"The LORDwill bringyou and your king,whomyou setoveryou, to a nationwhichneitheryou noryour fathershave known,and thereyou shall serveothergods,woodand stone.
Then the restof the peoplewho were leftin the cityand the deserterswhohad desertedto the kingof Babylonand the restof the people,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the guardcarriedawayinto exile.
Then the kingof Babylonstruckthem down and putthem to deathat Riblahin the landof Hamath.So Judahwas ledawayinto exilefrom its land.
Therefore the LORDbroughtthe commandersof the armyof the kingof Assyriaagainstthem, and they capturedManassehwith hooks,boundhim with bronze[chains] and tookhim to Babylon.
Then the peopleof the landtookJoahazthe sonof Josiah,and madehim kingin placeof his fatherin Jerusalem.
Therefore He broughtup againstthem the kingof the Chaldeanswho slewtheir youngmenwith the swordin the houseof their sanctuary,and hadnocompassionon youngmanor virgin,oldmanor infirm;He gave[them] allinto his hand.
Thosewho had escapedfrom the swordhe carriedawayto Babylon;and they were servantsto him and to his sonsuntilthe ruleof the kingdomof Persia,
Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babyloncameup againsthim and boundhim with bronze[chains] to takehim to Babylon.
And [some] of your sonswhowill issuefrom you, whomyou will beget,will be takenaway, and they will becomeofficialsin the palaceof the kingof Babylon.'"
"Then I will cause your enemiesto bring[it] Into a landyou do not know;For a firehas beenkindledin My anger,It will burnupon you."
So I will hurlyou out of thislandinto the landwhichyou have not known,neither you noryour fathers;and thereyou will serveothergodsdayand night,for I will grantyou nofavor.'
Now whenJerusalemwas capturedin the ninthyearof Zedekiahkingof Judah,in the tenthmonth,Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonand allhis armycameto Jerusalemand laidsiegeto it;
thereforethussaysthe LORDof hosts,the Godof Israel,"behold,I will feedthem, thispeople,with wormwoodand givethem poisonedwaterto drink.
Her gateshave sunkinto the ground,He has destroyedand brokenher bars.Her kingand her princesare among the nations;The lawis nomore.Also,her prophetsfindNovisionfrom the LORD.
The breathof our nostrils,the LORD'Sanointed,Was capturedin their pits,Of whomwe had said,"Under his shadowWe shall liveamong the nations."
"And I will bringyou out of the midstof the city and deliveryou into the handsof strangersand executejudgmentsagainst you.
"As for you, O houseof Israel,"thussaysthe LordGOD,"Go,serveeveryonehis idols;but lateryou will surelylistento Me, and My holynameyou will profanenolongerwith your giftsand with your idols.
"Moreover, the LORDwill scatteryou among allpeoples,from one endof the earthto the other endof the earth;and thereyou shall serveothergods,woodand stone,whichyou or your fathershave not known.
moreover, you have seentheir abominationsand their idols[of] wood,stone,silver,and gold,which[they had] with them);
"The LORDwill scatteryou among the peoples,and you will be leftfewin numberamong the nationswherethe LORDdrivesyou.
"Thereyou will servegods,the workof man'shands,woodand stone,whichneitherseenorhearnoreatnorsmell.
"But ifyou stilldowickedly,bothyou and your kingwill be sweptaway."
