11 Then he blinded Zedekiah and bound him with bronze chains. The king of Babylon brought Zedekiah to Babylon, where he kept him in custody[a] until his dying day.(A)

12 On the tenth day of the fifth month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, entered Jerusalem as the representative of[b] the king of Babylon. 13 He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

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Footnotes

  1. 52:11 Lit in a house of guards
  2. 52:12 Lit Jerusalem; he stood before

11 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.(A)

12 On the tenth day of the fifth(B) month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan(C) commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 He set fire(D) to the temple(E) of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses(F) of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

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