5 But the Chal·deʹan army pursued the king, and they overtook him in the desert plains of Jerʹi·cho, and all his troops were scattered from his side. 6 Then they seized the king+ and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Ribʹlah, and they passed sentence on him. 7 They slaughtered Zed·e·kiʹah’s sons before his eyes; then Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar blinded Zed·e·kiʹah’s eyes, bound him with copper fetters, and brought him to Babylon.+

8 But the Chal·deʹan army pursued the king, and they overtook Zed·e·kiʹah+ in the desert plains of Jerʹi·cho, and all his troops were scattered from his side.

11 Then the king of Babylon blinded Zed·e·kiʹah’s eyes,+ bound him with copper fetters, brought him to Babylon, and kept him imprisoned until the day of his death.

12 The chieftain who is among them will carry his belongings on his shoulder and leave in the darkness. He will bore a hole in the wall and carry his belongings out through it.+ He will cover his face so that he cannot see the ground.’ 13 I will cast my net over him, and he will be caught in my hunting net.+ Then I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chal·deʹans, but he will not see it; and there he will die.+