10. And at the turn of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and had him brought to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of Jehovah; and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
12. And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God he humbled not himself before the prophet Jeremiah speaking from the mouth of Jehovah.
13. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take oath by God and he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from returning to Jehovah the God of Israel.
14. All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
15. And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.
16. But they mocked at the messengers of God and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.
17. And he brought up against them the king of the Chaldees, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and spared not young man nor maiden, old man nor him of hoary head: he gave them all into his hand.