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July 586 B.C. Jeremiah 39.2. Jerusalem as city is penetrated and beseiged.
Jeremiah 39/ 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)
39 2
Nebuchadnezzar beseigeth Jerusalem. 4 Zedekiah fleeing, is taken of the
Chaldeans. 6 His sons are slain. 7 His eyes are thrust out. 11 Jeremiah is
provided for. 26 Ebed-Melech is delivered from captivity.
1 In the ninth year of
Zedekiah King of Judah in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel
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 [a]up.
3 And
all the princes of the King of Babel came in, and sat in the middle gate, even
Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rabmag,
with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babel.
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 [b]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 Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babel unto [c]Riblah
in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
6 Then
the king of Babel slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the
king of Babel slew all the nobles of Judah.
7 Moreover
he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in chains to carry him to Babel.
8 And
the Chaldeans burnt the king’s house, and the houses of the people with fire,
and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 Then
Nebuzaradan the [d]chief
steward carried away captive into Babel 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
Nebuzaradan the chief steward left the [e]poor
that had nothing in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at
the same time.
11 Now
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel gave charge concerning Jeremiah [f]unto
Nebuzaradan the chief steward, saying,
12 Take
him, and [g]look
well to him, and do him no harm, but do unto him [h]even
as he shall say unto thee.
13 So
Nebuzaradan the chief steward sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and
Nergal-Sharezar, Rabmag, and all the King of Babel’s princes:
14 Even
they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him
unto [i]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, 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 [j]hast
put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
Footnotes:
Jeremiah 39:2
The gates and walls were broken down.
Jeremiah 39:4
Which was a postern door, read 2 Kings 25:4.
Jeremiah 39:5
Which is called Antioch in Syria.
Jeremiah 39:9
Or, captain of the guard.
Jeremiah 39:10
For the rich and the mighty which put their trust in
their shifts and means, were by God’s just judgments most rigorously handled.
Jeremiah 39:11
Hebrew, by the hand of.
Jeremiah 39:12
Hebrew, set thine eyes upon them.
Jeremiah 39:12
Thus God preserved his prophet by his means, whom he
made the scourge to punish the king, and them that were his enemies.
Jeremiah 39:14
Whom the King of Babel had now appointed governor
over the rest of the Jews that he left behind.
Jeremiah 39:18
Thus God recompensed his zeal and favor, which he
showed to his Prophet in his troubles.
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