The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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Jeremiah 52:8 (NASB)
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the desert plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 52:9 (NASB)

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 (NASB)
And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the commanders of Judah in Riblah.

 

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Jeremiah 52:11 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
And 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 till the day of his death.

 

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Jeremiah 52:12 (BSB)
On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 52:13 (NIV)

He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem.
Every important building he burned down.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 52:14 (NIV)

The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 52:15 (NASB)
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took 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 craftsmen.

 

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Jeremiah 52:16 (NASB)
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.

 

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Jeremiah 52:17 (NKJV)
The bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the carts and the bronze Sea that 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 (NASB)
They also took the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the pans, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 52:19 (NIV)

The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands,
dishes and bowls used for drink offerings—all that were made of pure gold or silver.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 52:20 (NIV)

The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands,
which King Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 52:21 (NASB)
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 (NASB)
Also, a capital of bronze was on top of it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with latticework and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.

 

[phil36]

Jeremiah 52:23

There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates above the surrounding network was a hundred.

 

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Jeremiah 52:24 (NKJV)
The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.

 

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Jeremiah 52v25

Of those still in the city, he took the officer in charge of the fighting men, and seven royal advisers. He also took the secretary who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city.

 

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Jeremiah 52:26

Nebuzaradan the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

 

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Jeremiah 52:27 (NKJV)
Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.