4428H894H2428H3389H66962And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city wall was broken through.H6249H6240H8141H6667H7243H2320H8672H2320H5892H12343Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.H8269H4428H894H935H3427H8432H8179H5371H5562H8310H7249H5371H7248H7611H8269H4428H8944When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled; they left the city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and headed toward the Arabah.H6667H4428H3063H7200H582H4421H1272H3318H5892H3915H1870H4428H1588H8179H2346H3318H1870H61605But the Babylonian army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.H3778H2428H7291H310H5381H6667H6160H3405H3947H5927H5019H4428H894H7247H776H2574H1696H49416There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah.H4428H894H7819H1121H6667H7247H5869H4428H894H7819H2715H30637Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.H5786H6667H5869H631H5178H935H8948The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.H3778H8313H4428H1004H1004H5971H784H5422H2346H33899Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him, and the rest of the people.H5018H7227H2876H1540H894H3499H5971H7604H5892H5307H5307H3499H5971H760410But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.H5018H7227H2876H7604H1800H5971H3972H776H3063H5414H3754H3010H311711Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given these orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard:H5019H4428H894H6680H3414H3027H5018H7227H2876H55912"Take him and look after him; don't harm him but do for him whatever he asks."H3947H5869H7760H6213H3972H7451H6213H169613So Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officers of the king of BabylonH5018H7227H2876H7971H5021H7249H5371H7248H4428H894H722714sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people.H7971H3947H3414H2691H4307H5414H1436H1121H296H1121H8227H3318H1004H3427H8432H597115While Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him:H1697H3068H3414H6113H2691H4307H55916"Go and tell Ebed-Melek the Cushite, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this city—words concerning disaster, not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.H1980H559H5663H3569H559H559H3068H6635H430H3478H935H1697H5892H7451H2896H3117H644017But I will rescue you on that day, declares the LORD; you will not be given into the hands of those you fear.H5337H3117H5002H3068H5414H3027H582H6440H301618I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.' "H4422H4422H5307H2719H5315H7998H982H5002H3068
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