Jeremias (Jeremiah) 52
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1Sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jerernias of Lobna.
2And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Joakim had done.
3For the wrath of the Lord was against Jerusalem and against Juda, till he cast them out from his presence: and Sedecias revolted from the king of Babylon.
4And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem: and they besieged it and built forts against it round about.
5And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedecias.
6And in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a famine overpowered the city: and there was no food for the people of the land.
7And the city was broken up, and the men of war fled and went out of the city in the night by the way of the gate that is between the two walls and leadeth to the king's garden (the Chaldeans besieging the city round about): and they went by the way that leadeth to the wilderness.
8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king. And they overtook Sedecias in the desert which is near Jericho: and all his companions were scattered from him.
9And when they had taken the king, they carried him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha, which is in the land of Emath: and he gave judgment upon him.
10And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Sedecias before his eyes: and he slew all the princes of Juda in Reblatha.
11And he put out the eyes of Sedecias and bound him with fetters. And the king of Babylon brought him into Babylon: and he put him in prison till the day of his death.
12And in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan the general of the army, who stood before the king of Babylon in Jerusalem.
13And he burnt the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem: and every great house he burnt with fire.
14And all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the general broke down all the wall of Jerusalem round about.
15But Nabuzardan the general carried away captives some of the poor people and of the rest of the common sort who remained in the city and of the fugitives that were fled over to the king of Babylon and the rest of the multitude.
16But of the poor of the land, Nabuzardan the general left some for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
17The Chaldeans also broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord and the bases and the sea of brass that was in the house of the Lord: and they carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
18And they took the caldrons and the fleshhooks and the psalteries and the bowls and the little mortars and all the brazen vessels that had been used in the ministry: and
19The general took away the pitchers and the censers and the pots and the basins and the candlesticks and the mortars and the cups: as many as were of gold, in gold: and as many as were of silver, in silver:
20And the two pillars and one sea and twelve oxen of brass that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord. There was no weight of the brass of all these vessels.
21And concerning the pillars, one pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a cord of twelve cubits compassed it about: but the thickness thereof was four fingers, and it was hollow within.
22And chapiters of brass were upon both: and the height of one chapiter was five cubits: and network and pomegranates were upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The same of the second pillar and the pomegranates.
23And there were ninety-six pomegranates hanging down: and the pomegranates, being a hundred in all, were compassed with network.
24And the general took Saraias the chief priest and Sophonias the second priest and the three keepers of the entry.
25He also took out of the city one eunuch that was chief over the men of war: and seven men of them that were near the king's person, that were found in the city: and a scribe, an officer of the army, who exercised the young soldiers: and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the midst of the city.
26And Nabuzardan the general took them and brought them to the king of Babylon, to Reblatha.
27And the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death in Reblatha, in the land of Emath: and Juda was carried away captive out of his land.
28This is the people whom Nabuchodonosor carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews.
29In the eighteenth year of Nabuchodonosor, eight hundred and thirty-two souls from Jerusalem.
30In the three and twentieth year of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuzardan the general carried away of the Jews seven hundred and forty-five souls. So all the souls were four thousand six hundred.
31And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Joachin king of Juda, in the twelfth month, the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Joachin king of Juda and brought him forth out of prison.
32And he spoke kindly to him and he set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon.
33And he changed his prison garments: and he ate bread before him always all the days of his life.
34And for his diet a continual provision was allowed him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion, until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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Jeremiah 52
52
The Fall of Jerusalem
1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old#Literally “a son of twenty-one year” at his beginning to reign, and he reigned eleven years#Hebrew “year” in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh like all that Jehoiakim had done. 3For because of the anger#Literally “nose” of Yahweh this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until his casting them from his presence.#Literally “face” And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4And then#Literally “And it was” in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came against Jerusalem, he and all his army. And they laid siege to it, and built siege works#Literally “siege work” against it all around. 5So the city came under siege#Literally “into the siege” until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
6In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine in the city became severe and there was no food for the people of the land. 7Then the city was breached, and all the soldiers#Literally “the men of the battle” fled and went out from the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls that are at the garden of the king, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went in the direction of the Jordan Valley.#Or “Arabah” 8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. 9Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.#Literally “he spoke to him judgments” 10And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah. 11Then he made blind the eyes of Zedekiah, and they tied him up with bronze fetters, and the king of Babylon brought him to Babylon. And he put him in prison#Literally “the house of the watch” until the day of his death.
12Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,#Hebrew “guards” who stood before#Literally “to the face of” the king of Babylon, entered into Jerusalem. 13And he burned the temple#Literally “house” of Yahweh, and the palace#Or “house” of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he burned with fire. 14And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard#Hebrew “guards” broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. 15And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard#Hebrew “guards” deported some of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and the deserters who deserted to the king of Babylon, along with the rest of the craftsmen. 16But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard#Hebrew “guards” left some of the poor of the land to serve as vinedressers and farmers.
17And the Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the temple#Literally “house” of Yahweh, and the kettle stands and the sea of bronze that were in the temple#Literally “house” of Yahweh, and they carried all their bronze to Babylon. 18And they took with them the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pans, and all the vessels of bronze which were used in temple service. 19And the captain of the guard#Hebrew “guards” took the bowls, and the firepans, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the pans, and the libation bowls, those made of solid gold#Literally “which gold gold” and those made of solid silver.#Literally “which silver silver” 20The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze oxen that were under the kettle stands which King Solomon had made for the temple#Literally “house” of Yahweh—there was not a weight for the bronze of all these vessels! 21Now the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,#Hebrew “cubit” and a thread of twelve cubits#Hebrew “cubit” surrounded it, and its thickness was four fingers, hollowed out. 22And a capital upon it was bronze and the height of the one capital was five cubits, and latticework and pomegranates were on the capital on all sides, all of bronze. And like these was the second pillar with pomegranates. 23And there were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides;#Literally “breath” all the pomegranates on the latticework on all sides were a hundred.
24Then the captain of the guard#Hebrew “guards” took Seraiah the chief priest,#Literally “the priest of the head” and Zephaniah the second priest,#Literally “the priest of the second” and three keepers of the threshold. 25And from the city he took one high official who was chief officer over the soldiers,#Literally “the men of the battle” and seven men of the king’s advisors#Literally “those who see the face of the king” who were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander of the army who levied for military service the people of the land, and sixty men#Hebrew “man” of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. 26Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard#Hebrew “guards” took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27And the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah left from its land.
28This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar deported: in the seventh year, three thousand twenty-three Judeans; 29in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, eight hundred and thirty-two persons#Hebrew “person” from Jerusalem; 30in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,#Hebrew “guards” deported seven hundred and forty-five Judean persons;#Hebrew “person” there were four thousand six hundred persons#Hebrew “person” in all.
An Allowance for Jehoiachin
31And then#Literally “and it was” in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, the king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, and brought him out from prison.#Literally “the house of the imprisonment” 32Then he spoke with him kindly and gave his seat above the seats#Hebrew “seat” of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33So he changed the garments of his imprisonment and he ate food before him#Literally “to the face of him” continually all the days of his life. 34And his allowance, a continual allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon on a daily basis#Literally “a matter of a day in its day” all the days of his life up to the day of his death.
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