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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Fall of Jerusalem</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_1"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.1" class="v24_39_1">1</span>In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came with his whole army and attacked Jerusalem. </span><span class="v24_39_2"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.2" class="v24_39_2">2</span>On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year as king, the city walls were broken through.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_2">( </span><span class="v24_39_3"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.3" class="v24_39_3">3</span>When Jerusalem was captured,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> all the high officials of the king of Babylonia came and took their places at the Middle Gate, including Nergal Sharezer, Samgar Nebo, Sarsechim, and another Nergal Sharezer.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.3!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> )</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_4"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.4" class="v24_39_4">4</span>When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers saw what was happening, they tried to escape from the city during the night. They left by way of the royal garden, went through the gateway connecting the two walls, and escaped in the direction of the Jordan Valley. </span><span class="v24_39_5"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.5" class="v24_39_5">5</span>But the Babylonian army pursued them and captured Zedekiah in the plains near Jericho. Then they took him to King Nebuchadnezzar, who was in the city of Riblah in the territory of Hamath, and there Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him. </span><span class="v24_39_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.6" class="v24_39_6">6</span>At Riblah he put Zedekiah's sons to death while Zedekiah was looking on, and he also had the officials of Judah executed. </span><span class="v24_39_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.7" class="v24_39_7">7</span>After that, he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him placed in chains to be taken to Babylonia. </span><span class="v24_39_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.8" class="v24_39_8">8</span>Meanwhile, the Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem. </span><span class="v24_39_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.9" class="v24_39_9">9</span>Finally Nebuzaradan, the commanding officer, took away as prisoners to Babylonia the people who were left in the city, together with those who had deserted to him. </span><span class="v24_39_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.10" class="v24_39_10">10</span>He left in the land of Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and he gave them vineyards and fields.</span></p><h3 class="s">Jeremiah's Release</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_11"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.11" class="v24_39_11">11</span>But King Nebuchadnezzar commanded Nebuzaradan, the commanding officer, to give the following order: </span><span class="v24_39_12"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.12" class="v24_39_12">12</span>“Go and find Jeremiah and take good care of him. Do not harm him, but do for him whatever he wants.” </span><span class="v24_39_13"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.13" class="v24_39_13">13</span>So Nebuzaradan, together with the high officials Nebushazban and Nergal Sharezer and all the other officers of the king of Babylonia, </span><span class="v24_39_14"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.14" class="v24_39_14">14</span>had me brought from the palace courtyard. They put me under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, who was to see that I got home safely. And so I stayed there among the people.</span></p><h3 class="s">Hope for Ebedmelech</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_15"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.15" class="v24_39_15">15</span>While I was still imprisoned in the palace courtyard, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> told me </span><span class="v24_39_16"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.16" class="v24_39_16">16</span>to tell Ebedmelech the Ethiopian<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, “Just as I said I would, I am going to bring upon this city destruction and not prosperity. And when this happens, you will be there to see it. </span><span class="v24_39_17"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.17" class="v24_39_17">17</span>But I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will protect you, and you will not be handed over to the people you are afraid of. </span><span class="v24_39_18"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.18" class="v24_39_18">18</span>I will keep you safe, and you will not be put to death. You will escape with your life because you have put your trust in me. I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.3: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">When Jerusalem was captured; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">these words are moved here from the end of chapter 38.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.3: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The names and titles of these men are unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.16: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Cushite: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p class="yiv9003199930MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">Bible text from the Good News Translation (GNT) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). Learn more at <a href="http://www.gnt.bible">www.gnt.bible</a> . 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