Jeremiah 39:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 but the Chaldean army pursued them; they caught up with Zedekiah in the wilderness near Jericho and took him prisoner. They brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in Riblah,[a] in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced sentence upon him.(A) 6 The king of Babylon executed the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his very eyes; the king of Babylon also executed all the nobles of Judah.(B) 7 He then blinded Zedekiah and bound him in chains to bring him to Babylon.(C)
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- 39:5 Riblah: Nebuchadnezzar’s headquarters north of Damascus; Pharaoh Neco had once used the town as a military post (2 Kgs 23:33).
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