From the city he took the officer who had been in command of the troops, five of the king's personal advisers who were still in the city, the commander's assistant, who was in charge of military records, and sixty other important men.

in the territory of Hamath. There the king had them beaten and put to death. So the people of Judah were carried away from their land into exile.

At Riblah he put Zedekiah's sons to death while Zedekiah was looking on, and he also had the officials of Judah executed.

Zedekiah was taken to King Nebuchadnezzar, who was in the city of Riblah in the territory of Hamath, and there Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him.

At Riblah he put Zedekiah's sons to death while Zedekiah was looking on and he also had the officials of Judah executed.

In addition, Nebuzaradan, the commanding officer, took away as prisoners Seraiah the High Priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank, and the three other important Temple officials.

Nebuzaradan took them to the king of Babylonia, who was in the city of Riblah

and from there to Hamath Pass. It will continue to Zedad

and to Ziphron, and will end at Hazar Enan.

the land of the Gebalites; all of Lebanon to the east, from Baalgad, which is south of Mount Hermon, to Hamath Pass.

There at the Temple, Solomon and all the people of Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters for seven days. There was a huge crowd of people from as far away as Hamath Pass in the north and the Egyptian border in the south.

He reconquered all the territory that had belonged to Israel, from Hamath Pass in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. This was what the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised through his servant the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath Hepher.

People will be killed everywhere, and those who survive will acknowledge that I am the LORD.

I am about to punish you prophets who have false visions and make misleading predictions. You will not be there when my people gather to make decisions; your names will not be included in the list of the citizens of Israel; you will never return to your land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.

I intend to break down the wall they whitewashed, to shatter it, and to leave the foundation stones bare. It will collapse and kill you all. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD.

I will rip off your scarves and let my people escape from your power once and for all. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

So now your false visions and misleading predictions are over. I am rescuing my people from your power, so that you will know that I am the LORD."

The LORD has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the LORD, have spoken."