Jeremiah 52:1-11

New American Standard Bible

The Fall of Jerusalem

52 ^(A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^[a](B)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of ^(C)Libnah. ² He did ^(D)evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that ^(E)Jehoiakim had done. ³ For because of the ^(F)anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, until He drove them out from His presence. And Zedekiah ^(G)revolted against the king of Babylon. ^4 (H)Now it came about in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and built a ^[b](I)bulwark all around ^[c]it. ^5 (J)So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ⁶ On the ninth day of the ^(K)fourth month the ^(L)famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. ⁷ Then the city was ^(M)breached, and all the ^(N)warriors fled and left the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were ^[d](O)all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. ⁸ But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and ^(P)overtook Zedekiah in the ^[e]desert plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. ⁹ Then they captured the king and ^(Q)brought him up to the king of Babylon at ^(R)Riblah in the land of ^(S)Hamath, and he ^[f]passed sentence on him. ¹⁰ And the king of Babylon ^(T)slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the commanders of Judah in Riblah. ¹¹ Then he ^(U)blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze shackles and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.