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The
Fall of Jerusalem |
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| Jeremiah 52:1 |
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Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became
king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal
the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. |
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| Jeremiah 52:2 |
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He did evil in the sight of the LORD like all
that Jehoiakim had done. |
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| Jeremiah 52:3 |
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For through the anger of the LORD this came
about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah
rebelled against the king of Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 52:4 |
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Now it came about in the ninth year of his reign,
on the tenth day of the tenth month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came,
he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall
all around it. |
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| Jeremiah 52:5 |
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So the city was under siege until the eleventh
year of King Zedekiah. |
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| Jeremiah 52:6 |
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On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine
was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. |
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| Jeremiah 52:7 |
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Then the city was broken into, and all the men
of war fled and went forth from the city at 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. |
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| Jeremiah 52:8 |
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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. |
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| Jeremiah 52:9 |
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Then 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. |
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| Jeremiah 52:10 |
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The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of
Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in
Riblah. |
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| Jeremiah 52:11 |
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Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the
king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put
him in prison until the day of his death. |
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| Jeremiah 52:12 |
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Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which
was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the
captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came
to Jerusalem. |
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| Jeremiah 52:13 |
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He burned the house of the LORD, the king's
house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire. |
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| Jeremiah 52:14 |
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So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with
the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. |
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| Jeremiah 52:15 |
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Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried
away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who
were left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and
the rest of the artisans. |
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| Jeremiah 52:16 |
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But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left
some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. |
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| Jeremiah 52:17 |
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Now the bronze pillars which belonged to the
house of the LORD and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of
the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon.
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| Jeremiah 52:18 |
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They also took away the pots, the shovels, the
snuffers, the basins, the pans and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple
service. |
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| Jeremiah 52:19 |
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The captain of the guard also took away the
bowls, the firepans, the basins, the pots, the lampstands, the pans and the drink
offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine silver. |
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| Jeremiah 52:20 |
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The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve
bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made
for the house of the LORD--the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. |
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| Jeremiah 52:21 |
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As for the pillars, the height of each pillar
was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers
in thickness, and hollow. |
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| Jeremiah 52:22 |
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Now a capital of bronze was on it; and the height
of each capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital
all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.
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| Jeremiah 52:23 |
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There were ninety-six exposed pomegranates;
all the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the network all around. |
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| Jeremiah 52:24 |
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Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the
chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple.
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| Jeremiah 52:25 |
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He also took from the city one official who
was overseer of the men of war, and seven of the king's advisers 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. |
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| Jeremiah 52:26 |
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Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them
and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. |
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| Jeremiah 52:27 |
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Then the king of Babylon struck them down and
put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into
exile from its land. |
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| Jeremiah 52:28 |
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These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried
away into exile: in the seventh year 3,023 Jews; |
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| Jeremiah 52:29 |
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in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar 832
persons from Jerusalem; |
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| Jeremiah 52:30 |
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in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile 745 Jewish people; there
were 4,600 persons in all. |
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| Jeremiah 52:31 |
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Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year
of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth
of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign,
showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. |
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| Jeremiah 52:32 |
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Then he spoke kindly to him and set his throne
above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. |
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| Jeremiah 52:33 |
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So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and
had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life. |
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| Jeremiah 52:34 |
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For his allowance, a regular allowance was given
him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the
day of his death. |
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