⁶ The king of Babylon ^(A)slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at ^(B)Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon ^(C)slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.

¹⁰ The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at ^(A)Riblah.

¹⁹ the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, ^(A)the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf. ²⁰ And I will give them into the hand of their enemies ^(B)and into the hand of those who seek their lives. ^(C)Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth. ²¹ And ^(D)Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon ^(E)which has withdrawn from you.

⁸ “But thus says the Lord: Like ^(A)the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, so will I treat ^(B)Zedekiah the king of Judah, his officials, the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who ^(C)dwell in the land of Egypt. ⁹ I will make them ^(D)a horror^[a] to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be ^(E)a reproach, ^(F)a byword, ^(G)a taunt, and ^(H)a curse in all the places where I shall drive them. ¹⁰ And I will send ^(I)sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they shall be utterly destroyed from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.”

⁷ Afterward, declares the Lord, ^(A)I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword. ^(B)He shall not pity them or spare them or have compassion.’

⁷ They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, ^(A)and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.

³⁴ so that you are driven mad ^(A)by the sights that your eyes see.

⁶ For how can I bear ^(A)to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”