Jeremiah 39:5-9
39:5 But the Babylonian
army chased after them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho
and captured him.
They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah
in the territory of Hamath and Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him there.
39:6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death.
39:7 Then he had Zedekiah’s eyes put out and had him bound in chains
to be led off to Babylon.
39:8 The Babylonians
burned down the royal palace, the temple of the
Lord, and the people’s homes,
and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem.
39:9 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard,
took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him.
Jeremiah 52:9-11
52:9 They captured him and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah
in the territory of Hamath and he passed sentence on him there.
52:10 The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah.
52:11 He had Zedekiah’s eyes put out and had him bound in chains.
Then the king of Babylon had him led off to Babylon and he was imprisoned there until the day he died.
Jeremiah 52:25-27
52:25 From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king’s advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens
for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city.
52:26 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
52:27 The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed
at Riblah in the territory of Hamath.
So Judah was taken into exile away from its land.
Deuteronomy 5:19
5:19 You must not steal.
Deuteronomy 5:27
5:27 You go near so that you can hear everything the
Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he
says to you; then we will pay attention and do it.”