And all the princes of the king of Babyloncame in, and sat in the middlegate, evenNergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
And it came to pass, thatwhenZedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, thentheyfled, and wentforth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’sgarden, by the gatebetwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
But the Chaldeans’armypursuedafterthem, and overtookZedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and whenthey had taken him, theybrought him up to Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gavejudgmentupon him.
ThenNebuzaradan the captain of the guardcarriedawaycaptiveintoBabylon the remnant of the peoplethatremained in the city, and thosethatfellaway, thatfell to him, with the rest of the peoplethatremained.
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guardleft of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gavethemvineyards and fields at the sametime.
Eventheysent, and tookJeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him untoGedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he shouldcarry him home: so he dweltamong the people.
Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thussaith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I willbring my wordsuponthiscity for evil, and not for good; and theyshall be accomplished in that day beforethee.
For I willsurelydeliverthee, and thoushalt not fall by the sword, but thy lifeshall be for a preyuntothee: becausethouhast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.