And when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they (A)fled and left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate (B)between the two walls; and he went out toward the [a]Arabah. But the army of the (C)Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the (D)plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at (E)Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he [b]passed sentence on him. Then the (F)king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah (G)before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the (H)nobles of Judah. He then (I)blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in (J)shackles of bronze to bring him to (K)Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:4 I.e., Jordan valley
  2. Jeremiah 39:5 Lit spoke judgments with

32 The river crossing places have been seized,
And they have burned the marshes with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.

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