Jeremiah 52:3-16

3ForH3588 becauseH5921 of the angerH639 of the LORDH3068, all this happenedH1961 in JerusalemH3389 and JudahH3063, untilH5704 He finally banishedH7993 themH853 fromH5921 His presenceH6440.

And Zedekiah alsoH6667 rebelledH4775 against the kingH4428 of BabylonH894.

4SoH1961 in the ninthH8671 yearH8141 of Zedekiah’s reignH4427, on the tenthH6218H2320 day of the tenthH6224 monthH2320, NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH894H1931 marchedH935 againstH5921 JerusalemH3389 with his entireH3605 armyH2428. They encampedH2583 outsideH5921 the city and builtH1129 a siege wallH1785 allH5439 around itH5921. 5And the cityH5892 was keptH935 under siegeH4692 untilH5704 KingH4428 Zedekiah’sH6667 eleventhH6249H6240 yearH8141.

6By the ninthH8672H2320 day of the fourthH7243 monthH2320, the famineH7458 in the cityH5892 was so severeH2388 that the peopleH5971 of the landH776 hadH1961 noH3808 foodH3899. 7Then the cityH5892 was breachedH1234; and though the ChaldeansH3778H59211 had surroundedH5439 the cityH5892, allH3605 the menH582 of warH4421 fledH1272 the cityH5892 by nightH3915 by wayH1870 of the gateH8179 betweenH996 the two wallsH2346 nearH5921 the king’sH4428 gardenH1588.

They headedH1980 towardH1870 the ArabahH6160,2 8but the armyH2428 of the ChaldeansH3778 pursuedH7291 the kingH4428 and overtookH5381 ZedekiahH6667 in the plainsH6160 of JerichoH3405, and his wholeH3605 armyH2428 desertedH6327 himH5921.

9The Chaldeans seizedH8610 the kingH4428 and brought him upH5927 toH413 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 at RiblahH7247 in the landH776 of HamathH2574, where he pronouncedH1696 judgmentH4941 onH854 Zedekiah.

10There at RiblahH7247 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 slaughteredH7819 the sonsH1121 of ZedekiahH6667 before his eyesH5869, and he alsoH1571 killedH7819 allH3605 the officialsH8269 of JudahH3063. 11Then he put outH5786 Zedekiah’sH6667 eyesH5869, boundH631 himH4428 with bronze shacklesH5178, and took himH935 to BabylonH894, where he kept himH5414 in custodyH1004H6486 untilH5704 his dyingH4194 dayH3117.

12On the tenthH6218H2320 day of the fifthH2549 monthH2320, in the nineteenthH8672H6240H8141 yearH8141 of Nebuchadnezzar’sH5019 reignH4428 over BabylonH894, NebuzaradanH5018 captainH7227 of the guardH2876, a servantH5975H6440 of the kingH4428 of BabylonH894, enteredH935 JerusalemH3389. 13He burned downH8313 the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068, the royalH4428 palaceH1004, and allH3605 the housesH1004 of JerusalemH3389—everyH3605 significantH1419 buildingH1004. 14AndH853 the wholeH3605 armyH2428 of the ChaldeansH3778 underH854 the captainH7227 of the guardH2876 broke downH5422 allH3605 the wallsH2346 aroundH5439 JerusalemH3389.

15Then NebuzaradanH5018 captainH7227 of the guardH2876 carried into exileH1540 some of the poorestH1803 peopleH5971 andH853 those who remainedH3499H5971H7604 in the cityH5892, along withH853 the desertersH5307 whoH834 had defectedH5307 toH413 the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 and the restH3499 of the craftsmenH525. 16But NebuzaradanH5018 captainH7227 of the guardH2876 left behindH7604 some of the poorestH1803 of the landH776 to tend the vineyardsH3755 and fieldsH3009.