<vn='1'>In the <sn="8671">ninth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, in the <sn="6224">tenth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, <sn="935">came</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="2428">army</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and they <sn="6696">besieged</s> it. </v>
<vn='2'> And in the <sn="6249 6240">eleventh</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s>, in the <sn="7243">fourth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, the <sn="8672">ninth</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>, the <sn="5892">city</s> was broken <sn="1234">up</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> came <sn="935">in</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s> in the <sn="8432">middle</s><sn="8179">gate</s>, even <sn="5371">Nergal</s> -sharezer, <sn="5562">Samgar</s> -nebo, <sn="8310">Sarsechim</s>, <sn="7249">Rabsaris</s>, <sn="5371">Nergal</s> -sharezer, <sn="7248">Rab</s> -mag, with <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="7611">residue</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that <sn="834">when</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="7200">saw</s> them, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s>, then they <sn="1272">fled</s>, and went <sn="3318">forth</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> by <sn="3915">night</s>, by the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1588">garden</s>, by the <sn="8179">gate</s><sn="996">between</s> the two <sn="2346">walls</s>: and he went <sn="3318">out</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="6160">plain</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>But the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s> ' <sn="2428">army</s><sn="7291">pursued</s><sn="310">after</s> them, and <sn="5381">overtook</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> in the <sn="6160">plains</s> of <sn="3405">Jericho</s>: and when they had <sn="3947">taken</s> him, they brought him <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> to <sn="7247">Riblah</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="2574">Hamath</s>, where he <sn="1696">gave</s><sn="4941">judgment</s><sn="854">upon</s> him. </v>
<vn='6'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="7819">slew</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> in <sn="7247">Riblah</s> before his <sn="5869">eyes</s>: also the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s><sn="7819">slew</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2715">nobles</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Moreover he put <sn="5786">out</s><sn="6677">Zedekiah</s> 's <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="631">bound</s> him with <sn="5178">chains</s>, to <sn="935">carry</s> him to <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s><sn="8313">burned</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and the <sn="1004">houses</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>, with <sn="784">fire</s>, and broke <sn="5422">down</s> the <sn="2346">walls</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="227">Then</s><sn="5018">Nebuzaradan</s> the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s> carried away <sn="1540">captive</s> into <sn="894">Babylon</s> the <sn="3499">remnant</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="7604">remained</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>, and those that fell <sn="5307">away</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">to</s> him, with <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="7604">remained</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>But <sn="5018">Nebuzaradan</s> the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s><sn="7604">left</s> of the <sn="1800">poor</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="834">which</s> had <sn="369 3972">nothing</s>, in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> them <sn="3754">vineyards</s> and <sn="3010">fields</s> at the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">time</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Now <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> gave <sn="6680">charge</s><sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="3027">to</s><sn="5018">Nebuzaradan</s> the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3947">Take</s> him, and look <sn="5869 7760">well</s><sn="5921">to</s> him, and <sn="6213">do</s> him <sn="408 3972">no</s><sn="7451">harm</s>; <sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="5973">unto</s> him <sn="3651">even</s><sn="834">as</s> he shall <sn="1696">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee. </v>
<vn='13'>So <sn="5018">Nebuzaradan</s> the <sn="7227">captain</s> of the <sn="2876">guard</s><sn="7971">sent</s>, and <sn="5021">Nebushasban</s>, <sn="7249">Rabsaris</s>, and <sn="5371">Nergal</s> -sharezer, <sn="7248">Rab</s> -mag, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> 's <sn="7227">princes</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>Even they <sn="7971">sent</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> out of the <sn="4480 2691">court</s> of the <sn="4307">prison</s>, and <sn="5414">committed</s> him <sn="413">unto</s><sn="1436">Gedaliah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="296">Ahikam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8227">Shaphan</s>, that he should <sn="3318">carry</s> him <sn="1004">home</s>: so he <sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Now the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, while he <sn="1961">was</s> shut <sn="6113">up</s> in the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="4307">prison</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1980">Go</s> and <sn="559">speak</s> to <sn="5663">Ebed</s> -melech the <sn="3569">Ethiopian</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="935">bring</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1697">words</s><sn="413">upon</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> for <sn="7451">evil</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> for <sn="2896">good</s>; and they shall <sn="1961">be</s> accomplished in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee. </v>
<vn='17'>But I will <sn="5337">deliver</s> thee in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="5414">given</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="834">whom</s><sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="3016 4480 6440">afraid</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3588">For</s> I will surely <sn="4422 4422">deliver</s> thee, and thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5307">fall</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, but thy <sn="5315">life</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> for a <sn="7998">prey</s> unto thee: <sn="3588">because</s> thou hast put thy <sn="982">trust</s> in me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>