“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘(A)Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, (B)I am handing this city over to the king of Babylon, and (C)he will burn it with fire.

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“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah(A) king of Judah and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.(B)

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Jerusalem Captured

39 [a]Now when Jerusalem was captured [b](A)in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it; in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was (B)breached.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:1 Ch 38:28b in Heb
  2. Jeremiah 39:1 Ch 39:1 in Heb

39 In the ninth year of Zedekiah(A) king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar(B) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege(C) to it. And on the ninth day of the fourth(D) month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall(E) was broken through.(F)

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The Chaldeans also (A)burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they (B)tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

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The Babylonians[a] set fire(A) to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls(B) of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:8 Or Chaldeans

Then the city was (A)breached, and all the (B)warriors fled and left the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were [a](C)all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:7 Lit against the city on every side

Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled.(A) They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[a] were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 17
  2. Jeremiah 52:7 Or the Jordan Valley

13 And he (A)burned the house of the Lord, the (B)king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

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13 He set fire(A) to the temple(B) of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses(C) of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

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