The Fall of Jerusalem
(2 Kings 25:1–12; 2 Chronicles 36:15–21)
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. Ezk 24:1-2Jer 52:4-72Ki 25:1-12Zec 8:19 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached. 2Ki 25:3-4Ezk 33:21Jer 5:10Jer 52:6-7Mic 2:12-13Zep 1:10
Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim 1the Rabsaris, 2 Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, 3 and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. Jer 21:4Jer 38:17Jer 1:15Jer 39:132Ki 17:30
When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah. 4 2Ch 32:5Amo 2:142Ki 25:4-7Deu 28:25Deu 32:24-30Ezk 12:12Isa 30:15-16Jer 38:18-20 But the army of the Chaldeans 5pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. 2Ki 23:33Jos 5:10Jer 32:4-5Jer 38:18Jer 38:23Jer 52:26-27Jer 52:8-9Jos 4:13
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah. Jer 52:102Ki 25:7Deu 28:34Jer 21:7Jer 24:8-10Jer 34:19-212Ch 34:282Ki 22:20 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. Ezk 12:132Ki 25:7Jdg 16:21Jer 32:4-5Jer 52:11Psa 107:10-11Psa 119:8
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem. Neh 1:3Jer 21:10Jer 38:182Ki 25:9-10Jer 52:13-14Mic 3:122Ch 36:19Amo 2:5
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him. Jer 40:1Gen 37:362Ki 25:112Ki 25:20Jer 10:18Jer 52:262Ki 20:18Deu 4:27 But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields. 2Ki 25:12Jer 40:7Jer 52:16Ezk 33:24
Jeremiah Delivered
Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying, Act 24:23Jer 15:21Jer 15:11Jer 37:2Job 5:19 “Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.” Pro 16:7Jer 40:4Pro 21:1Psa 105:14-151Pe 3:12-13Act 7:10Amo 9:4Jer 24:6
So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban 6the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon Jer 39:3Jer 39:9 had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people. Jer 38:282Ki 22:122Ki 25:22-25Jer 26:24Jer 37:21Jer 38:13Jer 39:15Jer 40:1
And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him: 2Ti 2:9Jer 32:1-2Jer 36:1-5Jer 37:21Jer 39:14 “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes. Dan 9:12Zec 1:62Ch 36:21Jer 19:11-12Jer 21:7-10Jer 24:8-10Jer 26:15Jer 26:18 But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear. Psa 41:1-2Psa 50:15Psa 91:14-152Sa 24:14Jer 1:19Gen 15:1Jer 38:92Ti 1:16-18 For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’” Jer 38:2Psa 34:22Jer 21:9Eph 1:12Psa 84:121Ch 5:20Psa 147:11Psa 146:3-6