39In the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it;H8671H8141H6667H4428H3063H6224H2320H935H5019H4428H894H2428H3389H66962in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.H6249H6240H8141H6667H7243H2320H8672H2320H5892H12343When Jerusalem was taken, all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.H8269H4428H894H935H3427H8432H8179H5371H5562H8310H7249H5371H7248H7611H8269H4428H8944When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward the Arabah.H6667H4428H3063H7200H582H4421H1272H3318H5892H3915H1870H4428H1588H8179H2346H3318H1870H61605But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he passed sentence on him.H3778H2428H7291H310H5381H6667H6160H3405H3947H5927H5019H4428H894H7247H776H2574H1696H49416The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.H4428H894H7819H1121H6667H7247H5869H4428H894H7819H2715H30637He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.H5786H6667H5869H631H5178H935H8948The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.H3778H8313H4428H1004H1004H5971H784H5422H2346H33899Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard exiled to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the people who remained.H5018H7227H2876H1540H894H3499H5971H7604H5892H5307H5307H3499H5971H760410Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.H5018H7227H2876H7604H1800H5971H3972H776H3063H5414H3754H3010H3117
Jeremiah, Set Free, Remembers Ebed-melech
11King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,H5019H4428H894H6680H3414H3027H5018H7227H2876H55912"Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he may ask you."H3947H5869H7760H6213H3972H7451H6213H169613So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon sentH5018H7227H2876H7971H5021H7249H5371H7248H4428H894H722714and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan to be brought home. So he stayed with his own people.H7971H3947H3414H2691H4307H5414H1436H1121H296H1121H8227H3318H1004H3427H8432H597115The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guard:H1697H3068H3414H6113H2691H4307H55916Go and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to fulfill my words against this city for evil and not for good, and they shall be accomplished in your presence on that day.H1980H559H5663H3569H559H559H3068H6635H430H3478H935H1697H5892H7451H2896H3117H644017But I will save you on that day, says the LORD, and you shall not be handed over to those whom you dread.H5337H3117H5002H3068H5414H3027H582H6440H301618For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have trusted in me, says the LORD.H4422H4422H5307H2719H5315H7998H982H5002H3068