2Ki 25:4-7, 18-21, Isa 3:1-8, Jer 39:4-7, 52:24-27 | ESV | STEP | Then 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 , by the king’s garden , and the Chaldeans were around the city . And they went in the direction of the Arabah .

4 Then 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, by ^athe king’s garden, and ^bthe Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the ^cArabah. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. 6 Then they captured the king ^dand brought him up to the king of Babylon at ^eRiblah, and they passed sentence on him. 7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, ^fand put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:18-21

18 ^gAnd the captain of the guard took ^hSeraiah the chief priest and ⁱZephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 19 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^jfive men of the king’s council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. 20 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^kRiblah. 21 And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at ^lRiblah in the land of Hamath. ^mSo Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

Isaiah 3:1-8

Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

1 For behold, the ⁿLord God of hosts
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply, ^{▼▼Hebrew staff}
all ^psupport of bread,
and all support of water;
2 ^qthe mighty man and the soldier,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
3 the captain of fifty
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.
4 ^rAnd I will make boys their princes,
and infants ^{▼▼Or caprice} shall rule over them.
5 ^tAnd the people will oppress one another,
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.
6 For ^ua man will take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;
7 in that day he will speak out, saying:
“I will not be a ^vhealer; ^{▼▼Hebrew binder of wounds}
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
leader of the people.”
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their ^xspeech and their deeds are against the Lord,
^ydefying his glorious presence. ^{▼▼Hebrew the eyes of his glory}

Jeremiah 39:4-7

4 When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward ^aathe Arabah. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in ^abthe plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at ^acRiblah, in the land of Hamath; ^adand he passed sentence on him. 6 The king of Babylon ^aeslaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at ^afRiblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon ^agslaughtered all the nobles of Judah. 7 ^ahHe put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:24-27

The People Exiled to Babylon

24 And the captain of the guard took ^aiSeraiah the chief priest, and ^ajZephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 25 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and ^akseven men of the king’s council, who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city. 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at ^alRiblah. 27 And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at ^amRiblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.