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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 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">CEV</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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Jerusalem Is Captured by the Babylonians</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="JER 52:4-16">Jeremiah 52.4-16</ref>; <ref loc="2KI 25:1-12">2 Kings 25.1-12</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_1"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3" class="v24_39_1">1-3</span>In the tenth month<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of the ninth year that Zedekiah<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and the Babylonian army began their attack on Jerusalem. They kept the city surrounded for a year and a half. Then, on the ninth day of the fourth month<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.4" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of the eleventh year that Zedekiah was king, they broke through the city walls.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_1">After Jerusalem was captured,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.5" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> Nebuchadnezzar's highest officials,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.6" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> including Nebo Sarsechim<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.7" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and Nergal Sharezer from Simmagir,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.8" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> took their places at Middle Gate to show they were in control of the city.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.1-Jer.39.3!f.9" 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 his troops saw that Jerusalem had been captured, they tried to escape from the city that same night. They went to the king's garden, where they slipped through the gate between the two city walls<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and headed toward the Jordan River valley. </span><span class="v24_39_5"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.5" class="v24_39_5">5</span>But the Babylonian troops caught up with them near Jericho. They arrested Zedekiah and took him to the town of Riblah in the land of Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar put him on trial, then found him guilty, </span><span class="v24_39_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.6" class="v24_39_6">6</span>and gave orders for him to be punished. Zedekiah's sons were killed there in front of him, and so were the leaders of Judah's ruling families. </span><span class="v24_39_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.7" class="v24_39_7">7</span>Then his eyes were poked out, and he was put in chains, so he could be dragged off to Babylonia.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.8" class="v24_39_8">8</span>Meanwhile, the Babylonian army had burned the houses in Jerusalem, including<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the royal palace, and they had broken down the city walls. </span><span class="v24_39_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.9" class="v24_39_9">9</span>Nebuzaradan, the Babylonian officer in charge of the guards, led away everyone from the city as prisoners, even those who had deserted to Nebuchadnezzar. </span><span class="v24_39_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.10" class="v24_39_10">10</span>Only the poorest people who owned no land were left behind in Judah, and Nebuzaradan gave them fields and vineyards.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_11"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.11" class="v24_39_11">11</span>Nebuchadnezzar had given the following orders to Nebuzaradan: </span><span class="v24_39_12"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.12" class="v24_39_12">12</span>“Find Jeremiah and keep him safe. Take good care of him and do whatever he asks.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_39_13"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.13" class="v24_39_13">13</span>Nebuzaradan, Nebushazban, Nergal Sharezer, and the other officers of King Nebuchadnezzar </span><span class="v24_39_14"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.14" class="v24_39_14">14</span>sent some of their troops to bring me from the courtyard of the royal palace guards. They put me in the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and told him to take me to my home. And so I was allowed to stay with the people who remained in Judah.</span></p><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Promises To Protect 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 a prisoner in the courtyard of the palace guard, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> told me to say </span><span class="v24_39_16"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.16" class="v24_39_16">16</span>to Ebedmelech from Ethiopia:<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v24_39_16">I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful, the God of Israel. I warned everyone that I would bring disaster, not prosperity, to this city. Now very soon I will do what I said, and you will see it happen. </span><span class="v24_39_17"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.39.17-Jer.39.18" class="v24_39_17">17-18</span>But because you trusted me,<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.39.17-Jer.39.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> I will protect you from the officials of Judah, and when Judah is struck by disaster, I will rescue you and keep you alive. 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">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the tenth month: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Tebeth, the tenth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-December to mid-January.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Zedekiah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.3.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Nebuchadnezzar: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 21.2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">fourth month: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Tammuz, the fourth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-June to mid-July.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">After Jerusalem was captured: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This phrase is from 38.28.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">highest officials: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text gives Nergal Sharezer's title as “the Rabmag,” and Nebo Sarsechim's title as “the Rabsaris,” but the exact meaning of the titles and the duties of these offices are not known.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Nebo Sarsechim: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably another form of the name Nebushazban (see verse 13).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Nergal Sharezer from Simmagir: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. Probably Nebuchadnezzar's son-in-law, who was king of Babylonia 560–556 <char style="sc">b.c.</char> It is also possible that the Hebrew text mentions a second official named Nergal Sharezer.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.1-3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">took their places … control of the city: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The rulers and leaders often sat in the broad open area at the gate of a city to take care of official business and hold trials.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the gate between the two city walls: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The construction of the city walls at this point is not known.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the houses in Jerusalem, including: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “the temple and.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">son of Ahikam: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ethiopia: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 38.7,8.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">39.17,18 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you trusted me: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 38.7-13, where Ebedmelech helped Jeremiah.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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