Jeremiah 39
39:1And it came to pass in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his force against Jerusalem, and they assaulted it.
39:2And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, ninth of the month, the city was broken asunder.
39:3And all the governors of the king of Babylon entered and sat at the gate, the one in the middle, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar, and Nebo-sarsechim, and Nebu-sarkes and Nergal, Sharezer, Rab-mag, and the rest of the governors of the king of Babylon.
39:4And it came to pass as Zedekiah king of Judah saw them, and all the men warriors, that they fled and went forth at night from the city according to the way of the garden of the king through the gate between the wall and the fortification around the wall. And they went forth by the way of Araba.
39:5And the force of the Chaldeans pursued after them. And they seized Zedekiah on the other side of Jericho, and they led him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah the city in the land of Hamath. And he spoke against him with judgment.
39:6And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; and all the rulers of Judah he slew.
39:7And the eyes of Zedekiah he blinded. And he bound him with shackles, and he led him unto Babylon.
39:8And the house of the king, and the houses of the people the Chaldeans set on fire with fire, and the wall of Jerusalem they demolished.
39:9And the extra of the people, and the ones being left behind in the city, and the ones falling in -- these, they fell to the king of Babylon.
39:10And the rest of the people, and the ones being left behind Nabuzar-adan the chief guard removed unto Babylon. And of the poor of the people, the ones who were not anything, Nabuzar-adan the chief guard left behind in the land of Judah. And he gave to them vineyards and fields in that day.
39:11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah in the hand of Nebuzar-adan the chief guard, saying,
39:12Take him and put your eyes upon him! and you should not do to him anything bad; but as it should be said to you, thus you shall do for him!
39:13And Nabuzar-adan the chief guard sent, and Nabushasban and Rab-sares and Nergel and Sharezer and Rab-mag and all the governers of the king of Babylon.
39:14And they sent and took Jeremiah from out of the courtyard of the guard, and they gave him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, and they led him out. And he sat in the midst of the people.
39:15And to Jeremiah came the word of the lord in the courtyard of the guard, saying,
39:16Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian! saying, Thus said the lord God of Israel, Behold, I bring my words upon this city for bad things, and not for good things. And they shall be before you in that day.
39:17And I shall deliver you in that day, says the lord, and I will not give you into the hands of the men whom you fear from their face.
39:18For by delivering, I shall deliver you, and by the broadsword in no way shall you fall. And your life will be for gain, for you relied upon me, says the lord.