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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4When 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 they went out along the route to the Arabah. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12“Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.” |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him: |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’ ” |
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