⁸ because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do,^(A) whether they are slave or free.

⁹ And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours^(B) is in heaven, and there is no favoritism^(C) with him.

⁸ I will set my face against^(A) them and make them an example^(B) and a byword.^(C) I will remove them from my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord.^(D)

⁹ “‘And if the prophet^(E) is enticed^(F) to utter a prophecy, I the Lord have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.^{(G) 10} They will bear their guilt—the prophet will be as guilty as the one who consults him.

²⁴ The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah^(A) the chief priest, Zephaniah^(B) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.^{(C) 25} Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary^(D) who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city. ²⁶ Nebuzaradan^(E) the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. ²⁷ There at Riblah,^(F) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.

So Judah went into captivity, away^(G) from her land. ²⁸ This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile:^(H)