Then the (A)king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah (B)before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the (C)nobles of Judah. He then (D)blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in (E)shackles of bronze to bring him to (F)Babylon. The Chaldeans also (G)burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they (H)tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

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There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles(A) of Judah. Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes(B) and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.(C)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:8 Or Chaldeans