Tanakh & Talmud. Various Authors

evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰For through the anger of the Lord did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until He had cast them out from His presence.

      And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 25¹And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about. ²So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. ³On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. ⁴Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden—now the Chaldeans were against the city round about—and the king went by the way of the Arabah. ⁵But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. ⁶Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. ⁷And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

      ⁸Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. ⁹And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man's house, burnt he with fire. ¹⁰And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about. ¹¹And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive. ¹²But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

      ¹³And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. ¹⁴And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the pans, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. ¹⁵And the fire-pans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. ¹⁶The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. ¹⁷The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass; and like unto these had the second pillar with network.

      ¹⁸And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door; ¹⁹and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city. ²⁰And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. ²¹And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land. ²²And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.

      ²³Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. ²⁴And Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said unto them: 'Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.' ²⁵But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. ²⁶And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

      ²⁷And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison. ²⁸And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. ²⁹And he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life. ³⁰And for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

      1. Heb. Jehoram, and in verses 17, 21, 22, 23, 24.

      2. In verses 13, 30, &c., Uzziah.

      3. Heb. Eloth.

      4. That is, A thing of brass.

      5. That is, commander-in-chief.

      6. That is, chief of the eunuchs.

      7. That is, chief butler.

      ישעיה

      ISAIAH (Yĕsha‘ăyāhû)

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      1The Vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

      ²Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth,For the Lord hath spoken:Children I have reared, and brought up,And they have rebelled against Me.³The ox knoweth his owner,And the ass his master's crib;But Israel doth not know,My people doth not consider. ⁴Ah sinful nation,A people laden with iniquity,A seed of evil-doers,Children that deal corruptly;They have forsaken the Lord,They have contemned the Holy One of Israel,They are turned away backward.⁵On what part will ye yet be stricken,Seeing ye stray away more and more?The whole head is sick,And the whole heart faint;⁶From the sole of the foot even unto the headThere is no soundness in it;But wounds, and bruises, and festering sores:They have not been pressed, neither bound up,Neither mollified with oil.⁷Your country is desolate;Your cities are burned with fire;Your land, strangers devour it in your presence,And it is desolate, as overthrown by floods.⁸And the daughter of Zion is leftAs a booth in a vineyard,As a lodge in a garden of cucumbers,As a besieged city.⁹Except the Lord of hostsHad left unto us a very small remnant,We should have been as Sodom,We should have been like unto Gomorrah. ¹⁰Hear the word of the Lord,Ye rulers of Sodom;Give ear unto the law of our God,Ye people of Gomorrah.¹¹To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me?Saith the Lord;I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams,And the fat of fed beasts; And I delight not in the bloodOf bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.¹²When ye come to appear before Me,Who hath required this at your hand,To trample My courts?¹³Bring no more vain oblations;It is an offering of abomination unto Me;New moon and sabbath, the holding of convocations—I cannot endure iniquity along with the solemn assembly.¹⁴Your new moons and your appointed seasonsMy soul hateth;They