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by the gate betwixt the two_walls: and he went_out the_way-of the plain.
5 But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook -Zedekiah in the_plains_of Jericho: and when they had_taken him, they brought-him_up to Nebuchadnezzar king_of Babylon to Riblah in the_land_of Hamath, where he gaye =judgment upon him.
6 Then the king_of Babylon slew «the_ sons_of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes : also the_king_of Babylon slew the_nobles_of Judah.
7 Moreover he -put_out Zedekiah’s reyes, and bound him with ¢=chains, to carry him to Babylon.
8 And the Chaldeans burned the
-|king’s house, and -the_houses_of the
people, with «fire, and brake_down -the_
“| walls_of Jerusalem, ,
9 Then Nebuzar-adan the_captain_of the =guard carried_away-_captive into Babylon -the_remnant_of the people xithat remained in the city, and -those_ that fell_away, that fell to him, with «the_rest_of the people xithat remained.
10 But Nebuzar-adan the_captain_of the =guard left of the =poor_of the people, which had nothing, in the-land_ of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same xtime.
11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king_of Baby- lon gave_charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the_captain_of the =guard, saying,
12 “-Take him, and ‘look well to him, and ‘do him no harm; but -do unto him even as he shall_say unto thee.”
13S$0 Nebuzar-adan the_captain_of the =guard sent, and » Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab- mag, and all the_king_of Babylon’s princes ;
14 Even they sent, and took -Jeremiah out_of the_court_of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the_son_ of Ahikam the_son_of Shaphan, that he should_carry him home: so he dwelt among the -people.
15 Now the_word_of ! the Lorp came unto Jeremiah, while he was_shut_up in the_court_of the prison, saying,
16“-Go and ‘speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith ! the Lorp of_hosts, the_=God_of Israél; Be- hold, I +will_bring My «words upon xthis xcity for evil, and not for good; and they ‘shall_be accomplished in xthat xday before thee.
7 But I -will_deliver thee in xthat xday, +saith ’ the Lorp: and thou shalt not be_given into the_hand_of the @men of whom thou art afraid.
18 For I will_surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy s life -shall_be for a prey unto thee: because thou shast_put_thy_trust in
Me, +saith J the Lorp.”
4 THE word that came to Jeremiah from / «the Lor», after that Ne-
buzar-adan the_captain_of the =guard
. |had_let him go from xRamah, when he
had_taken hint being_bound in xchains among all that_were_carried_away_cap- tive of Jerusalem and Judah, x+which
JEREMIAH were_carried_away_captive unto Baby-
on.
2 And the_captain_of the =guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, “! The Lorp thy =God shath_pronounced xthis xevil upon xthis xplace.
3 Now ‘the Lorp hath_brought it, and done according as He shath_said : because ye -have_sinned against ‘J the Lorp, and shave not obeyed His voice, therefore xthis xthing -is.come upon you.
£ And now, behold, I «loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will_look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, «forbear: behold, all the land is before thee : whither it seemeth good
and xconyenient for thee to go, thither]-
eye
5 Now while he was not yet .gone_ back, he said, “-Go_back also to Ge- daliah the-son_of Ahikam the_son_of Shaphan, whom the_king_of Babylon ‘hath_made governor over the_cities_of Judah, and -dwell with him among the -people: or -go wheresoever it seemeth xconvenient unto thee to go.” So the_ captain_of the =guard gave him victuals and a preward, and let_him_go.
6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the_son_of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the -people xithat were_left in the land.
7 Now when all the_captains_of the forces which were in the —fields, even thep and their «men, heard that the_ king_of Babylon had_made -Gedaliah the_son_of Ahikam governor in the land, and had_committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the_poor_of the land, of them that Bete not carried_away_captive to Baby- on ;
8Then they came to Gedaliah to xMizpah, even Ishmaél the_son_of Ne- thaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the_sons_of Kareah, and Seraiah the_ son_of Tanhumeth, and the_sons_of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the_son_of @ xMaachathite, thep and their «men.
9 And Gedaliah the_son_of Ahikam the_son_of Shaphan sware unto them and to their ~ men, saying, “Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: -dwell in the land and ‘serve -the_king_of Babylon, and it shall_be well with you.
10 As for mre, behold, I +will_dwell at xMizpah to s serve the Chaldeans, which will_come unto us: but pe, -gather ye w wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and *put them in your vessels, and «dwell in your cities that ye ‘have_taken.”
ll Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammon- ites, and in Edom, and that were in all
the countries, heard that the_king_of Babylon had_left a remnant_of Judah, and that fe had_set over them -Ge- daliah the_son_of Ahikam the_son_of Shaphan ;
12 Even all the Jews returned out_of all xplaces whither they were_driven, and came to the_land_of Judah, to