Jeremiah 39

The Fall of Jerusalem

1 n In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city. 3 Then all o the officials of the king of Babylon came p and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim q the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon. 4 When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward r the Arabah. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in s the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at t Riblah, in the land of Hamath; u and he passed sentence on him. 6 The king of Babylon v slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at t Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon v slaughtered all the nobles of Judah. 7 w He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon. 8 x The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people, y and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Then z Nebuzaradan, the a captain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city, b those who had deserted to him, and the people who remained. 10 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, c left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

The Lord Delivers Jeremiah

11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying, 12 d "Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you." 13 So e Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, e and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon 14 sent and took Jeremiah from f the court of the guard. They entrusted him to g Gedaliah the son of h Ahikam, son of i Shaphan, that he should take him home. So j he lived among the people.

15 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah k while he was shut up in the court of the guard: 16 "Go, and say to l Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: m Behold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and n not for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day. 17 But I will deliver you on that day, declares the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men o of whom you are afraid. 18 For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your p life as a prize of war, q because you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.'"

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:1 - 10
    In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.
    Jeremiah 52:4 - 16
    And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.
    2 Kings 25:1 - 12
    And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:17 - 18
    Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
    Jeremiah 38:22
    Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the officials of the king of Babylon and were saying, "'Your trusted friends have deceived you and prevailed against you; now that your feet are sunk in the mud, they turn away from you.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:15
    For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the Lord, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:13
    So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon
    2 Kings 18:17
    And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:1
    These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 5:10
    While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.
  7. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:33
    And Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:15
    But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 52:10
    The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 52:10
    The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:5
    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he passed sentence on him.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:4
    Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
    Ezekiel 12:13
    And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:10
    For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the Lord : it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
  14. Cross References
    Nehemiah 1:3
    And they said to me, "The remnant there in the province who had survived the exile is in great trouble and shame. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire.
    Psalms 80:12
    Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
    Isaiah 5:5
    And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 52:12
    In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month - that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon - Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
    2 Kings 25:8
    In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month - that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 37:36
    Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:13
    When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:7
    When all the captains of the forces in the open country and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon.
    2 Kings 25:12
    But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 40:4
    Now, behold, I release you today from the chains on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well, but if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:3
    Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:3
    Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:28
    And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
    Jeremiah 32:2
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 43:6
    The men, the women, the children, the princesse...
    Jeremiah 40:5 - 9
    If you remain, then return to Gedaliah the son ...
    Jeremiah 40:11 - 16
    Likewise, when all the Judeans who were in Moab...
    Jeremiah 41:1 - 4
    In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethan...
    Jeremiah 41:6
    And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out from ...
    2 Kings 25:22 - 25
    And over the people who remained in the land of...
  24. Cross References
    2 Kings 22:12
    And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying.
  25. Cross References
    2 Kings 22:3
    In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord, saying.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:12
    Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:5
    And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, "I am banned from going to the house of the Lord.
    Jeremiah 38:13
    Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:7
    When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern - the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate -
  29. Cross References
    Daniel 9:12
    He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.
  30. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:10
    For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the Lord : it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
    Jeremiah 14:11
    The Lord said to me: "Do not pray for the welfare of this people.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:25
    And give you into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
  32. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:9
    He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live and shall have his life as a prize of war.
    Jeremiah 45:5
    And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 25:2
    O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
    Psalms 37:40
    The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.
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