There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah. Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

The Babylonians[a] set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:8 Or Chaldeans