These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Jeremiah 39
Tanakh 18 verses
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in the ninth year of Zedekiah of , in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar of and all his army against , and besieged it;
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in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city—
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that all the princes of the of came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sarezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim Rab-saris, Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the of .
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- 4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the of and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out the way of the Arabah.
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But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of ; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar of to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he gave judgment upon him.
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- 6 Then the of slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the of slew all the nobles of .
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Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to .
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- 8 And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the house of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of .
- 9 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into the remnant of the people that remained in the city, the deserters also, that fell away to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
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But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of , and gave them vineyards and fields in that day.
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Now Nebuchadrezzar of gave charge concerning to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying:
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Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.’
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So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushazban Rab-saris, and Nergal-sarezer Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the of ;
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- 14 they sent, and took out of the court of the guard, 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.
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Now the of came unto , while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying:
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Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying: Thus saith of hosts, the of : Behold, I will bring My words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before thee in that day.
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Daniel 9:12 Zechariah 1:6 Joshua 23:14-15 Jeremiah 21:7-10 Jeremiah 36:31 Jeremiah 34:2-3 Jeremiah 5:14 Psalm 92:11 Jeremiah 34:22 Jeremiah 19:11-12 Jeremiah 32:28-29 Jeremiah 26:15 Jeremiah 26:20 Jeremiah 35:17 Jeremiah 26:18 Psalm 91:8-9 Jeremiah 38:7-13 Matthew 24:35 2 Chronicles 36:21 Jeremiah 24:8-10 Jeremiah 44:28-29 - 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith ; 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 life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in Me, saith .’