2 Kings 25:4-10
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4 (A)Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside (B)the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And [a]they went by way of the Arabah. 5 But the military force of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his military force was scattered from him. 6 Then (C)they seized the king and (D)brought him up to the king of Babylon at (E)Riblah, and they spoke their judgment on him. 7 (F)And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; then he (G)blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.
Jerusalem Burned
8 (H)Now on the seventh day of the (I)fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 (J)And he burned the house of Yahweh, (K)the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. 10 So all the military force of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard (L)tore down the walls around Jerusalem.
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- 2 Kings 25:4 As in some ancient mss and versions; M.T. he
Jeremiah 24:8-10
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8 ‘But like the (A)rotten figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness—indeed, thus says Yahweh—so I will give over (B)Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials and the (C)remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who inhabit the land of (D)Egypt. 9 I will (E)give them over to be a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a (F)reproach and a proverb, a byword and a (G)curse in all places where I will banish them. 10 I will send the (H)sword, the famine, and the pestilence upon them until they come to an end from being upon the land which I gave to them and their fathers.’”
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Jeremiah 32:3-5
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3 because Zedekiah king of Judah had (A)shut him up, saying, “Why do you (B)prophesy, saying, ‘(C)Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to (D)give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it; 4 and Zedekiah king of Judah will (E)not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will (F)speak with him [a]face to face and see him eye to eye; 5 and he will (G)lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I [b]visit him,” declares Yahweh. “If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will (H)not succeed”’?”
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- Jeremiah 32:4 Lit mouth to mouth
- Jeremiah 32:5 Same Heb root as “punish” in Jer, cf. 5:9; 9:8; 29:32; 30:20
Jeremiah 37:8
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8 The Chaldeans will also (A)return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’
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Jeremiah 38:3
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3 Thus says Yahweh, ‘This city will certainly be (A)given into the hand of the military force of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.’”
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