⁵ But the military force of the ^(A)Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the ^[a](B)plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at ^(C)Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he spoke judgment on him. ⁶ Then the ^(D)king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah ^(E)before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the ^(F)nobles of Judah.

³⁸ Thus I will ^(A)judge you like women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of ^(B)wrath and jealousy.

⁴⁵ But they, righteous men, will ^(A)judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.