Jeremiah 52:4-11
Legacy Standard Bible
4 (A)Now it happened in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his military force, against Jerusalem, and they camped against it and built a (B)siege wall all around [a]it. 5 (C)So the city came under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 On the ninth day of the (D)fourth month, the (E)famine was so strong in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was (F)breached, and all the (G)men of war fled and went forth from the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were [b](H)all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. 8 But the military force of the Chaldeans pursued the king and (I)overtook Zedekiah in the [c]plains of Jericho, and all his military force was scattered from him. 9 Then they seized the king and (J)brought him up to the king of Babylon at (K)Riblah in the land of (L)Hamath, and he [d]spoke his judgment on him. 10 Then the king of Babylon (M)slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the [e]princes of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he (N)blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.
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- Jeremiah 52:4 Lit against it
- Jeremiah 52:7 Lit against the city on every side
- Jeremiah 52:8 Same root as Arabah in 52:7
- Jeremiah 52:9 Lit spoke judgments with
- Jeremiah 52:10 Or commanders
Jeremiah 52:4-11
Common English Bible
4 In the ninth year, the tenth month, and the tenth day of the month, Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem with all of his army. He camped beside the city and built a siege wall around it. 5 The city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city reached a point that no food remained for the people. 7 The enemy entered the city, and all the soldiers fled by night along the gate between the two walls by the royal gardens. So the Babylonians surrounded the city while the soldiers fled toward the desert plain. 8 However, the Babylonian army chased down Zedekiah and caught him in the plains of Jericho. (His entire army had fled from him.) 9 They arrested the king and brought him before the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he pronounced sentence on him. 10 The king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah’s children before his very own eyes, and he slaughtered all Judah’s officers at Riblah. 11 Then he gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in chains. The king of Babylon dragged him off to Babylon and put him in prison, where he remained until he died.
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