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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 39 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/39.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/39-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Jeremiah 39</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/38.htm" title="Jeremiah 38">◄</a> Jeremiah 39 <a href="../jeremiah/40.htm" title="Jeremiah 40">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/jeremiah/39.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Fall of Jerusalem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In January<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> of the ninth year of King Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> of Babylon came with his entire army to besiege Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Two and a half years later, on July 18<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, a section of the city wall was broken down. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>All the officers of the Babylonian army came in and sat in triumph at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, and Nebo-sarsekim,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> a chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer, the king’s adviser, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the soldiers saw that the Babylonians had broken into the city, they fled. They waited for nightfall and then slipped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden and headed toward the Jordan Valley.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But the Babylonian<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> troops chased them and overtook Zedekiah on the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The king of Babylon made Zedekiah watch as he slaughtered his sons at Riblah. The king of Babylon also slaughtered all the nobles of Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then he gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in bronze chains to lead him away to Babylon.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the Babylonians burned Jerusalem, including the royal palace and the houses of the people, and they tore down the walls of the city. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took as exiles to Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had defected to him, and everyone else who remained. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind in the land of Judah, and he assigned them to care for the vineyards and fields.</p><p class="hdg">Jeremiah Remains in Judah</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>King Nebuchadnezzar had told Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, to find Jeremiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“See that he isn’t hurt,” he said. “Look after him well, and give him anything he wants.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard; Nebushazban, a chief officer; Nergal-sharezer, the king’s adviser; and the other officers of Babylon’s king <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>sent messengers to bring Jeremiah out of the prison. They put him under the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, who took him back to his home. So Jeremiah stayed in Judah among his own people.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The LORD had given the following message to Jeremiah while he was still in prison: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> ‘This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will do to this city everything I have threatened. I will send disaster, not prosperity. You will see its destruction, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>but I will rescue you from those you fear so much. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/39-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Because you trusted me, I will give you your life as a reward. I will rescue you and keep you safe. I, the LORD, have spoken!’”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:1a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">In the tenth month,</span><span class="ft"> of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in Jeremiah can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This event occurred on January 15, 588 </span><span class="sc">b.c.</span><span class="ft">; see 52:4a and the note there.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:1b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Nebuchadrezzar,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar; also in 39:5, 11.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">On the ninth day of the fourth month.</span><span class="ft"> This day was July 18, 586 </span><span class="sc">b.c.</span><span class="ft">; also see note on 39:1a.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsekim.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Arabah.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Chaldean;</span><span class="ft"> similarly in 39:8.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">39:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Cushite.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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