²⁰ because through the Lord’s anger these things happened^[a] to Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them from his presence.

Nebuchadnezzar Captures Jerusalem

²⁰ Zedekiah then rebelled against the king of Babylon, 25 ¹ so on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s^[b] reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his entire army approached Jerusalem, attacked it, encamped against it, and built a siege wall that surrounded the city. ² The city remained under siege until the eleventh year of the reign of^[c] King Zedekiah. ³ By the ninth day of the fourth^[d] month, the resulting^[e] famine had become so severe in the city that no food remained for the people who lived in the land. ⁴ The city was breached, and the entire army left during the night through the gate that stood between the two walls beside the royal garden, even though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city. They escaped through the Arabah, ⁵ but the Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook him in the Jericho plains, where his entire army was scattered. ⁶ The Chaldeans captured the king and brought him to Riblah, where the king of Babylon determined his sentence. ⁷ They executed Zedekiah’s sons in his presence, blinded Zedekiah, bound him with bronze chains, and transported him to Babylon.