1 No ano nono de Zedequias, rei de Judá, no décimo mês, veio Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia, e todo o seu exército contra Jerusalém, e a cercaram.
2 No ano undécimo de Zedequias, no quarto mês, aos nove do mês, fez-se uma brecha na cidade.
3 E entraram todos os príncipes do rei de Babilônia, e sentaram-se na porta do meio, os quais eram Nergal-Sarezer, Sangar-Nebo, Sarsequim, Rabe-Sáris Nergal Sarezer, Rabe-Maque, juntamente, com todo o resto dos príncipes do rei de Babilônia
4 E sucedeu que, vendo-os Zedequias, rei de Judá, e todos os homens de guerra, fugiram, saindo da cidade de noite pelo caminho do jardim do rei, pela porta entre os dois muros; e seguiram pelo caminho da Arabá.
5 Mas o exército dos caldeus os perseguiu; e eles alcançaram a Zedequias nas campinas de Jericó; e, prendendo-o, levaram-no a Nabucodonosor rei de Babilônia, a Ribla, na terra de Hamate; e o rei o sentenciou.
6 E o rei de Babilônia matou os filhos de Zedequias em Ribla, à sua vista; também matou o rei de Babilônia a todos os nobres de Judá.
7 Cegou os olhos a Zedequias, e o atou com cadeias de bronze, para levá-lo a Babilônia.
8 Os caldeus incendiaram a casa do rei e as casas do povo, e derribaram os muros de Jerusalém.
9 Então, ao resto do povo, que ficara na cidade, aos desertores que se tinham passado para ele e ao resto do povo que havia ficado, levou-os Nebuzaradão, capitão da guarda, para Babilônia.
10 Mas aos pobres dentre o povo, que não tinham nada, Nebuzaradão, capitão da guarda, deixou-os ficar na terra de Judá; e ao mesmo tempo lhes deu vinhas e campos.
11 Ora Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia, havia ordenado acerca de Jeremias, a Nebuzaradão, capitão dos da guarda, dizendo:
12 Toma-o, e trata-o bem, e não lhe faças mal algum; mas como ele te disser, assim procederás para com ele.
13 Pelo que Nebuzaradão, capitão da guarda, Nebusazbã, Rabe-Sáris, Nergal-Sarezer, Rabe-Maeue, e todos os príncipes do rei de Babilônia
14 mandaram retirar Jeremias do átrio da guarda, e o entregaram a Gedalias, filho de Aicão, filho de Safã, para que o levasse para casa; assim ele habitou entre o povo.
15 Ora, a palavra do Senhor viera a Jeremias, estando ele ainda encarcerado no átrio da guarda, dizendo:
16 Vai, e fala a Ebede-Meleque, o etíope, dizendo: Assim diz o Senhor dos exércitos, Deus de Israel: Eis que eu cumprirei as minhas palavras sobre esta cidade para mal e não para bem; e se cumprirão diante de ti naquele dia.
17 A ti, porém, eu livrarei naquele dia, diz o Senhor, e não serás entregue na mão dos homens a quem temes.
18 Pois certamente te salvarei, e não cairás à espada, mas a tua vida terás por despojo, porquanto confiaste em mim, diz o Senhor.
1 And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken, in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city was broken into;
3 and all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebu, Sarsechim, chief chamberlain, Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
4 And it came to pass when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out the way of the plain.
5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment upon him.
6 And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the nobles of Judah;
7 and he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.
8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
9 And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to him, with the rest of the people that were left.
10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left {certain} of the people, the poor who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
11 And Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had given charge concerning Jeremiah by Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard, saying,
12 Take him, and keep an eye upon him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard sent, and Nebushazban, chief chamberlain, and Nergal-sharezer, chief magian, and all the king of Babylon's princes,
14 even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should conduct him away home. And he dwelt among the people.
15 And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good, and they shall come to pass before thy face in that day.
17 And I will deliver thee in that day, saith Jehovah; and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid;
18 for I will certainly save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thou shalt have thy life for a prey; for thou hast put thy confidence in me, saith Jehovah.