7
They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
8
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
9
He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
10
The whole Babylonian army under the commander of the imperial guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
11
Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the rest of the populace and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.