Jeremiah 39 (NET)

Jeremiah 39:1¹King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. The siege began in the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 24:1-2Jer 52:4-72 Kgs 25:1-12Zech 8:19

Jeremiah 39:2²It lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year. On that day they broke through the city walls.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 25:3-4Ezek 33:21Jer 5:10Jer 52:6-7Mic 2:12-13Zeph 1:10

Jeremiah 39:3³Then Nergal Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo Sarsekim (who was a chief officer), Nergal Sharezer (who was a high official), and all the other officers of the king of Babylon came and set up quarters in the Middle Gate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 21:4Jer 38:17Jer 1:15Jer 39:132 Kgs 17:30

Jeremiah 39:4⁴When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king’s garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the rift valley.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 32:5Amos 2:142 Kgs 25:4-7Deut 28:25Deut 32:24-30Ezek 12:12Isa 30:15-16Jer 38:18-20Jer 52:7-11Lev 26:17

Jeremiah 39:5⁵But the Babylonian army chased after them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and captured him. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath and Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 23:33Josh 5:10Jer 32:4-5Jer 38:18Jer 38:23Jer 52:26-27Jer 52:8-9Josh 4:132 Chr 33:112 Kgs 17:24

Jeremiah 39:6⁶There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 52:102 Kgs 25:7Deut 28:34Jer 21:7Jer 24:8-10Jer 34:19-212 Chr 34:282 Kgs 22:20Esth 8:6Gen 21:16

Jeremiah 39:7⁷Then he had Zedekiah’s eyes put out and had him bound in chains to be led off to Babylon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 12:132 Kgs 25:7Jer 32:4-5Jer 52:11Judg 16:21Ps 107:10-11Ps 119:8

Jeremiah 39:8⁸The Babylonians burned down the royal palace, the temple of the Lord, and the people’s homes, and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 1:3Jer 21:10Jer 38:182 Kgs 25:9-10Jer 52:13-14Mic 3:122 Chr 36:19Amos 2:5Isa 5:9Jer 17:27

Jeremiah 39:9⁹Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 40:1Gen 37:362 Kgs 25:112 Kgs 25:20Jer 10:18Jer 52:262 Kgs 20:18Deut 4:27Isa 5:13Jer 16:13

Jeremiah 39:10¹⁰But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing. He gave them fields and vineyards at that time.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 25:12Jer 40:7Jer 52:16Ezek 33:24

Jeremiah 39:11¹¹Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had issued orders concerning Jeremiah. He had passed them on through Nebuzaradan, the captain of his royal guard,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 24:23Jer 15:21Jer 15:11Jer 37:2Job 5:19

Jeremiah 39:12¹²“Find Jeremiah and look out for him. Do not do anything to harm him, but do with him whatever he tells you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:7Jer 40:4Prov 21:1Ps 105:14-151 Pet 3:12-13Acts 7:10Amos 9:4Jer 24:6Prov 23:5

Jeremiah 39:13¹³So Nebuzaradan (the captain of the royal guard), Nebushazban (who was a chief officer), Nergal Sharezer (who was a high official), and all the other officers of the king of BabylonCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 39:3Jer 39:9

Jeremiah 39:14¹⁴sent and had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guardhouse. They turned him over to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and the grandson of Shaphan, to take him home with him. But Jeremiah stayed among the people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 38:282 Kgs 22:122 Kgs 25:22-25Jer 26:24Jer 37:21Jer 38:13Jer 39:15Jer 40:1-41:3Ps 105:19

Jeremiah 39:15¹⁵Now the Lord’ s message had come to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 2:9Jer 32:1-2Jer 36:1-5Jer 37:21Jer 39:14

Jeremiah 39:16¹⁶“Go and tell Ebed Melech the Nubian, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, has said, “I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it. When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 9:12Zech 1:62 Chr 36:21Jer 19:11-12Jer 21:7-10Jer 24:8-10Jer 26:15Jer 26:18Jer 26:20Jer 32:28-29

Jeremiah 39:17¹⁷But I will rescue you when it happens. I, the Lord, affirm it! You will not be handed over to those whom you fear.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 41:1-2Ps 50:15Ps 91:14-152 Sam 24:14Jer 1:19Gen 15:1Jer 38:92 Tim 1:16-18Job 5:19-21Dan 6:16

Jeremiah 39:18¹⁸I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!”’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 38:2Ps 34:22Jer 21:9Eph 1:12Ps 84:121 Chr 5:20Ps 147:11Ps 146:3-6Ps 33:18Ps 37:3