Jeremiah 39:4–13

⁴And then^a when^b Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the soldiers^c with him, they fled and went out at night from the city by the way of the garden of the king through the gate between the walls. And they went out toward the Jordan Valley. ⁵But 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 the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he pronounced sentence^d on him. ⁶And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also slaughtered all the nobles of Judah. ⁷Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and tied him up with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon. ⁸And the Chaldeans burned the palace^e of the king and the houses^f of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

⁹Then the rest of the people who were left in the city, and those deserting who had deserted to him, and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,^g deported to Babylon. ¹⁰And some of the poor people, who had nothing,^h Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,ⁱ left in the land of Judah. And he gave them vineyards and fields on that day.

¹¹And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon commanded concerning Jeremiah through^j Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,^k saying,^{l 12}“Take him and set your eyes on him. And you must not do something bad to him, but only^m that which he speaks to you, so do with him.” ¹³So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,ⁿ sent word, along with^o Nebushazban the chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer the high official, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon.