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Jeremiah 39:7-13 Modern English Version (MEV)

7. He also put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon.

8. The Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

9. Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to him, with the rest of the people who remained.

10. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left behind in the land of Judah the poor people who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.

11. Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

12. “Take him and look after him, and do not harm him. But do to him just as he says to you.”

13. So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer the Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon

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