Old/New Testament
24 In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up. And Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Afterward, he turned and rebelled against him.
2 And the LORD sent bands of the Chaldeans against him, and bands of the Aramites, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites. And he sent them against Judah, to destroy it, according to the Word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servants, the Prophets.
3 Surely by the Commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, so that He might put them out of His sight for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
4 and for the innocent blood that he shed (for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood). Therefore, the LORD would not pardon it.
5 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers. And Jehoiachin, his son, reigned in his place.
7 And the king of Egypt no longer came out of his land. For the king of Babylon had captured all that pertained to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt to the river Perath.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign and reigned in Jerusalem for three months. Also, his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
10 In that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against Jerusalem. So the city was besieged.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against the city. And his servants besieged it.
12 Then Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, came out against the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his princes and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon took him, in the eighth year of his reign.
13 And he carried away all the treasures of the House of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and broke all the vessels of gold which Solomon, king of Israel, had made in the Temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
14 And he carried away all of Jerusalem and all the princes and all the strong men of war (ten thousand into captivity) and all the workmen and cunning men. So no one remained except the poor people of the land.
15 And he carried Jehoiachin away into Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his eunuchs. And he carried away the mighty of the land into captivity—from Jerusalem to Babylon—
16 and all the men of war (seven thousand) and carpenters and locksmiths (a thousand). All who were strong and apt for war the king of Babylon brought to Babylon as captives.
17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. Also, his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was certainly against Jerusalem and Judah, until He cast them out of His sight. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
25 And in the ninth year of his reign, the tenth month, tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army, came against Jerusalem, and camped against it. And they built a siege wall against it, all around.
2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 And on the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
4 Then the city was broken up. And all the men of war fled by night, by way of the gate between two walls that was by the king’s garden. Now the Chaldeans were by the city, all around. And the king went by way of the wilderness.
5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and took him in the deserts of Jericho. And all his army was scattered from him.
6 Then they took the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah, where they gave judgment upon him.
7 And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon.
8 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, chief steward and servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem
9 and burnt the House of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. And he burnt all the great houses with fire.
10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the chief steward, broke down the walls of Jerusalem, all around.
11 And the rest of the people who were left in the city, and those who had fled and fallen to the king of Babylon with the remnant of the multitude, chief steward Nebuzaradan carried away captive.
12 But the chief steward left of the poor of the land to dress the vines, and to till the land.
13 Also, the Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the House of the LORD, and the bases, and the bronze sea that was in the House of the LORD and carried the bronze from them to Babylon.
14 They also took away the pots and the shovels and the instruments of music and the incense dishes and all the vessels of bronze in which they ministered.
15 And the chief steward took away the ash pans and the basins, that were of gold and silver,
16 with the two pillars, one sea and the bases, which Solomon had made for the House of the LORD. The bronze from all these vessels was without weight.
17 The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits. And its chapiter was bronze. And the height of the chapiter (with network) was three cubits, with pomegranates upon the chapiters, all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was the same, with the network.
18 And the chief steward took Seraiah, the High Priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the Door.
19 And he took a eunuch out of the city, who had the oversight of the men of war, and five of the men from the city who were in the king’s presence, and Sopher (captain 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 chief steward, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon, to Riblah.
21 And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. So, Judah was carried away captive, out of his own land.
22 However, people remained in the land of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, left alone. And he made Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler over them.
23 Then, when all the captains of the army and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah, to Mizpah. They were: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and Johanan, the son of Careah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of Maachathi, they and their men.
24 And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said to them, “Do not fear to be the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and you shall be well.”
25 But in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king’s seed, came, and ten men with him. And he struck Gedaliah and he died, and so did he the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
26 Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the army, arose and came to Egypt. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
27 Nevertheless, in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, was carried away, in the twelfth month, the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-Merodach, king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of the prison
28 and spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon
29 and changed his prison garments. And he continually ate bread before him, all the days of his life.
30 And his portion was a continual portion, given to him by the king, every day a certain amount, all the days of his life.
5 After that, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went to Jerusalem.
2 And there is at Jerusalem, by the sheep gate, a pool called in Hebrew, ‘Bethesda’, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of sick folk; of blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and stirred the water. Whoever then first stepped in, after the stirring of the water, was made whole of whatever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there who had been diseased 38 years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had now been diseased a long time, He said to him, “Will you be made whole?”
7 The sick one answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred. But while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Rise. Take up your bed and walk.”
9 And immediately the man was made whole. And he took up his bed and walked. And the same day was the Sabbath.
10 Therefore, the Jews said to him who was made whole, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
11 He answered them, “The One who made me whole, He said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’”
12 Then they asked him, “What Man is that who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?”
13 And the one who was healed did not know Who it was. For Jesus had withdrawn from the multitude that was in that place.
14 And after that, Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made whole. Sin no more, lest a worse thing happen to you.”
15 The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus Who had made him whole.
16 And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I work.”
18 Therefore, the Jews sought to kill Him even more, not only because He had broken the Sabbath, but also because He said that God was his Father. And He made Himself equal with God.
19 Then Jesus answered, and said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you. The Son can do nothing of Himself, except that He sees the Father do. For whatever things He does, the same things the Son also does in like manner.
20 “For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things, whatever He Himself does. And He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 “For just as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them, so the Son quickens whom He will.
22 “For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
23 “that all should honor the Son as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son, the same does not honor the Father Who has sent Him.
24 “Truly, truly I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him Who sent Me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
© 2019, 2024 by Five Talents Audio. All rights reserved.