18 The commander of the guards(A) also took away Seraiah(B) the chief priest, Zephaniah(C) the priest of the second rank, and the three doorkeepers. 19 He took a court official who had been appointed over the warriors from the city; five trusted royal aides[a](D) found in the city; the secretary of the commander of the army, who enlisted the people of the land for military duty; and 60 men from the common people[b] who were found within the city. 20 Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.(E) 21 The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 25:19 Lit five men who look on the king’s face
  2. 2 Kings 25:19 Lit the people of the land

Zedekiah’s Request Denied

21 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur(A) son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah(B) son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah, asking,

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24 To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you are to say, 25 “This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You[a] in your own name have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah(A) son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying: 26 ‘The Lord has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest to be the chief officer(B) in the temple of the Lord, responsible for every madman(C) who acts like a prophet. You must confine him in the stocks(D) and an iron collar. 27 So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who has been acting like a prophet among you?(E) 28 For he has sent word to us in Babylon, claiming, “The exile will be long. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”(F)

29 Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 29:25 Lit Because you

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