Jeremiah 39:1-7

The Fall of Jerusalem

1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it.
2 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall was broken through.
3 Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.
4 When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled; they left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and headed toward the Arabah.[a]
5 But the Babylonian[b] army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.
6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah.
7 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

Cross References 16

  • 1. S Jeremiah 25:29
  • 2. S 2 Chronicles 36:11
  • 3. S 2 Kings 24:1; S Jeremiah 28:14
  • 4. S 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4; Ezekiel 4:3; Ezekiel 24:2
  • 5. Zechariah 8:19
  • 6. S 2 Kings 14:13
  • 7. Ezekiel 33:21
  • 8. ver 13; Jeremiah 21:4
  • 9. S Isaiah 22:11
  • 10. Ezekiel 12:12
  • 11. S Jeremiah 24:8; S Jeremiah 32:4
  • 12. S Jeremiah 21:7
  • 13. S Numbers 34:11; 2 Kings 23:33
  • 14. S Isaiah 34:12
  • 15. S Numbers 16:14; Ezekiel 12:13
  • 16. S Jeremiah 2:35; Jeremiah 32:5

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