2 Chronicles 36:11-21

Zedekiah Reigns over Judah

11 ^aZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God; ^ahe did not humble himself ^bbefore Jeremiah the prophet who spoke from the mouth of Yahweh. 13 ^aHe also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But ^bhe stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel. 14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Yahweh which He had set apart as holy in Jerusalem.

The Chaldeans Destroy Jerusalem

15 And Yahweh, the God of their fathers, ^asent word to them ¹again and again by the hand of His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His habitation; 16 but they continually ^amocked the messengers of God, ^bdespised His words and scoffed at His prophets, ^cuntil the wrath of Yahweh arose against His people, until there was no remedy. 17 ^aTherefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who killed their choice men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on choice man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. 18 ^aAnd all the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the king and of his officials, he brought them all to Babylon. 19 Then ^athey burned the house of God and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. 20 And those who had escaped from the sword he ^atook away into exile to Babylon; and ^bthey were slaves to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 ^ato fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until ^bthe land had made up for its sabbaths. ^cAll the days of its desolation it kept sabbath ¹^duntil seventy years were fulfilled.

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