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Jeremiah 39
Jerusalem Captured
Jeremiah 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.
Jeremiah 39:2
And
in the eleventh
year
of Zedekiah
,
in the fourth
month
,
the ninth
day
of the month
,
the city
was broken up
.
Jeremiah 39:3
And all the princes
of the king
of Babylon
came in
,
and sat
in the middle
gate
,
even
Nergal-sharezer
,
Samgar-nebo
,
Sarsechim
,
Rab-saris
,
Nergal-sharezer
,
Rab-mag
,
with all the residue
of the princes
of the king
of Babylon
.
Jeremiah 39:4
¶ 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
.
Jeremiah 39:5
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.
Jeremiah 39:6
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
.
Jeremiah 39:7
Moreover he put out
Zedekiah’s
eyes
,
and bound
him with chains
,
to carry
him to Babylon
.
Jeremiah 39:8
¶
And the Chaldeans
burned
the king’s
house
,
and the houses
of the people
,
with fire
,
and brake down
the walls
of Jerusalem
.
Jeremiah 39:9
Then Nebuzar-adan
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
.
Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzar-adan
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
.
Jeremiah Spared
Jeremiah 39:11
¶
Now Nebuchadrezzar
king
of Babylon
gave charge
concerning Jeremiah
to
Nebuzar-adan
the captain
of the guard
,
saying
,
Jeremiah 39:12
Take
him, and look well
to him, and do
him no harm
;
but do
unto him even as he shall say
unto thee.
Jeremiah 39:13
So Nebuzar-adan
the captain
of the guard
sent
,
and Nebushasban
,
Rab-saris
,
and Nergal-sharezer
,
Rab-mag
,
and all the king
of Babylon’s
princes
;
Jeremiah 39:14
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
.
Jeremiah 39:15
¶
Now the word
of the LORD
came unto Jeremiah
,
while he was shut up
in the court
of the prison
,
saying
,
Jeremiah 39:16
Go
and speak
to Ebed-melech
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.
Jeremiah 39:17
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
.
Jeremiah 39:18
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
.