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

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.

⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^(A)Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, ^(B)they are the meat, and ^(C)this city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. ^8 (D)You have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. ⁹ And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and ^(E)give you into the hands of foreigners, and ^(F)execute judgments upon you. ^10 (G)You shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ^(H)and you shall know that I am the Lord. ^11 (I)This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel,

The People Exiled to Babylon

²⁴ And the captain of the guard took ^(A)Seraiah the chief priest, and ^(B)Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; ²⁵ and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^(C)seven men of the king's council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city. ²⁶ And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^(D)Riblah. ²⁷ And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at ^(E)Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

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. ^7 (D)He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.

^18 (A)And the captain of the guard took ^(B)Seraiah the chief priest and ^(C)Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; ¹⁹ and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^(D)five men of the king's council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. ²⁰ And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^(E)Riblah. ²¹ And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at ^(F)Riblah in the land of Hamath. ^(G)So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

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

³⁴ For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”