Jeremiah:19

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nasb @Jeremiah:19:1 @Now when Jerusalem was captured 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 ; nasb @Jeremiah:19:2 @in the eleventh year of Zedekiah , in the fourth month , in the ninth day of the month , the city wall was breached . nasb @Jeremiah:19:3 @Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate - Nergal-sar-ezer , Samgar-nebu , Sar-sekim the Rab-saris , Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag , and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon . nasb @Jeremiah:19:4 @When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them , they fled and went out of the city at night by way of the king 's garden through the gate between the two walls ; and he went out toward the Arabah . nasb @Jeremiah:19:5 @But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho ; and they seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath , and he passed sentence on him . nasb @Jeremiah:19:6 @Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah ; the king of Babylon also slew all the nobles of Judah . nasb @Jeremiah:19:7 @He then blinded Zedekiah 's eyes and bound him in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon . nasb @Jeremiah:19:8 @The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king 's palace and the houses of the people , and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem . nasb @Jeremiah:19:9 @As for the rest of the people who were left in the city , the deserters who had gone over to him and the rest of the people who remained , Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried them into exile in Babylon . nasb @Jeremiah:19:10 @But some of the poorest people who had nothing , Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah , and gave them vineyards and fields at that time . nasb @Jeremiah:19:11 @Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard , saying , nasb @Jeremiah:19:12 " @Take him and look after him , and do nothing harmful to him , but rather deal with him just as he tells you ." nasb @Jeremiah:19:13 @So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent word , along with Nebushazban the Rab-saris , and Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag , and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon ; nasb @Jeremiah:19:14 @they even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guardhouse and entrusted him to Gedaliah , the son of Ahikam , the son of Shaphan , to take him home . So he stayed among the people . nasb @Jeremiah:19:15 @Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guardhouse , saying , nasb @Jeremiah:19:16 " @Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian , saying , 'Thus says the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel , "Behold , I am about to bring My words on this city for disaster and not for prosperity ; and they will take place before you on that day . nasb @Jeremiah:19:17 " @But I will deliver you on that day ," declares the LORD , "and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread . nasb @Jeremiah:19:18 " @For I will certainly rescue you , and you will not fall by the sword ; but you will have your own life as booty , because you have trusted in Me ," declares the LORD .'"

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