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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.
39 : 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
39 : 3 Then allthe officials of the king of Babylon cameand sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer of Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekimthe Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.
39 : 4 When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went towardthe Arabah.
39 : 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah inthe plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, atRiblah, in the land of Hamath;and he passed sentence on him.
39 : 6 The king of Babylonslaughtered the sons of Zedekiah atRiblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylonslaughtered all the nobles of Judah.
39 : 7 He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.
39 : 8 The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people,and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
39 : 9 ThenNebuzaradan, thecaptain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city,those who had deserted to him, and the people who remained.
39 : 10 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
39 : 11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,
39 : 12 Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you.
39 : 13 SoNebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag,and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon
39 : 14 sent and took Jeremiah fromthe court of the guard. They entrusted him toGedaliah the son ofAhikam, son ofShaphan, that he should take him home. Sohe lived among the people.
39 : 15 The word of theLordcame to Jeremiahwhile he was shut up in the court of the guard:
39 : 16 Go, and say toEbed-melech the Ethiopian,Thus says theLordof hosts, the God of Israel:Behold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm andnot for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day.
39 : 17 But I will deliver you on that day, declares theLord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the menof whom you are afraid.
39 : 18 For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have yourlife as a prize of war,because you have put your trust in me, declares theLord.