Jeremiah 39:9 Cross References

Jeremiah 39:9

9: Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, sent to Babylon the remnant of the population as well as those who had defected to him.

The LORD gave a message to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had released him at Ramah. He had found Jeremiah bound in chains among the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being sent to exile in Babylon.

Meanwhile, in Egypt, the traders sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.

says the LORD. "For suddenly, I will fling you from this land and pour great troubles upon you. At last you will feel my anger."

On August 17 of that year, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem.
He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.
Then the captain of the guard supervised the entire Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, then took as exiles some of the poorest of the people and those who remained in the city, along with the rest of the craftsmen and the troops who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon.
But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind in Judah to care for the vineyards and fields.

Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, then took as exiles those who remained in the city, along with the rest of the people and the troops who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon.

For the LORD will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive.

For this is what the LORD says: I will send terror upon you and all your friends, and you will watch as they are slaughtered by the swords of the enemy. I will hand the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will take them captive to Babylon or run them through with the sword.
And I will let your enemies plunder Jerusalem. All the famed treasures of the city--the precious jewels and gold and silver of your kings--will be carried off to Babylon.
As for you, Pashhur, you and all your household will go as captives to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you promised that everything would be all right."

Some of your own descendants will be taken away into exile. They will become eunuchs who will serve in the palace of Babylon's king."

The number of captives taken to Babylon in the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign was 3,023.
Then in Nebuchadnezzar's eighteenth year he took 832 more.
In his twenty-third year he sent Nebuzaradan, his captain of the guard, who took 745 more--a total of 4,600 captives in all.

I will scatter you among the nations and attack you with my own weapons. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.

So I will throw you out of this land and send you into a foreign land where you and your ancestors have never been. There you can worship idols all you like--and I will grant you no favors!

But Nebuzaradan left a few of the poorest people in Judah, and he assigned them fields and vineyards to care for.
King Nebuchadnezzar had told Nebuzaradan to find Jeremiah.
"See that he isn't hurt," he had said. "Look after him well, and give him anything he wants."
So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, and Nebushazban, a chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer, the king's adviser, and the other officers of Babylon's king
sent messengers to bring Jeremiah out of the prison. They put him under the care of Gedaliah son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, who was to take him back to his home. So Jeremiah stayed in Judah among his own people.

So I will send my people into exile far away because they do not know me. The great and honored among them will starve, and the common people will die of thirst.

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