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- New International Reader's Version - The Lord brought the king of the Babylonians against them. The Babylonian army killed their young people with their swords at the temple. They didn’t spare young men or young women. They didn’t spare the old people or weak people either. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
- 新标点和合本 - 所以,耶和华使迦勒底人的王来攻击他们,在他们圣殿里用刀杀了他们的壮丁,不怜恤他们的少男处女、老人白叟。耶和华将他们都交在迦勒底王手里。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 所以,耶和华使迦勒底人的王来攻击他们,在他们圣殿里用刀杀了他们的壮丁,不怜悯他们的少男少女、老人长者。耶和华把所有的人都交在他手里。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 所以,耶和华使迦勒底人的王来攻击他们,在他们圣殿里用刀杀了他们的壮丁,不怜悯他们的少男少女、老人长者。耶和华把所有的人都交在他手里。
- 当代译本 - 耶和华使迦勒底人的王起兵攻打他们,在他们的圣殿里用刀击杀他们的壮丁,毫不怜悯少男少女、老人和长者。耶和华把他们全部交在他的手中。
- 圣经新译本 - 耶和华使迦勒底人的王上来攻打他们,在他们的圣殿里用刀杀了他们的壮丁,少男和少女以及年老衰弱的,他们都不怜惜;耶和华把所有这些人都交在迦勒底王的手里。
- 中文标准译本 - 于是,耶和华使迦勒底人的王上来攻击他们,在他们的圣殿中用刀剑杀死他们的青年人,不怜恤少男少女、老人弱者;耶和华把他们全都交在他的手中。
- 现代标点和合本 - 所以,耶和华使迦勒底人的王来攻击他们,在他们圣殿里用刀杀了他们的壮丁,不怜恤他们的少男处女、老人白叟,耶和华将他们都交在迦勒底王手里。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 所以,耶和华使迦勒底人的王来攻击他们,在他们圣殿里用刀杀了他们的壮丁,不怜恤他们的少男处女、老人白叟。耶和华将他们都交在迦勒底王手里。
- New International Version - He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.
- English Standard Version - Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.
- New Living Translation - So the Lord brought the king of Babylon against them. The Babylonians killed Judah’s young men, even chasing after them into the Temple. They had no pity on the people, killing both young men and young women, the old and the infirm. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
- Christian Standard Bible - So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their fit young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; he handed them all over to him.
- New American Standard Bible - So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or frail; He handed them all over to him.
- New King James Version - Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.
- Amplified Bible - Therefore He brought the king of the Chaldeans against them, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.
- American Standard Version - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed: he gave them all into his hand.
- King James Version - Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
- New English Translation - He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him.
- World English Bible - Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or gray-headed. He gave them all into his hand.
- 新標點和合本 - 所以,耶和華使迦勒底人的王來攻擊他們,在他們聖殿裏用刀殺了他們的壯丁,不憐恤他們的少男處女、老人白叟。耶和華將他們都交在迦勒底王手裏。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 所以,耶和華使迦勒底人的王來攻擊他們,在他們聖殿裏用刀殺了他們的壯丁,不憐憫他們的少男少女、老人長者。耶和華把所有的人都交在他手裏。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 所以,耶和華使迦勒底人的王來攻擊他們,在他們聖殿裏用刀殺了他們的壯丁,不憐憫他們的少男少女、老人長者。耶和華把所有的人都交在他手裏。
- 當代譯本 - 耶和華使迦勒底人的王起兵攻打他們,在他們的聖殿裡用刀擊殺他們的壯丁,毫不憐憫少男少女、老人和長者。耶和華把他們全部交在他的手中。
- 聖經新譯本 - 耶和華使迦勒底人的王上來攻打他們,在他們的聖殿裡用刀殺了他們的壯丁,少男和少女以及年老衰弱的,他們都不憐惜;耶和華把所有這些人都交在迦勒底王的手裡。
- 呂振中譯本 - 因此永恆主使 迦勒底 人的王上來攻擊他們,就在他們聖所的殿裏用刀殺了他們的壯丁,不顧惜壯丁或處女、老邁的或衰弱的;永恆主把這一切人都交在 迦勒底 王手裏。
- 中文標準譯本 - 於是,耶和華使迦勒底人的王上來攻擊他們,在他們的聖殿中用刀劍殺死他們的青年人,不憐恤少男少女、老人弱者;耶和華把他們全都交在他的手中。
- 現代標點和合本 - 所以,耶和華使迦勒底人的王來攻擊他們,在他們聖殿裡用刀殺了他們的壯丁,不憐恤他們的少男處女、老人白叟,耶和華將他們都交在迦勒底王手裡。
- 文理和合譯本 - 故上帝使迦勒底王來攻之、以刃戮其丁壯於其聖室、不恤幼男少女、老人白叟、俱付其手、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 使迦勒底王至、在聖室中、戮諸壯士、凡丁男、處女、耆年、耄耋者、俱無所惜、見虜於敵。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 使 迦勒底 王來攻之、在聖殿中、以刃戮諸壯士、不恤幼男少女、老人白叟、主俱付於其手、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Entonces el Señor envió contra ellos al rey de los babilonios, quien dentro del mismo templo mató a espada a los jóvenes, y no tuvo compasión de jóvenes ni de doncellas, ni de adultos ni de ancianos. A todos se los entregó Dios en sus manos.
- 현대인의 성경 - 그러자 여호와께서는 바빌로니아 왕을 보내 그들을 치게 하셨는데 그는 유다의 젊은이들을 무참하게 학살하며 심지어 성전에까지 들어가서 그들을 죽이고 젊은 남녀는 물론 백발 노인들까지도 불쌍히 여기지 않고 닥치는 대로 마구 죽였다. 이와 같이 하나님은 그들을 모조리 느부갓네살왕의 손에 넘겨 주셨다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Он навел на них царя халдеев , который перебил их юношей мечом в святилище и не пожалел ни юноши, ни девушки, ни старца, ни пожилого. Бог отдал их всех во власть Навуходоносора.
- Восточный перевод - Он навёл на них царя вавилонян, который перебил их юношей мечом в святилище и не пожалел ни юноши, ни девушки, ни старца, ни пожилого. Всевышний отдал их всех во власть Навуходоносора,
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Он навёл на них царя вавилонян, который перебил их юношей мечом в святилище и не пожалел ни юноши, ни девушки, ни старца, ни пожилого. Аллах отдал их всех во власть Навуходоносора,
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Он навёл на них царя вавилонян, который перебил их юношей мечом в святилище и не пожалел ни юноши, ни девушки, ни старца, ни пожилого. Всевышний отдал их всех во власть Навуходоносора,
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Alors l’Eternel fit venir contre eux le roi des Chaldéens qui massacra leurs jeunes gens jusque dans leur sanctuaire. Il n’épargna personne : jeune homme, jeune fille, vieillard, personne âgée : Dieu lui livra tout .
- リビングバイブル - そこで主は、バビロンの王を彼らのもとに攻め上らせたので、彼は若い男たちを神殿に押し込めて切り殺し、若い女や老人までも、容赦なく殺しました。主はバビロンの王を用いて、彼らを完全に滅ぼそうとしたのです。
- Nova Versão Internacional - O Senhor enviou contra eles o rei dos babilônios que, no santuário, matou os seus jovens à espada. Não poupou nem rapazes, nem moças, nem adultos, nem velhos. Deus entregou todos eles nas mãos de Nabucodonosor;
- Hoffnung für alle - Er ließ König Nebukadnezar von Babylonien mit seinem Heer in Juda einfallen. Die Babylonier brachten alle jungen Judäer mit dem Schwert um, sie verfolgten sie sogar bis in den Tempel. Nebukadnezar verschonte niemanden, weder die jungen Männer und Frauen noch die Alten und Greise. Gott gab sie alle in seine Gewalt.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Hằng Hữu khiến vua Ba-by-lôn tấn công họ, tàn sát các thanh niên của Giu-đa, đuổi theo họ đến Đền Thờ. Họ thật không chút thương xót, giết cả thanh niên nam nữ, người già, và người ốm yếu. Đức Chúa Trời giao nạp họ vào tay Nê-bu-cát-nết-sa.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พระเจ้าทรงนำกษัตริย์ของชาวบาบิโลน มาปราบเขา สังหารชายหนุ่มของเขาในสถานนมัสการ ไม่ไว้ชีวิตแม้กระทั่งเด็ก ผู้หญิงและคนแก่ พระเจ้าทรงมอบพวกเขาทั้งหมดไว้ในมือเนบูคัดเนสซาร์
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ดังนั้นพระองค์ให้กษัตริย์ของชาวเคลเดีย ขึ้นมาโจมตีพวกเขา ท่านใช้ดาบสังหารพวกชายหนุ่มที่อยู่ในที่พำนัก ท่านไม่มีเมตตาต่อชายหนุ่มหรือหญิงสาว คนชราหรือทุพพลภาพ พระองค์มอบพวกเขาไว้ในมือของท่าน
交叉引用
- Luke 13:1 - Some people who were there at that time told Jesus about certain Galileans. Pilate had mixed their blood with their sacrifices.
- Luke 13:2 - Jesus said, “These people from Galilee suffered greatly. Do you think they were worse sinners than all the other Galileans?
- Jeremiah 40:3 - And now he has brought it about. He has done exactly what he said he would do. All these things have happened because you people sinned against the Lord. You didn’t obey him.
- Jeremiah 32:42 - The Lord says, “I have brought all this horrible trouble on these people. But now I will give them all the good things I have promised them.
- 2 Kings 25:1 - Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He marched out against Jerusalem. His whole army went with him. It was in the ninth year of the rule of Zedekiah. It was on the tenth day of the tenth month. Nebuchadnezzar set up camp outside the city. He brought in war machines all around it.
- 2 Kings 25:2 - It was surrounded until the 11th year of King Zedekiah’s rule.
- 2 Kings 25:3 - By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.
- 2 Kings 25:4 - Then the Babylonians broke through the city wall. Judah’s whole army ran away at night. They went out through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They escaped even though the Babylonians surrounded the city. Judah’s army ran toward the Arabah Valley.
- 2 Kings 25:5 - But the Babylonian army chased King Zedekiah. They caught up with him in the plains near Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him. They had scattered in every direction.
- 2 Kings 25:6 - The king was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how he would be punished.
- 2 Kings 25:7 - Nebuchadnezzar’s men killed the sons of Zedekiah. They forced him to watch it with his own eyes. Then they poked out his eyes. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:8 - Nebuzaradan was an official of the king of Babylon. In fact, he was commander of the royal guard. He came to Jerusalem. It was in the 19th year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. It was on the seventh day of the fifth month.
- 2 Kings 25:9 - Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.
- 2 Kings 25:10 - The whole Babylonian army broke down the walls around Jerusalem. That’s what the commander told them to do.
- 2 Kings 25:11 - Some people still remained in the city. But Nebuzaradan the commander took them away as prisoners. He also took the rest of the people of the land. That included those who had joined the king of Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:12 - But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land. He told them to work in the vineyards and fields.
- 2 Kings 25:13 - The Babylonian army destroyed the Lord’s temple. They broke the bronze pillars into pieces. They broke up the bronze stands that could be moved around. And they broke up the huge bronze bowl. Then they carried the bronze away to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 25:14 - They also took away the pots, shovels, wick cutters and dishes. They took away all the bronze objects used for any purpose in the temple.
- 2 Kings 25:15 - The commander of the royal guard took away the shallow cups for burning incense. He took away the sprinkling bowls. So he took away everything made out of pure gold or silver.
- 2 Kings 25:16 - The bronze was more than anyone could weigh. It included the bronze from the two pillars, the huge bowl and the stands. Solomon had made all those things for the Lord’s temple.
- 2 Kings 25:17 - Each pillar was 27 feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was four and a half feet high. It was decorated with a set of bronze chains and pomegranates all around it. The other pillar was just like it. It also had a set of chains.
- 2 Kings 25:18 - The commander of the guard took some prisoners. They included Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the priest who was next in rank. They also included the three men who guarded the temple doors.
- 2 Kings 25:19 - Some people were still left in the city. The commander took as a prisoner the officer who was in charge of the fighting men. He took the five men who gave advice to the king. He also took the secretary. He was the chief officer in charge of getting the people of the land to serve in the army. And he took 60 of those people serving in the army who were still in the city.
- 2 Kings 25:20 - Nebuzaradan the commander took all of them away. He brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- 2 Kings 25:21 - There the king had them put to death. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah were taken as prisoners. They were taken far away from their own land.
- 2 Kings 25:22 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had left some people behind in Judah. He appointed Gedaliah to govern them. Gedaliah was the son of Ahikam. Ahikam was the son of Shaphan.
- 2 Kings 25:23 - All of Judah’s army officers and their men heard about what had happened. They heard that the king had appointed Gedaliah as governor. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, came. So did Johanan, the son of Kareah. Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, also came. And so did Jaazaniah, the son of the Maakathite. All their men came too. Seraiah was from Netophah.
- 2 Kings 25:24 - Gedaliah promised to help them and their men. He spoke in a kind way to them. He said, “Don’t be afraid of the Babylonian officials. Make your homes in the land of Judah. Serve the king of Babylon. Then things will go well with you.”
- 2 Kings 25:25 - But in the seventh month Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, came with ten men. He killed Gedaliah. He also killed the people of Judah and the Babylonians who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. Nethaniah was the son of Elishama. Ishmael was a member of the royal family.
- 2 Kings 25:26 - After he had killed Gedaliah, all the people ran away to Egypt. Everyone from the least important of them to the most important ran away. The army officers went with them. All of them went to Egypt because they were afraid of the Babylonians.
- 2 Kings 25:27 - Awel-Marduk set Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, free from prison. It was in the 37th year after Jehoiachin had been taken away to Babylon. It was also the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon. It was on the 27th day of the 12th month.
- 2 Kings 25:28 - Awel-Marduk spoke kindly to Jehoiachin. He gave him a place of honor. Other kings were with Jehoiachin in Babylon. But his place was more important than theirs.
- 2 Kings 25:29 - So Jehoiachin put his prison clothes away. For the rest of Jehoiachin’s life the king provided what he needed.
- 2 Kings 25:30 - The king did that for Jehoiachin day by day as long as he lived.
- Deuteronomy 29:18 - Make sure there isn’t a man or woman among your families or tribes who turns away from the Lord our God. No one must worship the gods of those nations. Make sure that kind of worship doesn’t spread like bitter poison through your whole community.
- Deuteronomy 29:19 - Some people who worship those gods will hear the promise that seals the covenant I’m making. They think they can escape trouble by what they’re saying. They say, “We’ll be safe, even though we’re stubborn and go our own way.” But they will bring trouble on the whole land.
- Deuteronomy 29:20 - The Lord will never be willing to forgive those people. His great anger will blaze out against them. All the curses I’ve written down in this book will fall on them. And the Lord will erase any mention of them from the earth.
- Deuteronomy 29:21 - He will find those people in all the tribes of Israel and give them nothing but trouble. That will agree with all the curses of the covenant. They are written down in this Book of the Law.
- Deuteronomy 29:22 - Even your children’s children will see the troubles that have fallen on the land. They’ll see the sicknesses the Lord has brought on it. People who come from countries far away will also see those things.
- Deuteronomy 29:23 - The whole land will be burned up. Nothing but salt and sulfur will be left. Nothing will be planted there. Nothing will grow there. In fact, nothing will even start to grow there. The land will be like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim after they were destroyed. The Lord wiped out those cities because he was very angry.
- Deuteronomy 29:24 - All the nations will ask, “Why has the Lord done this to the land? What could have made him so very angry?”
- Deuteronomy 29:25 - And they will hear the answer, “It’s because the people living there have broken the covenant of the Lord. He’s the God of their people of long ago. He made that covenant with them when he brought them out of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 29:26 - They went off and worshiped other gods. They bowed down to them. They hadn’t known anything about those gods before. The Lord hadn’t given those gods to them.
- Deuteronomy 29:27 - So the Lord became very angry with this land. He brought on it all the curses written down in this book.
- Deuteronomy 29:28 - The Lord’s anger blazed out against his people. So he pulled them up out of their land. He threw them into another land. And that’s where they are now.”
- Deuteronomy 31:16 - The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “You are going to join the members of your family who have already died. The Israelites will not be faithful to me. They will soon join themselves to the false gods that are worshiped in the land they are entering. The people will desert me. They will break the covenant I made with them.
- Deuteronomy 31:17 - In that day I will become angry with them. I will desert them. I will turn my face away from them. And they will be destroyed. Many horrible troubles and hard times will come on them. On that day they will say, ‘Trouble has come on us. Our God isn’t with us!’
- Deuteronomy 31:18 - I will certainly turn away from them on that day. I will do it because they did a very evil thing when they turned to other gods.
- Daniel 9:14 - Lord, you didn’t hold back from bringing this trouble on us. You always do what is right. But we haven’t obeyed you.
- Leviticus 26:14 - “ ‘On the other hand, suppose you do not listen to me. Suppose you do not carry out all my commands.
- Leviticus 26:15 - Suppose you say no to my rules and turn away from my laws. And suppose you break my covenant by failing to carry out all my commands.
- Leviticus 26:16 - Then here is what I will do to you. All at once I will bring terror on you. I will send sicknesses that will make you weak. I will send fever that will destroy your sight. It will slowly take your strength away. When you plant seeds, it will not do you any good. Instead, your enemies will eat what you have planted.
- Leviticus 26:17 - I will turn against you. Then your enemies will win the battle over you. Those who hate you will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
- Leviticus 26:18 - “ ‘After all that, suppose you still will not listen to me. Then I will punish you for your sins seven times.
- Leviticus 26:19 - I will break down your stubborn pride. I will make the sky above you like iron, and it will not rain. I will make the ground under you like bronze, and you will not be able to farm it.
- Leviticus 26:20 - You will work with all your strength, but it will not do you any good. That is because your soil will not produce any crops. The trees of your land will not bear any fruit.
- Leviticus 26:21 - “ ‘Suppose you continue to be my enemy. And suppose you still refuse to listen to me. Then I will multiply your troubles many times because of your sins.
- Leviticus 26:22 - I will send wild animals against you. They will kill your children. They will destroy your cattle. There will be so few of you left that your roads will be deserted.
- Leviticus 26:23 - “ ‘After all those things, suppose you still do not accept my warnings. And suppose you continue to be my enemy.
- Leviticus 26:24 - Then I myself will be your enemy. I will make you suffer again and again for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:25 - I will send war against you to punish you for breaking my covenant. When you go back into your cities, I will send a plague among you. You will be handed over to your enemies.
- Leviticus 26:26 - I will cut off your supply of bread. Ten women will need only one oven to bake your bread. They will weigh out the bread piece by piece. Even when you eat all of it, it will not be enough to satisfy you.
- Leviticus 26:27 - “ ‘After all that, suppose you still do not listen to me. And suppose you continue to be my enemy.
- Leviticus 26:28 - Then I will be angry with you. I will be your enemy. I myself will again punish you for your sins over and over.
- Leviticus 26:29 - You will eat the dead bodies of your sons. You will also eat the dead bodies of your daughters.
- Leviticus 26:30 - I will destroy the high places where you worship other gods. I will pull down your incense altars. I will pile up your dead bodies on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will turn away from you.
- Leviticus 26:31 - I will completely destroy your cities. I will destroy your places of worship. The pleasant smell of your offerings will not give me any delight.
- Leviticus 26:32 - I myself will destroy your land so completely that your enemies who live there will be shocked.
- Leviticus 26:33 - I will scatter you among the nations. I will pull out my sword and hunt you down. Your land and your cities will be completely destroyed.
- Leviticus 26:34 - Then the deserted land will enjoy its sabbath years. It will rest. It will not be farmed. It will enjoy its sabbaths. But you will become prisoners in the country of your enemies.
- Leviticus 26:35 - The land will rest the whole time it is deserted. It was not able to rest during the sabbaths you lived in it.
- Leviticus 26:36 - “ ‘Some of you will be left in the lands of your enemies. I will fill your hearts with fear. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will scare you away. You will run as if you were escaping from swords. You will fall down, even though no one is chasing you.
- Leviticus 26:37 - You will trip over one another as if you were running away from the battle. You will run away, even though no one is chasing you. You will not be able to stand and fight against your enemies.
- Leviticus 26:38 - While you are still scattered among the nations, you will die. The lands of your enemies will destroy you.
- Leviticus 26:39 - You who are left in those lands will become weaker and weaker. You will die because of your sins and the sins of your people who lived before you.
- Leviticus 26:40 - “ ‘But suppose you admit that both you and your people who lived before you have sinned. You admit the evil and dishonest things you have done against me. And you admit you have become my enemy.
- Leviticus 26:41 - What you did made me become your enemy. I let your enemies take you into their land. But suppose you stop being stubborn. You stop being proud. And you pay for your sin.
- Leviticus 26:42 - Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob. I will remember my covenant with Isaac. I will remember my covenant with Abraham. I will remember what I said to them about the land.
- Leviticus 26:43 - You will leave the land. It will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies deserted because you are not there. You will pay for your sins because you said no to my laws. You turned away from my rules.
- Leviticus 26:44 - But even after all that, I will not say no to you or turn away from you. I will not destroy you completely in the land of your enemies. I will not break my covenant with you. I am the Lord your God.
- Leviticus 26:45 - Because of you, I will remember the covenant I made with the people of Israel who lived before you. I brought them out of Egypt to be their God. The nations saw me do it. I am the Lord.’ ”
- Leviticus 26:46 - These are the orders, the laws and the rules of the covenant the Lord made on Mount Sinai. He made it between himself and the Israelites through Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 - So the Lord brought the army commanders of the king of Assyria against them. They took Manasseh as a prisoner. They put a hook in his nose. They put him in bronze chains. And they took him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:1 - Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah. She was from Libnah.
- Jeremiah 52:2 - Zedekiah did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did just as Jehoiakim had done.
- Jeremiah 52:3 - The enemies of Jerusalem and Judah attacked them because the Lord was angry. In the end he threw them out of his land. Zedekiah refused to obey the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:4 - Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon. He marched out against Jerusalem. All his armies went with him. It was in the ninth year of the rule of Zedekiah. It was on the tenth day of the tenth month. The armies set up camp outside the city. They set up ladders and built ramps and towers all around it.
- Jeremiah 52:5 - It was surrounded until the 11th year of King Zedekiah’s rule.
- Jeremiah 52:6 - By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.
- Jeremiah 52:7 - Then the Babylonians broke through the city wall. Judah’s whole army ran away. They left the city at night. They went out through the gate between the two walls that were near the king’s garden. They escaped even though the Babylonians surrounded the city. Judah’s army ran toward the Arabah Valley.
- Jeremiah 52:8 - But the armies of Babylon chased King Zedekiah. They caught up with him in the plains near Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him. They had scattered in every direction.
- Jeremiah 52:9 - The king was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how Zedekiah would be punished.
- Jeremiah 52:10 - At Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah. He forced him to watch it with his own eyes. Nebuchadnezzar also killed all the officials of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:11 - Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon. There he put Zedekiah in prison until the day he died.
- Jeremiah 52:12 - Nebuzaradan served the king of Babylon. In fact, he was commander of the royal guard. He came to Jerusalem. It was in the 19th year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. It was on the tenth day of the fifth month.
- Jeremiah 52:13 - Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.
- Jeremiah 52:14 - The armies of Babylon broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. That’s what the commander told them to do.
- Jeremiah 52:15 - Some of the poorest people still remained in the city along with the others. But the commander Nebuzaradan took them away as prisoners. He also took the rest of the skilled workers. That included the people who had joined the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:16 - But Nebuzaradan left the rest of the poorest people of the land behind. He told them to work in the vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 52:17 - The armies of Babylon destroyed the Lord’s temple. They broke the bronze pillars into pieces. They broke up the bronze stands that could be moved around. And they broke up the huge bronze bowl. Then they carried away all the bronze to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:18 - They also took away the pots, shovels, wick cutters, sprinkling bowls and dishes. They took away all the bronze objects that were used for any purpose in the temple.
- Jeremiah 52:19 - The commander of the royal guard took away the bowls and the shallow cups for burning incense. He took away the sprinkling bowls, the pots, the lampstands and the dishes. He took away the bowls used for drink offerings. So he took away everything made out of pure gold or silver.
- Jeremiah 52:20 - The bronze was more than anyone could weigh. It included the bronze from the two pillars. It included the bronze from the huge bowl and the 12 bronze bulls under it. It also included the stands. King Solomon had made all those things for the Lord’s temple.
- Jeremiah 52:21 - Each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet around. The pillars were hollow. The metal in each of them was three inches thick.
- Jeremiah 52:22 - The bronze top of one pillar was seven and a half feet high. It was decorated with a set of bronze chains and pomegranates all around it. The other pillar was just like it. It also had pomegranates.
- Jeremiah 52:23 - There were 96 pomegranates on the sides of each of the two tops. The total number of pomegranates above the bronze chains around each top was 100.
- Jeremiah 52:24 - The commander of the guard took many prisoners. They included Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the priest who reported to him. They also included the three men who guarded the temple doors.
- Jeremiah 52:25 - Some people were still left in the city. The commander took as a prisoner the officer in charge of the fighting men. He took the seven men who gave advice to the king. He also took the secretary who was the chief officer in charge of getting the people of the land to serve in the army. There were 60 people of the land still in the city.
- Jeremiah 52:26 - The commander Nebuzaradan took all of them away. He brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- Jeremiah 52:27 - There the king had them put to death. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah were taken as prisoners. They were taken far away from their own land.
- Jeremiah 52:28 - Here is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylon as prisoners. In the seventh year of his rule, he took 3,023 Jews.
- Jeremiah 52:29 - In his 18th year, he took 832 people from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 52:30 - In Nebuchadnezzar’s 23rd year, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the royal guard, took 745 Jews to Babylon. The total number of people taken to Babylon was 4,600.
- Jeremiah 52:31 - Awel-Marduk set Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, free from prison. It was in the 37th year after Jehoiachin had been taken away to Babylon. It was also the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon. It was on the 25th day of the 12th month.
- Jeremiah 52:32 - Awel-Marduk spoke kindly to Jehoiachin. He gave him a place of honor. Other kings were with Jehoiachin in Babylon. But his place was more important than theirs.
- Jeremiah 52:33 - So Jehoiachin put away his prison clothes. For the rest of Jehoiachin’s life the king of Babylon provided what he needed.
- Jeremiah 52:34 - The king did that for Jehoiachin day by day as long as he lived. He did it until the day Jehoiachin died.
- Jeremiah 18:21 - So let their children die of hunger. Let my enemies be killed in war. Let their wives lose their children and husbands. Let their men be put to death. Let their young men be killed in battle.
- Ezekiel 9:5 - I heard him speak to the six men. He said, “Follow him through the city. Do not show any pity or concern.
- Ezekiel 9:6 - Kill the old men and women, the young men and women, and the children. But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Start at my temple.” So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple.
- Ezekiel 9:7 - Then he said to the men, “Make the temple ‘unclean.’ Fill the courtyards with dead bodies. Go!” So they went out and started killing people all through the city.
- Psalm 79:2 - They have left the dead bodies of your people. They have left them as food for the birds in the sky. They have left the bodies of your faithful people. They have left them for the wild animals.
- Psalm 79:3 - They have poured out the blood of your people like water. It is all around Jerusalem. No one is left to bury the dead.
- Deuteronomy 32:15 - When Israel grew fat, they became stubborn. When they were filled with food, they became fat and heavy. They left the God who made them. They turned away from the Rock who saved them.
- Deuteronomy 32:16 - They made him jealous by serving false gods. They made him angry by worshiping statues of gods. He hated those gods.
- Deuteronomy 32:17 - The people sacrificed to those false gods, not to God. They hadn’t known anything about those false gods. Those gods were new to them. Their people of long ago didn’t worship them.
- Deuteronomy 32:18 - But then they deserted the Rock. He was their Father. They forgot the God who created them.
- Deuteronomy 32:19 - When the Lord saw this, he turned away from them. His sons and daughters made him angry.
- Deuteronomy 32:20 - “I will turn my face away from them,” he said. “I will see what will happen to them in the end. They are sinful people. They are unfaithful children.
- Deuteronomy 32:21 - They made me jealous by serving what is not even a god. They made me angry by worshiping worthless statues of gods. I will use people who are not a nation to make them jealous. A nation that has no understanding will make them angry.
- Deuteronomy 32:22 - My anger will start a fire. It will burn all the way down to the kingdom of the dead. It will eat up the earth and its crops. It will set the base of the mountains on fire.
- Deuteronomy 32:23 - “I will pile troubles on my people. I will shoot all my arrows at them.
- Deuteronomy 32:24 - I will send them hunger. It will make them weak. I will send terrible sickness. I will send deadly plagues. I will send wild animals that will tear them apart. Snakes that glide through the dust will bite them.
- Deuteronomy 32:25 - In the streets their children will be killed by swords. Their homes will be filled with terror. The young men and women will die. The babies and old people will die.
- Deuteronomy 32:26 - I said I would scatter them. I said I would erase their name from human memory.
- Deuteronomy 32:27 - But I was afraid their enemies would make fun of that. I was afraid their attackers would not understand. I was sure they would say, ‘We’re the ones who’ve beaten them! The Lord isn’t the one who did it.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 32:28 - Israel is a nation that doesn’t have any sense. They can’t understand anything.
- Deuteronomy 28:15 - But suppose you don’t obey the Lord your God. And you aren’t careful to obey all his commands and rules I’m giving you today. Then he will send curses on you. They’ll catch up with you. Here are those curses.
- Deuteronomy 28:16 - You will be cursed in the cities. You will be cursed out in the country.
- Deuteronomy 28:17 - Your baskets and bread pans will be cursed.
- Deuteronomy 28:18 - Your children will be cursed. Your crops will be cursed. Your calves and lambs will be cursed.
- Deuteronomy 28:19 - You will be cursed no matter where you go.
- Deuteronomy 28:20 - The Lord will send curses on you. You won’t know what’s going on. In everything you do, he will be angry with you. You will be destroyed suddenly and completely. This will happen because you did an evil thing when you deserted the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 28:21 - He will send all kinds of sicknesses on you. He’ll send them until he has destroyed you. He’ll remove you from the land you are entering to take as your own.
- Deuteronomy 28:22 - The Lord will make you sick and very weak. He will strike you with fever and swelling. He’ll send burning heat. There won’t be any rain. The hot winds will completely dry up your crops. All those things will happen until you die.
- Deuteronomy 28:23 - The sky above you will be like bronze. The ground beneath you will be like iron.
- Deuteronomy 28:24 - The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder. It will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:25 - The Lord will help your enemies win the battle over you. You will come at them from one direction. But you will run away from them in every direction. All the kingdoms on earth will be completely shocked when they see you.
- Deuteronomy 28:26 - Birds and wild animals will eat up your dead bodies. There won’t be anyone left to scare them away.
- Deuteronomy 28:27 - The Lord will send boils on you, just like the ones he sent on the Egyptians. You will have growths in your bodies and boils on your skin. You will itch all over. No one will be able to heal you.
- Deuteronomy 28:28 - The Lord will make you lose your mind. He will make you blind. You won’t know what’s going on.
- Deuteronomy 28:29 - Even at noon you will have to feel your way around like a blind person in the dark. You won’t have success in anything you do. Day after day you will be robbed and treated badly. No one will be able to save you.
- Deuteronomy 28:30 - You and a woman will promise to marry each other. But another man will take her and rape her. You will build a house. But you won’t live in it. You will plant a vineyard. But you won’t eat a single grape from it.
- Deuteronomy 28:31 - Your ox will be killed right in front of your eyes. But you won’t eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away from you by force. And you will never get it back. Your sheep will be given to your enemies. No one will be able to save them.
- Deuteronomy 28:32 - Your children will be given to another nation. Day after day you will watch for them to come back. But you will only wear out your eyes. You won’t be able to help your children.
- Deuteronomy 28:33 - A nation you don’t know anything about will eat what you work to produce on your land. You will only be treated badly as long as you live.
- Deuteronomy 28:34 - The things you see will make you lose your mind.
- Deuteronomy 28:35 - The Lord will send painful boils on your knees and legs. No one will be able to heal them. They will cover you from head to toe.
- Deuteronomy 28:36 - The Lord will drive you out of the land. And he will drive out the king you place over yourselves. All of you will go to another nation. You and your people of long ago didn’t know anything about them. There you will worship other gods. They will be made out of wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 28:37 - You will look very bad to all the nations where the Lord sends you. They will be completely shocked when they see you. They will mock you and make fun of you.
- Deuteronomy 28:38 - You will plant many seeds in your field. But you will gather very little food. Locusts will eat it up.
- Deuteronomy 28:39 - You will plant vineyards and take care of them. But you won’t drink the wine. You won’t gather the grapes. Worms will eat them up.
- Deuteronomy 28:40 - You will have olive trees through your whole country. But you won’t use the oil. The olives will drop off the trees.
- Deuteronomy 28:41 - You will have children. But you won’t be able to keep them. They’ll be taken away as prisoners.
- Deuteronomy 28:42 - Large numbers of locusts will eat up the leaves on all your trees. They will also eat up the crops on your land.
- Deuteronomy 28:43 - Outsiders who live among you will become your leaders. They will rise higher and higher. But you will sink lower and lower.
- Deuteronomy 28:44 - They will lend money to you. But you won’t be able to lend money to them. They will be the leaders. But you will be the followers.
- Deuteronomy 28:45 - The Lord your God will send all these curses on you. They will follow you everywhere. They’ll catch up with you. You will be under the Lord’s curse until you are destroyed. That’s because you didn’t obey him. You didn’t keep the commands and rules he gave you.
- Deuteronomy 28:46 - These curses will remain as signs and awful judgments against you and your children after you forever.
- Deuteronomy 28:47 - You didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness when times were good.
- Deuteronomy 28:48 - So he will send enemies against you. You will have to serve them. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be naked and poor. The Lord will put the iron chains of slavery around your necks until he has destroyed you.
- Deuteronomy 28:49 - The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away. It will come from the ends of the earth. It will dive down on you like an eagle. You won’t understand that nation’s language.
- Deuteronomy 28:50 - Its people will look mean. They won’t have any respect for old people. They won’t show any kindness to young people.
- Deuteronomy 28:51 - They will eat up the young animals among your livestock. They’ll eat up the crops on your land. They’ll destroy you. They won’t leave you any grain, olive oil or fresh wine. They won’t leave you any calves or lambs. They’ll destroy you.
- Deuteronomy 28:52 - They’ll surround all the cities throughout your whole land. They’ll attack those cities until the high, strong walls you trust in fall down. That’s what will happen to the cities in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 28:53 - Your enemies will surround you and attack you. They will make you suffer greatly. So you will eat your own children. You will eat the dead bodies of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you.
- Deuteronomy 28:54 - There may be a gentle and caring man among you. But he will treat his own brother badly. He’ll be just as mean to the wife he loves and to any of his children who are still alive.
- Deuteronomy 28:55 - He won’t give to a single one of them any part of the dead bodies of his children that he’s eating. It will be all he has left to eat. That’s how much your enemies will make you suffer when they surround all your cities and attack them.
- Deuteronomy 28:56 - There may be a gentle and caring woman among you. She wouldn’t even touch the ground with her feet without first putting her sandals on. But she will not share anything with the husband she loves. She won’t share with her own children either.
- Deuteronomy 28:57 - She will eat what comes out of her body after she has a baby. Then she’ll even eat her baby. She won’t share it with anyone in her family. In her great hunger she’ll plan to eat it in secret. There won’t be anything else for her to eat because the city she lives in will be surrounded. That’s an example of how much your enemies will make you suffer when they are attacking your cities.
- Deuteronomy 28:58 - Be careful to follow all the words of this law. They are written in this scroll. Have respect for the glorious and wonderful name of the Lord your God. If you don’t,
- Deuteronomy 28:59 - he will send terrible plagues on you and your children after you. He’ll send horrible and lasting troubles. He’ll make you very sick for a long time.
- Deuteronomy 28:60 - He’ll bring on you all the sicknesses you were afraid of getting when you were in Egypt. You won’t be able to get rid of them.
- Deuteronomy 28:61 - The Lord will also bring on you all other kinds of sickness and trouble. I haven’t even written those down in this Book of the Law. You will be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 28:62 - At one time you were as many as the stars in the sky. But there will only be a few of you left. That’s because you didn’t obey the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:63 - It pleased the Lord to give you success and to cause there to be many of you. But it will please him just as much to wipe you out and destroy you. You will be removed from the land you are entering to take as your own.
- Deuteronomy 28:64 - Then the Lord will scatter you among all the nations. He’ll spread you around from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship statues of gods made out of wood and stone. You and your people of long ago hadn’t known anything about those gods.
- Deuteronomy 28:65 - Among those nations you won’t find any peace. There won’t be any place where you can make your home and rest your feet. The Lord will give you minds filled with worry. He’ll give you eyes worn out from looking for help. You won’t have any hope in your hearts.
- Deuteronomy 28:66 - Your lives will always be in danger. You will be filled with fear night and day. You will never be sure you are safe.
- Deuteronomy 28:67 - In the morning you will say, “We wish it were evening!” In the evening you will say, “We wish it were morning!” Your hearts will be filled with fear. The things you see will terrify you.
- Deuteronomy 28:68 - The Lord will send you back to Egypt in ships. He’ll send you on a journey I said you should never have to make again. You will offer to sell yourselves to your enemies as slaves in Egypt. But no one will buy you.
- 2 Kings 24:2 - The Lord sent robbers against Jehoiakim from Babylon, Aram, Moab and Ammon. He sent them to destroy Judah. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through his servants the prophets.
- 2 Kings 24:3 - These things happened to Judah in keeping with what the Lord had commanded. He brought enemies against his people in order to remove them from his land. He removed them because of all the sins Manasseh had committed.
- Jeremiah 15:8 - I will increase the number of their widows. There will be more of them than the grains of sand on the seashore. At noon I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of the young men among my people. All at once I will bring down on them great suffering and terror.
- Jeremiah 15:9 - Mothers who have many children will grow weak. They will take their last breath. The sun will set on them while it is still day. They will be dishonored and put to shame. All those who are left alive I will kill by swords. I will have their enemies do this,” announces the Lord.
- Jeremiah 39:1 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marched out against Jerusalem. He came with all his armies and attacked it. It was in the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah. It was in the tenth month.
- Jeremiah 39:2 - The city wall was broken through. It happened on the ninth day of the fourth month. It was in the 11th year of Zedekiah’s rule.
- Jeremiah 39:3 - All the officials of the king of Babylon came. They took seats near the Middle Gate. Nergal-Sharezer from Samgar was there. Nebo-Sarsekim, a chief officer, was also there. So was Nergal-Sharezer, a high official. And all the other officials of the king of Babylon were there too.
- Jeremiah 39:4 - King Zedekiah and all the soldiers saw them. Then they ran away. They left the city at night. They went by way of the king’s garden. They went out through the gate between the two walls. And they headed toward the Arabah Valley.
- Jeremiah 39:5 - But the armies of Babylon chased them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains near Jericho. They captured him there. And they took him to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how Zedekiah would be punished.
- Jeremiah 39:6 - The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah. He forced Zedekiah to watch it with his own eyes. He also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 39:7 - Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:8 - The Babylonians set the royal palace on fire. They also set fire to the houses of the people. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 39:9 - Nebuzaradan was commander of the royal guard. Some people still remained in the city. But he took them away to Babylon as prisoners. He also took along those who had gone over to his side. And he took the rest of the people.
- Jeremiah 39:10 - Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, left some of the poor people of Judah behind. They didn’t own anything. So at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 39:11 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had given orders about Jeremiah. He had given them to Nebuzaradan, the commander of the royal guard. Nebuchadnezzar had said,
- Jeremiah 39:12 - “Take him. Look after him. Don’t harm him. Do for him anything he asks.”
- Jeremiah 39:13 - So that’s what Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guard, did. Nebushazban and Nergal-Sharezer were with him. So were all the other officers of the king of Babylon. Nebushazban was a chief officer. Nergal-Sharezer was a high official. All these men
- Jeremiah 39:14 - sent for Jeremiah. They had him taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned him over to Gedaliah. Gedaliah was the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan. They told Gedaliah to take Jeremiah back to his home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
- Jeremiah 39:15 - A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. It came while he was being kept in the courtyard of the guard. The Lord said,
- Jeremiah 39:16 - “Go. Speak to Ebed-Melek the Cushite. Tell him, ‘The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “I am about to make the words I spoke against this city come true. I will not give success to it. Instead, I will bring horrible trouble on it. At that time my words will come true. You will see it with your own eyes.
- Jeremiah 39:17 - But I will save you on that day,” announces the Lord. “You will not be handed over to those you are afraid of.
- Jeremiah 39:18 - I will save you. You will not be killed by a sword. Instead, you will escape with your life. That’s because you trust in me,” announces the Lord.’ ”
- 2 Chronicles 24:21 - But the people made evil plans against Zechariah. The king ordered them to kill Zechariah by throwing stones at him. They did it in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.
- Deuteronomy 30:18 - If you do, I announce to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You are about to go across the Jordan River and take over the land. But you won’t live there very long.
- Lamentations 2:20 - Jerusalem says, “Lord, look at me. Think about my condition. Have you ever treated anyone else like this? Should women have to eat their babies? Should they eat the children they’ve taken care of? Should priests and prophets be killed in your own temple?
- Lamentations 2:21 - “Young people and old people alike lie dead in the dust of my streets. My young men and women have been killed by swords. You killed them when you were angry. You put them to death without pity.
- Lamentations 2:22 - “You sent for terrors to come against me on every side. It was as if you were inviting people to enjoy a feast day. Because you were angry, no one escaped. No one was left alive. I took good care of my children and brought them up. But my enemies have destroyed them.”
- Ezra 9:7 - We are filled with it. It has been like that ever since the days of our people who lived long ago. Kings of other countries have killed many of us and our kings and priests with their swords. They’ve forced others to leave their own land. They’ve taken them away as prisoners. They’ve robbed others. They’ve made still others feel ashamed and dishonored. All these things have happened to us because we’ve committed so many sins. And that’s how things still are to this day.
- Psalm 74:20 - Honor the covenant you made with us. Horrible things are happening in every dark corner of the land.