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Jerusalem
Captured |
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| Jeremiah 39:1 |
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Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth
year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it; |
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| Jeremiah 39:2 |
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in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth
month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was breached. |
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| Jeremiah 39:3 |
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Then all the officials of the king of Babylon
came in and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim
the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials
of the king of Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 39:4 |
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When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the
men of war saw them, they fled and went out of the city at night by way of the
king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the
Arabah. |
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| Jeremiah 39:5 |
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But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and
overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they seized him and brought him
up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed
sentence on him. |
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| Jeremiah 39:6 |
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Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah
before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slew all the nobles of Judah. |
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| Jeremiah 39:7 |
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He then blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him
in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 39:8 |
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The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king's
palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
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| Jeremiah 39:9 |
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As for the rest of the people who were left
in the city, the deserters who had gone over to him and the rest of the people
who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried them into exile
in Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 39:10 |
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But some of the poorest people who had nothing,
Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and
gave them vineyards and fields at that time. |
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Jeremiah Spared |
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| Jeremiah 39:11 |
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Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders
about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 39:12 |
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"Take him and look after him, and do nothing
harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you." |
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| Jeremiah 39:13 |
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So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard
sent word, along with Nebushazban the Rab-saris, and Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag,
and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon; |
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| Jeremiah 39:14 |
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they even sent and took Jeremiah out of the
court of the guardhouse and entrusted him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the
son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people. |
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| Jeremiah 39:15 |
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Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah
while he was confined in the court of the guardhouse, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 39:16 |
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"Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,
saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to
bring My words on this city for disaster and not for prosperity; and they will
take place before you on that day. |
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| Jeremiah 39:17 |
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"But I will deliver you on that day," declares
the LORD, "and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread.
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| Jeremiah 39:18 |
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"For I will certainly rescue you, and you will
not fall by the sword; but you will have your own life as booty, because you have
trusted in Me," declares the LORD.'" |
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