2 Chronicles 36:16-18

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁶But they laughed at the men that God sent to them. They did not think that his messages were important. They insulted his prophets. Finally, the Lord became very angry with his people. Nothing could stop him from punishing them.

¹⁷Then the Lord sent the king of Babylon to attack them.^[a] His soldiers killed Jerusalem's young men in the temple, where they thought that they would be safe. They were not kind to anybody, the young men or women, or even the very old people. God put all the people of Jerusalem under the king of Babylon's power.

¹⁸The king took away to Babylon all the things that were in God's temple. He took everything, big things and small things. He took all the valuable things that were in the Lord's temple. He also took the valuable things of the king and his officers. He took them all away to Babylon.

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Footnotes

36:17 Jeremiah 39:1-14 describes how Babylon's army took Jerusalem for themselves. In 587 BC, the soldiers from Babylon broke down the walls of the city.

2 Chronicles 36:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed^(A) at his prophets until the wrath^(B) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.^(C) ¹⁷He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,^[a]^(D) who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men^(E) or young women, the elderly or the infirm.^(F) God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.^(G) ¹⁸He carried to Babylon all the articles^(H) from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials.