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In the ninth[H8671]year[H8141] of Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], in the tenth[H6224]month[H2320], came[H935]Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] and all his army[H2428] against Jerusalem[H3389], and they besieged[H6696] it.
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And in the eleventh[H6249]year[H8141] of Zedekiah[H6667], in the fourth[H7243]month[H2320], the ninth[H8672] day of the month[H2320], the city[H5892] was broken up[H1234].
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And all the princes[H8269] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] came in[H935], and sat[H3427]in[H935] the middle[H8432]gate[H8179], even Nergalsharezer[H5371], Samgarnebo[H5562], Sarsechim[H8310], Rabsaris[H7249], Nergalsharezer[H5371], Rabmag[H7248], with all the residue[H7611] of the princes[H8269] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894].
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And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah[H6667] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]saw[H7200] them, and all the men[H582] of war[H4421], then they fled[H1272], and went forth[H3318]out[H3318] of the city[H5892] by night[H3915], by the way[H1870] of the king[H4428]'s garden[H1588], by the gate[H8179] betwixt the two walls[H2346]: and he went out[H3318] the way[H1870] of the plain[H6160].
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But the Chaldeans[H3778]' army[H2428]pursued[H7291]after[H310] them, and overtook[H5381]Zedekiah[H6667] in the plains[H6160] of Jericho[H3405]: and when they had taken[H3947] him, they brought him up[H5927] to Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] to Riblah[H7247] in the land[H776] of Hamath[H2574], where he gave[H1696]judgment[H4941] upon him.
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Then the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]slew[H7819] the sons[H1121] of Zedekiah[H6667] in Riblah[H7247] before his eyes[H5869]: also the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]slew[H7819] all the nobles[H2715] of Judah[H3063].
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Moreover he put out[H5786] Zedekiah's eyes[H5869], and bound[H631] him with chains[H5178], to carry[H935] him to Babylon[H894].
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And the Chaldeans[H3778]burned[H8313] the king's house[H1004], and the houses[H1004] of the people[H5971], with fire[H784], and brake down[H5422] the walls[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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Then Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] carried away[H5307]captive[H1540] into Babylon[H894] the remnant[H3499] of the people[H5971] that remained[H7604] in the city[H5892], and those that fell[H5307]away[H5307], that fell[H5307] to him, with the rest[H3499] of the people[H5971] that remained[H7604].
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But Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876]left[H7604] of the poor[H1800] of the people[H5971], which had nothing[H3972], in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], and gave[H5414] them vineyards[H3754] and fields[H3010] at the same time[H3117].
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Now Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] gave charge[H6680] concerning Jeremiah[H3414]to[H3027]Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876], saying[H559],
12Take[H3947] him, and look well[H5869] to him, and do[H6213] him no harm[H3972]; but do[H6213] unto him even as he shall say[H1696] unto thee.
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So Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876]sent[H7971], and Nebushasban[H5021], Rabsaris[H7249], and Nergalsharezer[H5371], Rabmag[H7248], and all the king[H4428] of Babylon's princes[H7227];
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Even they sent[H7971], and took[H3947]Jeremiah[H3414] out of the court[H2691] of the prison[H4307], and committed[H5414] him unto Gedaliah[H1436] the son[H1121] of Ahikam[H296] the son[H1121] of Shaphan[H8227], that he should carry[H3318] him home[H1004]: so he dwelt[H3427]among[H8432] the people[H5971].
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Now the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto Jeremiah[H3414], while he was shut up[H6113] in the court[H2691] of the prison[H4307], saying[H559],
16Go[H1980] and speak[H559] to Ebedmelech[H5663] the Ethiopian[H3569], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Behold, I will bring[H935] my words[H1697] upon this city[H5892] for evil[H7451], and not for good[H2896]; and they shall be accomplished in that day[H3117]before[H6440] thee.
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But I will deliver[H5337] thee in that day[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]: and thou shalt not be given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the men[H582] of whom[H6440] thou art afraid[H3016].
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For I will surely[H4422]deliver[H4422] thee, and thou shalt not fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719], but thy life[H5315] shall be for a prey[H7998] unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust[H982] in me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].