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Jeremiah 52:4-11
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah 52:4-11
New American Standard Bible
4 (A)Now it came about 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 army, against Jerusalem, camped against it, and built a [a](B)bulwark all around [b]it. 5 (C)So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 On the ninth day of the (D)fourth month the (E)famine was so severe 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)warriors fled and left the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were [c](H)all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and (I)overtook Zedekiah in the [d]desert plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they captured the king and (J)brought him up to the king of Babylon at (K)Riblah in the land of (L)Hamath, and he [e]passed sentence on him. 10 And the king of Babylon (M)slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the commanders of Judah in Riblah. 11 Then he (N)blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze shackles and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death.
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- Jeremiah 52:4 I.e., a defensive wall
- Jeremiah 52:4 Lit against it
- Jeremiah 52:7 Lit against the city on every side
- Jeremiah 52:8 Heb Arabah
- Jeremiah 52:9 Lit spoke judgments with
Jeremiah 52:4-11
New International Version
Jeremiah 52:4-11
New International Version
4 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth(A) day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem(B) with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works(C) all around it.(D) 5 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
6 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.(E) 7 Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled.(F) They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[a] were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[b] 8 but the Babylonian[c] army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered, 9 and he was captured.(G)
He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah(H) in the land of Hamath,(I) where he pronounced sentence on him. 10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons(J) of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. 11 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.(K)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 52:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 17
- Jeremiah 52:7 Or the Jordan Valley
- Jeremiah 52:8 Or Chaldean; also in verse 14
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