39In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to it.H8671H8141H6667H4428H3063H6224H2320H935H5019H4428H894H2428H3389H66962In the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into.H6249H6240H8141H6667H7243H2320H8672H2320H5892H12343All the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of Babylon's king.H8269H4428H894H935H3427H8432H8179H5371H5562H8310H7249H5371H7248H7611H8269H4428H8944When he saw them, Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers fled. They left the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.H6667H4428H3063H7200H582H4421H1272H3318H5892H3915H1870H4428H1588H8179H2346H3318H1870H61605However, the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, arrested him, and brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's king, at Riblah in the land of Hamath. The king passed sentence on him [there].H3778H2428H7291H310H5381H6667H6160H3405H3947H5927H5019H4428H894H7247H776H2574H1696H49416At Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah's sons before his eyes, and he [also] slaughtered all Judah's nobles.H4428H894H7819H1121H6667H7247H5869H4428H894H7819H2715H30637Then he blinded Zedekiah and put him in bronze chains to take him to Babylon.H5786H6667H5869H631H5178H935H8948The Chaldeans next burned down the king's palace and the people's houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.H3778H8313H4428H1004H1004H5971H784H5422H2346H33899Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported to Babylon the rest of the people— those who had remained in the city and those deserters who had defected to him along with the rest of the people who had remained.H5018H7227H2876H1540H894H3499H5971H7604H5892H5307H5307H3499H5971H760410[However,] Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time.H5018H7227H2876H7604H1800H5971H3972H776H3063H5414H3754H3010H3117
Jeremiah Freed by Nebuchadnezzar
11[Speaking] through Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon gave orders concerning Jeremiah, saying:H5019H4428H894H6680H3414H3027H5018H7227H2876H55912"Take him, look after him, and don't let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says."H3947H5869H7760H6213H3972H7451H6213H169613Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the captains of the king of BabylonH5018H7227H2876H7971H5021H7249H5371H7248H4428H894H722714had Jeremiah brought from the guard's courtyard and turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he settled among [his own] people.H7971H3947H3414H2691H4307H5414H1436H1121H296H1121H8227H3318H1004H3427H8432H597115Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah when he was confined in the guard's courtyard:H1697H3068H3414H6113H2691H4307H55916"Go tell Ebed-melech the Cushite: This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill My words for harm and not for good against this city. They will take place before your eyes on that day.H1980H559H5663H3569H559H559H3068H6635H430H3478H935H1697H5892H7451H2896H3117H644017But I will rescue you on that day"— [this is] the LORD's declaration— "and you will not be handed over to the men you fear.H5337H3117H5002H3068H5414H3027H582H6440H301618Indeed, I will certainly deliver you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will keep your life like the spoils [of war]." [This is] the LORD's declaration.H4422H4422H5307H2719H5315H7998H982H5002H3068
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