52:1 It was the twenty-first year of
Sedekias, when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
And his mother's name was Amitaal, the daughter of Jeremias, of Lobena.
Thus has Yehovah said to thee, O Baruch.
Whereas thou hast said, Alas! alas! for Yehovah has
laid a grievous trouble upon me; I lay down in groaning, I found no rest;
4 say thou to him, Thus saith
Yehovah; Behold, I pull down those whom I have built up, and I pluck up
those whom I have planted. And wilt thou seek great
things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I bring evil upon all
flesh, saith Yehovah: but I will give to thee thy life for a spoil
in every place whither thou shalt go.It was the
twenty-first year of Sedekias, when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven
years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Amitaal, the daughter of
Jeremias, of Lobena.
52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the ninth month,
on the tenth day of the month, [that] Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came,
and all his host, against Jerusalem, and they made a rampart round it, and
built a wall round about it with large stones.
52:5 So the city was besieged, until the eleventh year of king Sedekias,
52:6 on the ninth day of the month, and [then] the famine was severe in the
city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
52:7 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went out by night by
the way of the gate, between the wall and the outworks, which were by the
king's garden; and the Chaldeans were by the city round about; and they went
by the way [leading] to the wilderness.
52:8 But the host of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him
in the [country] beyond Jericho; and all his servants were dispersed from
[about] him.
52:9 And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to
Deblatha, and he judged him.
52:10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Sedekias before his eyes; and
he slew all the princes of Judah in Deblatha.
52:11 And he put out the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in fetters; and the
king of Babylon brought him to Babylon, and put him into the grinding-house,
until the day when he died.
52:12 And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nabuzardan the
captain of the guard, who waited on the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem;
52:13 and he burnt the house of Yehovah, and the king's house; and all the
houses of the city, and every great house he burnt with fire.
52:14 And the host of the Chaldeans that was with the captain of the guard
pulled down all the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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52:16 But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be
vinedressers and husbandmen.
52:17 And the Chaldeans broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the
house of Yehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house
of Yehovah, and they took the brass thereof, and carried it away to
Babylon.
52:18 Also the rim, and the bowls, and the flesh-hooks, and all the brazen
vessels, wherewith they ministered;
52:19 and the basons, and the snuffers, and the oil-funnels, and the
candlesticks, and the censers, and the cups, the golden, of gold, and the
silver, of silver, the captain of the guard took away.
52:20 And the two pillars, and the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen under
the sea, which [things] king Solomon made for the house of Yehovah; the
brass of which [articles] was without weight.
52:21 And as for the pillars, the height of one pillar was thirty-five
cubits; and a line of twelve cubits compassed it round; and the thickness of
it [all] round was four fingers.
52:22 And [there was] a brazen chapter upon them, and the length was five
cubits, [even] the height of one Chapiter; and [there were] on the chapiter
round about network and pomegranates, all of brass: and correspondingly the
second pillar [had] eight pomegranates to a cubit for the twelve cubits.
52:23 And the pomegranates were ninety-six on a side; and all the
pomegranates on the network round about were a hundred.
52:24 And the captain of the guard took the chief priest, and the second
priest, and those that kept the way;
52:25 and one eunuch, who was over the men of war, and seven men of renown,
who were in the king's presence that were found in the city; and the scribe
of the forces, who did the part of a scribe to the people of the land; and
sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the
city.
52:26 And Nabuzardan the captain of the king's guard took them, and brought
them to the king of Babylon to Deblatha.
52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them in Deblatha, in the land of Aemath.
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52:31 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year after that Joakim king
of Judah had been carried away captive, in the twelfth month, on the four and
twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Ulaemadachar king of Babylon, in the
year in which he began to reign, raised the head of Joakim king of Judah, and
shaved him, and brought him out of the house where he was kept,
52:32 and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the kings that were
with him in Babylon,
52:33 and changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before
him all the days that he lived.
52:34 And his appointed portion was given him continually by the king of
Babylon from day to day, until the day when he died. |
52:1 Zedekiah was one and twenty 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.
52:2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Yehovah, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
52:3 For through the anger of Yehovah it came to pass in Jerusalem and
Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled
against the king of Babylon.
52:4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month,
in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he
and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts
against it round about.
52:5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
52:6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was
sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went
forth 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 by the city round
about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
52:8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook
Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
52:9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to
Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
52:10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he
slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
52:11 Then 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 till the
day of his death.
52:12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the
nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain
of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
52:13 And burned the house of Yehovah, and the king's house; and all the
houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with
fire:
52:14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the
guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
52:15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain
of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in
the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and
the rest of the multitude.
52:16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of
the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
52:17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of Yehovah, and the
bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of Yehovah, the Chaldeans
brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
52:18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls,
and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took
they away.
52:19 And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and
the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in
gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard
away.
52:20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the
bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of Yehovah: the brass of
all these vessels was without weight.
52:21 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen
cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness
thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
52:22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter
was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round
about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like
unto these.
52:23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the
pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
52:24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and
Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
52:25 He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the
men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which
were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered
the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that
were found in the midst of the city.
52:26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to
the king of Babylon to Riblah.
52:27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in
the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
52:28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the
seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
52:29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from
Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
52:30 In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the
captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty
and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
52:31 And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity
of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in 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 Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth
out of prison.
52:32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the
kings that were with him in Babylon,
52:33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread
before him all the days of his life.
52:34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of
Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his
life. |