<vn='1'>Then the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s>, and made him <sn="4427">king</s> in his father's <sn="8478 1">stead</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> was <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="2320">months</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> put him <sn="5493">down</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="6064">condemned</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s> in a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3603">talents</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s> and a <sn="3603">talent</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="471">Eliakim</s> his <sn="251">brother</s><sn="4427">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="5437">turned</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s> to <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s>. And <sn="5224">Necho</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, and <sn="935">carried</s> him to <sn="4714">Egypt</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> was <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="259 6240">eleven</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: and he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="5921">Against</s> him came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="631">bound</s> him in <sn="5178">fetters</s>, to <sn="1980">carry</s> him to <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s> also <sn="935">carried</s> of the <sn="4480 3627">vessels</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="5414">put</s> them in his <sn="1964">temple</s> at <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s>, and his <sn="8441">abominations</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, and that which was <sn="4672">found</s><sn="5921">in</s> him, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3063">Judah</s>: and <sn="3078">Jehoiachin</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3078">Jehoiachin</s> was <sn="8083">eight</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="2320">months</s> and <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="3117">days</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: and he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And when the <sn="8141">year</s> was <sn="8666">expired</s>, <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="7971">sent</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> him to <sn="894">Babylon</s>, <sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="2532">goodly</s><sn="3627">vessels</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="4427">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> his <sn="251">brother</s> king <sn="5921">over</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> was <sn="259">one</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s> when he began to <sn="4427">reign</s>, and <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="259 6240">eleven</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s>, and humbled not <sn="3665 3808">himself</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s> speaking from the <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And he <sn="1571">also</s><sn="4775">rebelled</s> against <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s>, <sn="834">who</s> had made him <sn="7650">swear</s> by <sn="430">God</s>: but he <sn="7185">stiffened</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6203">neck</s>, and <sn="553">hardened</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3824">heart</s> from <sn="4480 7725">turning</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1571">Moreover</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">chief</s> of the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s>, transgressed very <sn="7235 4603 4604">much</s> after <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8441">abominations</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>; and <sn="2930">polluted</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">which</s> he had <sn="6942">hallowed</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="5921">to</s> them <sn="3027">by</s> his <sn="4397">messengers</s>, rising up <sn="7925">quickly</s>, and <sn="7971">sending</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> he had <sn="2550">compassion</s><sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="5921">on</s> his dwelling <sn="4583">place</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>But they <sn="1961 3931">mocked</s> the <sn="4397">messengers</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="959">despised</s> his <sn="1697">words</s>, and <sn="8591">misused</s> his <sn="5030">prophets</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="2534">wrath</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5927">arose</s> against his <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="4832">remedy</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Therefore he <sn="5927">brought</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldees</s>, who <sn="2026">slew</s> their young <sn="970">men</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of their <sn="4720">sanctuary</s>, and had no <sn="2550 3808">compassion</s><sn="5921">upon</s> young <sn="970">man</s> or <sn="1330">maiden</s>, old <sn="2205">man</s>, or him that stooped for <sn="3486">age</s>: he <sn="5414">gave</s> them <sn="3605">all</s> into his <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="1419">great</s> and <sn="6996">small</s>, and the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="214">treasures</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>, and of his <sn="8269">princes</s>; <sn="3605">all</s> these he <sn="935">brought</s> to <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And they <sn="8313">burnt</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and broke <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2346">wall</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="8313">burnt</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="759">palaces</s> thereof with <sn="784">fire</s>, and <sn="7843">destroyed</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4261">goodly</s><sn="3627">vessels</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='20'>And them that had <sn="7611">escaped</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s> carried he <sn="1540">away</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="894">Babylon</s>; where they <sn="1961">were</s><sn="5650">servants</s> to him and his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="4427">reign</s> of the <sn="4438">kingdom</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s>: </v>
<vn='21'>To <sn="4390">fulfill</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> by the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="776">land</s> had <sn="7521">enjoyed</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="7676">sabbaths</s>: for as long <sn="3605 3117">as</s> she lay <sn="8074">desolate</s> she kept <sn="7673">sabbath</s>, to <sn="4390">fulfill</s> threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Now in the <sn="259">first</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="3566">Cyrus</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s>, that the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> spoken by the <sn="6310">mouth</s> of <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> might be <sn="3615">accomplished</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> stirred <sn="5782">up</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7307">spirit</s> of <sn="3566">Cyrus</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s>, that he made a <sn="5674 6963">proclamation</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="4438">kingdom</s>, and put it <sn="1571">also</s> in <sn="4385">writing</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s><sn="3566">Cyrus</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s>, <sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s><sn="5414">given</s> me; and <sn="1931">he</s> hath <sn="6485 5921">charged</s> me to <sn="1129">build</s> him a <sn="1004">house</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is in <sn="3063">Judah</s>. <sn="4310">Who</s> is there among you of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> his <sn="5971">people</s>? The <sn="3068">LORD</s> his <sn="430">God</s> be <sn="5973">with</s> him, and let him go <sn="5927">up</s>. </v>