²⁰ For ^(A)through the anger of Yahweh this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And ^(B)Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

25 ^(C)Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, ^(D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his military force, against Jerusalem, and he camped against it and ^(E)built a siege wall all around ^[a]it. ² So the city came under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ³ On the ninth day of the fourth month ^(F)the famine was so strong in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. ^4 (G)Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside ^(H)the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And ^[b]they went by way of the Arabah. ⁵ But the military force of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his military force was scattered from him. ⁶ Then ^(I)they seized the king and ^(J)brought him up to the king of Babylon at ^(K)Riblah, and they spoke their judgment on him. ^7 (L)And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; then he ^(M)blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.