1 In year 9 of King Zedekiah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with his army. They stayed all around Jerusalem. ⚔️⛺ 2 In year 11, month 4, day 9, the wall broke. The bad army came in. 3 The leaders of Babylon came in and sat in the big gate. They took the city. 4 King Zedekiah saw this. He ran at night by the king garden and a door in the two walls. He ran to the flat land. ♂️ 5 The Babylon army ran after the king. They caught him near Jericho and took him to the big king far away. ♂️️➡️ 6 The big king hurt the king’s sons and the leaders. It was very sad. 7 They made the king blind. They put chains on him and took him to Babylon. ⛓️➡️️ 8 The army burned the king’s house and many homes. They broke the wall. 9 Nebuzaradan, the guard boss, took many people away to Babylon. ♂️♀️➡️️ 10 But the guard boss left poor people in the land. He gave them fields and grape plants. 11 King Nebuchadnezzar told the guard boss to help Jeremiah. ️ 12 He said, “Take care of him. Do not hurt him. Do what he asks.” ✅️ 13 So Nebuzaradan and the leaders sent men. They took Jeremiah from the guard yard. ♂️♂️ 14 They gave Jeremiah to Gedaliah. Gedaliah took him home. Jeremiah stayed with the people. 15 God spoke to Jeremiah in the guard yard. ️ 16 God said, “Go tell Ebed-melech, the man from a far land: I will do what I said. Bad days will come to this city. You will see it.” ️⚠️ 17 “But I will save you that day. The men you fear will not take you.” ️ 18 “I will save you. You will live. Your life is safe, because you trust Me.” ❤️️