ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 39
1. And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken[H8671], (in the ninth 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 besieged it[H6696];
2. in the eleventh[H6249] year[H8141] of Zedekiah[H6667], in the fourth[H7243] month[H2320], the ninth[H8672] day of the month[H2320], a breach[H1234] was made in the city[H5892],)
3. that all the princes[H8269] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] came in[H935], and sat[H3427] in[H935] the middle[H8432] gate[H8179], to wit[H5371], Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo[H5562], Sarsechim[H8310], Rab-saris[H7249], Nergal-sharezer[H5371], Rab-mag[H7248], with all the rest of the princes[H8269] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894].
4. And it came to pass that[H6667], when Zedekiah the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] and all the men[H582] of war[H4421] saw[H7200] them[H1272], then they fled, and went forth[H3318] out[H3318] of the city[H5892] by night[H3915], by the way[H1870] of the king[H4428]'s garden[H1588], through the gate[H8179] betwixt the two walls[H2346]; and he went out[H3318] toward the Arabah[H6160].
5. But the army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778] pursued[H7291] after[H310] them[H5381], and overtook Zedekiah[H6667] in the plains[H6160] of Jericho[H3405]: and when they had taken[H3947] him[H3947], they brought him up[H5927] to Nebuchadrezzar king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] to Riblah[H7247] in the land[H776] of Hamath[H2574]; and he gave[H1696] judgment upon him[H4941].
6. 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].
7. Moreover he put out[H5786] Zedekiah[H6667]'s eyes[H5869], and bound[H631] him in fetters[H5178], to carry[H935] him to Babylon[H894].
8. And the Chaldeans[H3778] burned[H8313] the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and the houses[H1004] of the people[H5971], with fire[H784], and brake down[H5422] the walls[H2346] of Jerusalem[H3389].
9. Then Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] carried away captive[H1540] into Babylon[H894] the residue[H3499] of the people[H5971] that remained[H7604] in the city[H5892], the deserters also that fell[H5307] away[H5307] to him[H3499], and the residue of the people[H5971] that remained[H7604].
10. But Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] left[H7604] of the poor[H1800] of the people[H5971], that had nothing[H3972], in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063], and gave[H5414] them vineyards[H3754] and fields[H3010] at the same time[H3117].
11. 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],
12. Take[H3947] him[H5869], and look well to him[H6213], and do him no harm[H3972]; but do[H6213] unto him even as he shall say unto thee[H1696].
13. So Nebuzaradan[H5018] the captain[H7227] of the guard[H2876] sent[H7971], and Nebushazban[H5021], Rab-saris[H7249], and Nergal-sharezer[H5371], Rab-mag[H7248], and all the chief officers[H7227] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894];
14. they sent[H7971], and took[H3947] Jeremiah[H3414] out of the court[H2691] of the guard[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].
15. Now the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] came unto Jeremiah[H3414], while he was shut up[H6113] in the court[H2691] of the guard[H4307], saying[H559],
16. Go[H1980], and speak[H559] to Ebed-melech[H5663] the Ethiopian[H3569], saying[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]: Behold[H935], I will bring my words[H1697] upon this city[H5892] for evil[H7451], and not for good[H2896]; and they shall be accomplished before[H6440] thee in that day[H3117].
17. But I will deliver[H5337] thee in that day[H3117], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]; and thou shalt not be given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the men[H582] of whom[H6440] thou art afraid[H3016].
18. For I will surely[H4422] save[H4422] thee[H5307], and thou shalt not fall by the sword[H2719], but thy life[H5315] shall be for a prey[H7998] unto thee[H982]; because thou hast put thy trust in me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
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