It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys
Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.

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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)

39 In the (B)ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it. In the (C)eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the [a]city was penetrated.

(D)Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, [b]Rabsaris, Nergal-Sarezer, [c]Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:2 city wall was breached
  2. Jeremiah 39:3 A title, probably Chief Officer; also v. 13
  3. Jeremiah 39:3 A title, probably Troop Commander; also v. 13

28 He has come to Aiath,
He has passed Migron;
At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
29 They have gone [a]along (A)the ridge,
They have taken up lodging at Geba.
Ramah is afraid,
(B)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 [b]Lift up your voice,
O daughter (C)of Gallim!
Cause it to be heard as far as (D)Laish—
[c]O poor Anathoth!
31 (E)Madmenah has fled,
The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.
32 As yet he will remain (F)at Nob that day;
He will (G)shake his fist at the mount of (H)the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:29 Or over the pass
  2. Isaiah 10:30 Or Cry shrilly
  3. Isaiah 10:30 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. Listen to her, O Anathoth

Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up over them
The waters of [a]the River, strong and mighty—
The king of Assyria and all his glory;
He will [b]go up over all his channels
And go over all his banks.
He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
(A)He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will [c]fill the breadth of Your land, O (B)Immanuel.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:7 The Euphrates
  2. Isaiah 8:7 Overflow
  3. Isaiah 8:8 Lit. be the fullness of
  4. Isaiah 8:8 Lit. God-With-Us

34 By the way that he came,
By the same shall he return;
And he shall not come into this city,’
Says the Lord.

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