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Jeremiah 39
1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth of the month, the city
was broken into.
3 And all the rulers of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag, and all the rest
of the rulers of the king of Babylon.
4 And it came to pass that when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw
them, then they fled, and went out from the city by night, by the way of the king's
garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out the way of the plain.
5 But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho.
And they took him, and brought him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in
the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment upon him.
6 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes in Riblah. The
king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with chains, to bring him to
Babylon.
8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people, with fire,
and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the rest of
the people who remained in the city, and those who fell out and defected to him, with the
rest of the people that remained.
10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor people, who had
nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
12 Take him and look after him, and do him no evil; but do with him even as he says to
you.
13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and
Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag, and all the princes of the king of Babylon,
14 even they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and assigned him to
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he lived among
the people.
15 Now the Word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of
the guard, saying,
16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Jehovah 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 done in that day before you.
17 But I will deliver you in that day, says Jehovah. And you shall not be given into the
hand of the men of whom you are afraid.
18 For I will give you an escape, to deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but
your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me, says Jehovah.
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