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Chapter 39 |
| 1 | In the ninth
year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. |
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And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the
month, the city was broken up. |
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3 | And all the princes of the king of
Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo,
Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the
princes of the king of Babylon. |
| 4 | And it came to pass, that when
Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled,
and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by
the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
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| 5 | But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the
plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave
judgment upon him. |
| 6 | Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of
Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the
nobles of Judah. |
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7 | Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him
with chains, to carry him to Babylon. |
| 8 | And the Chaldeans burned the
king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls
of Jerusalem. |
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9 | Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried
away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city,
and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that
remained. |
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| But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor
of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards
and fields at the same time. |
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11 | Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,
saying, |
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| Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but
do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. |
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13 | So Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer,
Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; |
| 14 | Even they
sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home:
so he dwelt among the people. |
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15 | Now the word of the LORD came unto
Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, |
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Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD 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 accomplished in that day before thee.
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| 17 | But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not
be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. |
| 18 | For I
will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life
shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the
LORD. |
