| 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. |
| 2 | And in the eleventh year of
Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken
up. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,
saying, |
| 12 | Take him, and
look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto
thee. |
| 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. |
| 15 | Now the word of the LORD came
unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, |
| 16 | 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. |
| 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. |
