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Jeremiah 52:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

the Babylonian troops broke through the city wall. That same night, Zedekiah and his soldiers tried to escape through the gate near the royal garden, even though they knew the enemy had the city surrounded. They headed towards the Jordan valley,

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the Babylonian troops broke through the city wall. That same night, Zedekiah and his soldiers tried to escape through the gate near the royal garden, even though they knew the enemy had the city surrounded. They headed towards the desert,

Soon, even your best soldiers will lie dead in your streets. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken.

The enemy now controls the river crossings! The marshes are on fire! Your army has panicked!”

we'll attack after dark and destroy its fortresses.”

The leader of Jerusalem will lift his own bag to his shoulders at sunset and leave through a hole that the others have dug in the wall of his house. He will cover his face, so he can't see the land he is leaving.

After you have done this, return to your house. Later that evening leave your house as if you were going into exile.

Twelve years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, a refugee who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me on the fifth day of the tenth month. He told me that the city had fallen.

and I will turn from you and let you be destroyed by your attackers. You will even run at the very rumour of attack.

In the land of your enemies, you will tremble at the rustle of a leaf, as though it were a sword. And you will become so weak that you will stumble and fall over each other, even when no one is chasing you.

You will be dragged through holes in your city walls, and you will be thrown towards Harmon. I, the LORD, have spoken!

The LORD will let you be defeated by your enemies, and you will scatter in all directions. You will be a horrible sight for the other nations to see,

How could one enemy soldier chase a thousand of Israel's troops? Or how could two of theirs pursue ten thousand of ours? It can only happen if the LORD stops protecting Israel and lets the enemy win.




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