Jeremiah 39
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in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth {day} of the month, the city {wall} was breached.
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When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the (I.e. Jordan valley) Arabah.
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He then blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon.
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The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king's palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
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As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to him and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried {them} into exile in Babylon.
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But some of the poorest people who had nothing, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
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Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, saying,
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"Take him and look after him, and do nothing harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you."
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So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent {word,} along with Nebushazban the Rab-saris, and Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon;
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they even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guardhouse and entrusted him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.
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Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guardhouse, saying,
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"Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, `Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to bring My words on this city for disaster and not for prosperity; and they will take place before you on that day.
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~"But I will deliver you on that day," declares the LORD, "and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread.
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~"For I will certainly rescue you, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your {own} life as booty, because you have trusted in Me," declares the LORD."'
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