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Jeremiah 39 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Fall of Jerusalem
The Fall of Jerusalem
(2 Kin. 25:1–12; Jer. 52:4–16 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:2 - In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:3 - Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris,[fn] Nergal-Sarezer, Rabmag,[fn] with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:4 - So it was, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled and went out of the city by night, by way of the king’s garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out by way of the plain.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:6 - Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes in Riblah; the king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:7 - Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 - And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:9 - Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who defected to him, with the rest of the people who remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:10 - But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the poor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
Jeremiah Goes Free
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:11 - Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:12 - “Take him and look after him, and do him no harm; but do to him just as he says to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:13 - So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent Nebushasban, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s chief officers;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - then they sent someone to take Jeremiah from the court of the prison, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he dwelt among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:15 - Meanwhile the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:16 - “Go and speak to Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for adversity and not for good, and they shall be performed in that day before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:17 - “But I will deliver you in that day,” says the LORD, “and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:18 - “For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me,” says the LORD.’ ”
NKJV Footnotes
A title, probably Chief Officer; also verse 13
A title, probably Troop Commander; also verse 13
Or the Arabah, that is, the Jordan Valley
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