¹² Then ^(A)Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials. And ^(B)the king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign. ^13 (C)He also brought out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and he ^(D)smashed all the articles of gold ^(E)that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said. ¹⁴ Then ^(F)he led into exile all the people of Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the valiant warriors, ^(G)ten thousand exiles, and ^(H)all the craftsmen and the smiths. None were left ^(I)except the poorest people of the land.

¹⁵ So ^(J)he led Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother, the king’s wives, and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Vision of Abominations in Jerusalem

8 Now it came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord ^[a]God fell upon me there.

God’s Dealings with Israel Rehearsed

20 Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, men from the ^(A)elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.