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Jeremiah 52 (WEBP)
[1] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign. He reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[2] He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
[3] For through Yahweh’s anger this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
[4] In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
[5] So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
[6] In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
[7] Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden. Now the Chaldeans were against the city all around. The men of war went toward the Arabah,
[8] but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
[9] Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
[10] The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
[11] He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
[12] Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.
[13] He burned Yahweh’s house, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
[14] All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.
[15] Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
[16] But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.
[17] The Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in Yahweh’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in Yahweh’s house in pieces, and carried all of their bronze to Babylon.
[18] They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
[19] The captain of the guard took away the cups, the fire pans, the basins, the pots, the lamp stands, the spoons, and the bowls; that which was of gold, as gold, and that which was of silver, as silver.
[20] They took the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house. The bronze of all these vessels was without weight.
[21] As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits;° and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.
[22] A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits,° with network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also had the same, with pomegranates.
[23] There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.
[24] The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,
[25] and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the middle of the city.
[26] Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
[27] The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
[28] This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive:
[29] in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons;
[30] in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five people.
[31] In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.
[32] He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
[33] and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life.
[34] For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
Jeremiah 52:21 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
Jeremiah 52:22 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
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Jeremiah 52 (KJVS)
[1] Zedekiah H6667 [was] one H259 and twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427 (8800), and he reigned H4427 (8804) eleven H259 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389. And his mother’s H517 name H8034 [was] Hamutal H2537 the daughter H1323 of Jeremiah H3414 of Libnah H3841.
[2] And he did H6213 (8799) [that which was] evil H7451 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068, according to all that Jehoiakim H3079 had done H6213 (8804).
[3] For through H5921 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 it came to pass in Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, till he had cast them out H7993 (8687) from his presence H6440, that Zedekiah H6667 rebelled H4775 (8799) against the king H4428 of Babylon H894.
[4] And it came to pass in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427 (8800), in the tenth H6224 month H2320, in the tenth H6218 [day] of the month H2320, [that] Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935 (8804), he and all his army H2428, against Jerusalem H3389, and pitched H2583 (8799) against it, and built H1129 (8799) forts H1785 against it round about H5439.
[5] So H935 (8799) the city H5892 was besieged H4692 unto the eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Zedekiah H6667.
[6] And in the fourth H7243 month H2320, in the ninth H8672 [day] of the month H2320, the famine H7458 was sore H2388 (8799) in the city H5892, so that there was no bread H3899 for the people H5971 of the land H776.
[7] Then the city H5892 was broken up H1234 (8735), and all the men H582 of war H4421 fled H1272 (8799), and went forth H3318 (8799) out of the city H5892 by night H3915 by the way H1870 of the gate H8179 between the two walls H2346, which [was] by the king’s H4428 garden H1588; (now the Chaldeans H3778 [were] by the city H5892 round about H5439:) and they went H3212 (8799) by the way H1870 of the plain H6160.
[8] But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 (8799) after H310 the king H4428, and overtook H5381 (8686) Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho H3405; and all his army H2428 was scattered H6327 (8738) from him.
[9] Then they took H8610 (8799) the king H4428, and carried him up H5927 (8686) unto the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath H2574; where he gave H1696 (8762) judgment H4941 upon him.
[10] And the king H4428 of Babylon H894 slew H7819 (8799) the sons H1121 of Zedekiah H6667 before his eyes H5869: he slew H7819 (8804) also all the princes H8269 of Judah H3063 in Riblah H7247.
[11] Then he put out H5786 (8765) the eyes H5869 of Zedekiah H6667; and the king H4428 of Babylon H894 bound H631 (8799) him in chains H5178, and carried H935 (8686) him to Babylon H894, and put H5414 (8799) him in prison H1004 H6486 till the day H3117 of his death H4194.
[12] Now in the fifth H2549 month H2320, in the tenth H6218 [day] of the month H2320, which [was] the nineteenth H8672 H6240 H8141 year H8141 of Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, came H935 (8804) Nebuzaradan H5018, captain H7227 of the guard H2876, [which] served H5975 (8804) H6440 the king H4428 of Babylon H894, into Jerusalem H3389,
[13] And burned H8313 (8799) the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the king’s H4428 house H1004; and all the houses H1004 of Jerusalem H3389, and all the houses H1004 of the great H1419 [men], burned H8313 (8804) he with fire H784:
[14] And all the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778, that [were] with the captain H7227 of the guard H2876, brake down H5422 (8804) all the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 round about H5439.
[15] Then Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 carried away captive H1540 (8689) [certain] of the poor H1803 of the people H5971, and the residue H3499 of the people H5971 that remained H7604 (8737) in the city H5892, and those that fell away H5307 (8802), that fell H5307 (8804) to the king H4428 of Babylon H894, and the rest H3499 of the multitude H527.
[16] But Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 left H7604 (8689) [certain] of the poor H1803 of the land H776 for vinedressers H3755 and for husbandmen H3009 (8802).
[17] Also the pillars H5982 of brass H5178 that [were] in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and the bases H4350, and the brasen H5178 sea H3220 that [was] in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, the Chaldeans H3778 brake H7665 (8765), and carried H5375 (8799) all the brass H5178 of them to Babylon H894.
[18] The caldrons H5518 also, and the shovels H3257, and the snuffers H4212, and the bowls H4219, and the spoons H3709, and all the vessels H3627 of brass H5178 wherewith they ministered H8334 (8762), took they away H3947 (8804).
[19] And the basons H5592, and the firepans H4289, and the bowls H4219, and the caldrons H5518, and the candlesticks H4501, and the spoons H3709, and the cups H4518; [that] which [was] of gold H2091 [in] gold H2091, and [that] which [was] of silver H3701 [in] silver H3701, took H3947 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 away H3947 (8804).
[20] The two H8147 pillars H5982, one H259 sea H3220, and twelve H8147 H6240 brasen H5178 bulls H1241 that [were] under the bases H4350, which king H4428 Solomon H8010 had made H6213 (8804) in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068: the brass H5178 of all these vessels H3627 was without weight H4948.
[21] And [concerning] the pillars H5982, the height H6967 of one H259 pillar H5982 [was] eighteen H8083 H6240 cubits H520; and a fillet H2339 of twelve H8147 H6240 cubits H520 did compass H5437 (8799) it; and the thickness H5672 thereof [was] four H702 fingers H676: [it was] hollow H5014 (8803).
[22] And a chapiter H3805 of brass H5178 [was] upon it; and the height H6967 of one H259 chapiter H3805 [was] five H2568 cubits H520, with network H7639 and pomegranates H7416 upon the chapiters H3805 round about H5439, all [of] brass H5178. The second H8145 pillar H5982 also and the pomegranates H7416 [were] like unto these.
[23] And there were ninety H8673 and six H8337 pomegranates H7416 on a side H7307; [and] all the pomegranates H7416 upon the network H7639 [were] an hundred H3967 round about H5439.
[24] And the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 (8799) Seraiah H8304 the chief H7218 priest H3548, and Zephaniah H6846 the second H4932 priest H3548, and the three H7969 keepers H8104 (8802) of the door H5592:
[25] He took H3947 (8804) also out of the city H5892 an H259 eunuch H5631, which had the charge H6496 of the men H582 of war H4421; and seven H7651 men H582 of them that were near H7200 (8802) the king’s H4428 person H6440, which were found H4672 (8738) in the city H5892; and the principal H8269 scribe H5608 (8802) of the host H6635, who mustered H6633 (8688) the people H5971 of the land H776; and threescore H8346 men H376 of the people H5971 of the land H776, that were found H4672 (8737) in the midst H8432 of the city H5892.
[26] So Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 took H3947 (8799) them, and brought H3212 (8686) them to the king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247.
[27] And the king H4428 of Babylon H894 smote H5221 (8686) them, and put them to death H4191 (8686) in Riblah H7247 in the land H127 of Hamath H2574. Thus Judah H3063 was carried away captive H1540 (8799) out of his own land H776.
[28] This [is] the people H5971 whom Nebuchadrezzar H5019 carried away captive H1540 (8689): in the seventh H7651 year H8141 three H7969 thousand H505 Jews H3064 and three H7969 and twenty H6242:
[29] In the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of Nebuchadrezzar H5019 he carried away captive H1540 (8689) from Jerusalem H3389 eight H8083 hundred H3967 thirty H7970 and two H8147 persons H5315:
[30] In the three H7969 and twentieth H6242 year H8141 of Nebuchadrezzar H5019 Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the guard H2876 carried away captive H1540 (8689) of the Jews H3064 seven H7651 hundred H3967 forty H705 and five H2568 persons H5315: all the persons H5315 [were] four H702 thousand H505 and six H8337 hundred H3967.
[31] And it came to pass in the seven H7651 and thirtieth H7970 year H8141 of the captivity H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, in the five H2568 and twentieth H6242 [day] of the month H2320, [that] Evilmerodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894 in the [first] year H8141 of his reign H4438 lifted up H5375 (8804) the head H7218 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, and brought him forth H3318 (8686) out of prison H1004 H3628,
[32] And spake H1696 (8762) kindly H2896 unto him, and set H5414 (8799) his throne H3678 above H4605 the throne H3678 of the kings H4428 that [were] with him in Babylon H894,
[33] And changed H8138 (8765) his prison H3608 garments H899: and he did continually H8548 eat H398 (8804) bread H3899 before H6440 him all the days H3117 of his life H2416.
[34] And [for] his diet H737, there was a continual H8548 diet H737 given H5414 (8738) him of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, every H3117 day H3117 a portion H1697 until the day H3117 of his death H4194, all the days H3117 of his life H2416.
Young’s Literal Translation
Jeremiah 52 (YLT)
[1] A son of twenty and one years is Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
[2] and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim hath done,
[3] for, because of the anger of Jehovah, it hath been in Jerusalem and Judah till He hath cast them from before His face, and Zedekiah doth rebel against the king of Babylon.
[4] And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon-he and all his force-against Jerusalem, and they encamp against it, and build against it a fortification round about;
[5] and the city cometh into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
[6] In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,
[7] then is the city broken up, and all the men of war flee, and go forth from the city by night, the way of the gate between the two walls, that is by the king’s garden-and the Chaldeans are by the city round about-and they go the way of the plain.
[8] And the forces of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his forces have been scattered from him,
[9] and they capture the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he speaketh with him-judgments.
[10] And the king of Babylon slaughtereth the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also all the princes of Judah hath he slaughtered in Riblah;
[11] and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and he bindeth him in brazen fetters, and the king of Babylon bringeth him to Babylon, and putteth him in the house of inspection unto the day of his death.
[12] And in the fifth month, in the tenth of the month-it is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon-come hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners; he hath stood before the king of Babylon in Jerusalem,
[13] and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he hath burned with fire,
[14] and all the walls of Jerusalem round about broken down have all the forces of the Chaldeans that are with the chief of the executioners.
[15] And of the poor of the people, and the remnant of the people who are left in the city, and those who are falling away, who have fallen unto the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the multitude, hath Nebuzar-Adan chief of the executioners, removed;
[16] and of the poor of the land hath Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, left for vine-dressers and for husbandmen.
[17] And the pillars of brass that are to the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brasen sea that is in the house of Jehovah, have the Chaldeans broken, and they bear away all the brass of them to Babylon;
[18] and the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they minister, they have taken away;
[19] and the basins, and the fire-pans, and the bowls, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups, the gold of that which is gold, and the silver of that which is silver, hath the chief of the executioners taken.
[20] The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that are beneath the bases, that king Solomon made for the house of Jehovah, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels.
[21] As to the pillars, eighteen cubits is the height of the one pillar, and a cord of twelve cubits doth compass it, and its thickness is four fingers hollow.
[22] And the chapiter upon it is of brass, and the height of the one chapiter is five cubits, and net-work and pomegranates are on the chapiter round about, the whole is of brass; and like these have the second pillar, and pomegranates.
[23] And the pomegranates are ninety and six on a side, all the pomegranates are a hundred on the net-work round about.
[24] And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,
[25] and out of the city he hath taken a certain eunuch, who hath been inspector over the men of war, and seven men of those seeing the king’s face, who have been found in the city, and the head scribe of the host, who mustereth the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land, who are found in the midst of the city;
[26] and Nebuzar-Adan, chief of the executioners, taketh them, and bringeth them unto the king of Babylon to Riblah,
[27] and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its own ground.
[28] This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar hath removed: in the seventh year, of Jews, three thousand and twenty and three;
[29] in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar-from Jerusalem, souls, eight hundred thirty and two;
[30] in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar, hath Nebuzar-Adan chief of the guard removed of Jewish souls, seven hundred forty and five; all the souls are four thousand and six hundred.
[31] And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth of the month, hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reign, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and bringeth him out from the house of restraint,
[32] and speaketh with him good things, and setteth his throne above the throne of the kings who are with him in Babylon,
[33] and he hath changed his prison garments, and he hath eaten bread before him continually, all the days of his life.
[34] And his allowance-a continual allowance-hath been given to him by the king of Babylon, the matter of a day in its day, till the day of his death-all days of his life.