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[1]In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah in the tenth month, came Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon and all his host against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
[2]And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
[3]And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rab-mag with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
[4]And when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went out of the city by night, through the king's garden, and by the gate between the two walls, and he went toward the wilderness.
[5]But the Chaldean's host pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the desert of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him to Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon unto Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
[6]Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.
[7]Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in chains, to carry him to Babylon.
[8]And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
[9]Then Neb-uzar-adan the chief steward carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people, that remained in the city, and those that were fled and fallen unto him, with the rest of the people that remained.
[10]But Neb-uzar-adan the chief steward left the poor that had nothing in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
[11]Now Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah unto Neb-uzar-adan the chief steward, saying,
[12]Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm, but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
[13]So Neb-uzar-adan the chief steward sent, and Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal-sharezar, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes:
[14]Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
[15]Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
[16]Go and speak to Ebed-melech the black Moor [Ethiopian] , saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good, and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
[17]But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord, and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men whom thou fearest.
[18]For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee, because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
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