Jeremiah 52
52
The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed
2Ki 24:18–20; 25:1–21; 2Ch 36:11–20; Jer 39:1–10
1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. # Jos 10:29; 2Ki 24:18 2He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, # 1Ki 14:22 according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3Through the anger of the Lord this came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah until He had cast them out from His presence.
Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. # 2Ch 36:13
4In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, # Jer 39:1; Eze 24:1–2 he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it; they built a siege wall all around it. 5So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
6In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was so severe in the city that there was no bread for the people of the land. # 2Ki 25:3; Isa 3:1 7Then the city was breached, and all the men of war fled and went out of the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city, and they went by way of the Arabah. # 2Ki 25:4; Jer 39:4–7 8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, # Jer 21:7; 32:4 and all his army was scattered from him.
9Then they took the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath where he passed sentence on him. # Nu 13:21; Jer 39:5 10The king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; # 2Ki 25:7; Jer 22:30 he also slew all the officials of Judah in Riblah. 11Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and the king of Babylon bound him in chains and carried him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death. # Eze 12:13
The Temple Burned
12Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, # Jer 39:9; 52:29 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon came into Jerusalem, # 2Ki 25:8 13and burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. Even all the large houses, he burned with fire. # 2Ch 36:19; Ps 79:1 14And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. # 2Ki 25:10; Ne 1:3 15Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people who remained in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 16But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers. # 2Ki 25:12
17Also the pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands, and the bronze sea that was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke and carried all their bronze to Babylon. # 2Ch 4:12–15; Jer 27:19–22 18The cauldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered, they took away. # Ex 27:3; Nu 4:14 19The captain of the guard also took away the basins, and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the cauldrons, and the lampstands, and the spoons, and the cups, what was of fine gold, and what was of fine silver. # 1Ki 7:49–50
20The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made in the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. # 1Ki 7:47; 2Ki 25:16 21Concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, # 2Ki 25:17 and it was twelve cubits in circumference and in thickness it was four fingers, # 52:21 About 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference, or 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference. and hollow. 22A capital of bronze was upon it, and the height of one capital was five cubits, # 52:22 About 71/2 feet, or 2.3 meters. with latticework and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like these. 23There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred upon the latticework all around. # 1Ki 7:20
The Babylonian Exile
24The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, # 1Ch 6:14 and Zephaniah the second priest, # Jer 21:1 and the three officers of the temple. # 2Ki 25:18 25He also took out of the city one official who had charge of the men of war, and seven men of the advisers of the king who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. # 2Ki 25:19; Est 1:14 26So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27The king of Babylon struck them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath.
Thus Judah was carried away captive out of its own land. 28These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: # 2Ki 24:12–16
in the seventh year, three thousand twenty-three Jews.
29In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar,
he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty-two persons.
30In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five.
All the persons were four thousand six hundred.
Jehoiachin Released
2Ki 25:27–30
31In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Awel-Marduk, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison, 32and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33Therefore Jehoiachin changed his prison garments # Ge 41:14 and continually ate meals before him all the days of his life. # 2Sa 9:7 34For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, # 2Sa 9:10 every day a portion all the days of his life until the day of his death.
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Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 52
52
1Tsiḏqiyahu was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Yerushalayim. And his mother’s name was Ḥamutal the daughter of Yirmeyahu of Liḇnah.
2And he did evil in the eyes of יהוה, according to all that Yehoyaqim had done.
3For through the displeasure of יהוה this came to be against Yerushalayim and Yehuḏah, until He had cast them out from His presence. And Tsiḏqiyahu rebelled against the sovereign of Baḇel.
4And it came to be in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth new moon, on the tenth of the new moon, that Neḇuḵaḏretstsar sovereign of Baḇel and all his army came against Yerushalayim and encamped against it. And they built a siege wall against it all around.
5And the city was under siege until the eleventh year of Sovereign Tsiḏqiyahu.
6On the ninth of the fourth new moon the scarcity of food was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
7Then the city wall was breached, and all the men of battle fled and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the sovereign’s garden, while the Kasdim were near the city all around. And they went by way of the desert plain.
8But the army of the Kasdim pursued the sovereign, and they overtook Tsiḏqiyahu in the desert plains of Yeriḥo, and his entire army was scattered from him.
9Then they captured the sovereign and brought him up to the sovereign of Baḇel at Riḇlah in the land of Ḥamath, and he pronounced judgments on him.
10And the sovereign of Baḇel slew the sons of Tsiḏqiyahu before his eyes, and he also slew all the heads of Yehuḏah in Riḇlah.
11And he put out the eyes of Tsiḏqiyahu. And the sovereign of Baḇel bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Baḇel, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
12And on the tenth of the fifth new moon, which was the nineteenth year of sovereign Neḇuḵaḏretstsar sovereign of Baḇel, Neḇuzaraḏan, chief of the guard, who served the sovereign of Baḇel, came to Yerushalayim,
13and he burned the House of יהוה, and the sovereign’s house, and all the houses of Yerushalayim, and all the houses of the great men, he burned with fire.
14And all the army of the Kasdim who were with the chief of the guard broke down all the walls of Yerushalayim all around.
15And Neḇuzaraḏan, chief of the guard, exiled some of the poor people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and the defectors who had gone over to the sovereign of Baḇel, and the rest of the craftsmen.
16But Neḇuzaraḏan, chief of the guard, left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.
17And the Kasdim broke the bronze columns that were in the House of יהוה, and the stands and the bronze Sea that were in the House of יהוה, and brought all their bronze to Baḇel.
18They also took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the ladles, and all the bronze utensils with which they served,
19and the basins, and the fire holders, and the bowls, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the ladles, and the cups, whatever was of solid gold and whatever was of solid silver, the chief of the guard took.
20The two columns, one Sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under it, and the stands, which Sovereign Shelomoh had made for the House of יהוה – the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing.
21As for the columns, the height of one column was eighteen cubits, and its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, hollow.
22And a capital of bronze was on it. And the height of one capital was five cubits, with a network and pomegranates all around the capital, all of bronze. And the second column, with pomegranates was the same.
23And there were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides. All the pomegranates on the network were one hundred, all around.
24And the chief of the guard took Serayah the chief priest, and Tsephanyah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
25And from the city he took one eunuch who was in charge of the men of battle, and seven men who saw the sovereign’s face, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
26And Neḇuzaraḏan, chief of the guard, took these and brought them to the sovereign of Baḇel at Riḇlah,
27and the sovereign of Baḇel struck them and put them to death at Riḇlah in the land of Ḥamath. Thus Yehuḏah was exiled from its own land.
28These are the people whom Neḇuḵaḏretstsar exiled: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Yehuḏim;
29in the eighteenth year of Neḇuḵaḏretstsar he exiled from Yerushalayim eight hundred and thirty-two beings;
30in the twenty-third year of Neḇuḵaḏretstsar, Neḇuzaraḏan, chief of the guard, exiled of the Yehuḏim seven hundred and forty-five beings. All the beings were four thousand six hundred.
31And it came to be in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Yehoyaḵin sovereign of Yehuḏah, in the twelfth new moon, on the twenty-fifth of the new moon, that Ewil-Meroḏaḵ sovereign of Baḇel, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Yehoyaḵin sovereign of Yehuḏah and brought him out of prison,
32and spoke kindly to him and set his throne above those of the sovereigns who were with him in Baḇel.
33So he changed his prison garments, and he ate bread continually before the sovereign all the days of his life.
34And as for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the sovereign of Baḇel, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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