1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains amongst all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah, who were carried away captive to Babylon.
2. The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, “the Lord your God pronounced this evil on this place;
3. and the Lord has brought it, and done according as he spoke. Because you have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.