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Jeremiah 52
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The Fall of Jerusalem(A)(B)(C)

52 Zedekiah(D) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.(E) 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim(F) had done. 3 It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah,(G) and in the end he thrust them from his presence.(H)

Now Zedekiah rebelled(I) against the king of Babylon.

4 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth(J) day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem(K) with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works(L) all around it.(M) 5 The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

6 By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.(N) 7 Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled.(O) They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[a] were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[b] 8 but the Babylonian[c] army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered, 9 and he was captured.(P)

He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah(Q) in the land of Hamath,(R) where he pronounced sentence on him. 10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons(S) of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. 11 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.(T)

12 On the tenth day of the fifth(U) month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan(V) commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 He set fire(W) to the temple(X) of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses(Y) of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. 14 The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls(Z) around Jerusalem. 15 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile(AA) some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the rest of the craftsmen[d] and those who had deserted(AB) to the king of Babylon. 16 But Nebuzaradan left behind(AC) the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

17 The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars,(AD) the movable stands(AE) and the bronze Sea(AF) that were at the temple of the Lord and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.(AG) 18 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls,(AH) dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.(AI) 19 The commander of the imperial guard took away the basins, censers,(AJ) sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands,(AK) dishes(AL) and bowls used for drink offerings(AM)—all that were made of pure gold or silver.(AN)

20 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls(AO) under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, was more than could be weighed.(AP) 21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference[e]; each was four fingers thick, and hollow.(AQ) 22 The bronze capital(AR) on top of one pillar was five cubits[f] high and was decorated with a network and pomegranates(AS) of bronze all around. The other pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar. 23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; the total number of pomegranates(AT) above the surrounding network was a hundred.(AU)

24 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(AV) the chief priest, Zephaniah(AW) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(AX) 25 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(AY) who was chief officer in charge of conscripting the people of the land, sixty of whom were found in the city. 26 Nebuzaradan(AZ) the commander took them all and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 There at Riblah,(BA) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.

So Judah went into captivity, away(BB) from her land. 28 This is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile:(BC)

in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

29 in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year,

832 people from Jerusalem;

30 in his twenty-third year,

745 Jews taken into exile(BD) by Nebuzaradan the commander of the imperial guard.

There were 4,600 people in all.(BE)

Jehoiachin Released(BF)

31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin(BG) king of Judah, in the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king’s table.(BH) 34 Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance(BI) as long as he lived, till the day of his death.

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 17
  2. Jeremiah 52:7 Or the Jordan Valley
  3. Jeremiah 52:8 Or Chaldean; also in verse 14
  4. Jeremiah 52:15 Or the populace
  5. Jeremiah 52:21 That is, about 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference or about 8.1 meters high and 5.4 meters in circumference
  6. Jeremiah 52:22 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
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Jeremia 52
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52 Sedekia ishte njëzetenjë vjeç kur filloi të mbretërojë, dhe mbretëroi në Jeruzalem njëmbëdhjetë vjet. E ëma quhej Hamutal, e bija e Jeremias nga Libnahu.

2 Ai bëri atë që është e keqe në sytë e Zotit, në të gjitha gjërat ashtu si kishte bërë Jehojakimi.

3 Kjo ndodhi në Jeruzalem dhe në Judë për shkak të zemërimit të Zotit, që më në fund i dëboi nga prania e tij. Pastaj Sedekia ngriti krye kundër mbretit të Babilonisë.

4 Në vitin e nëntë të mbretërimit të tij, në muajin e dhjetë, më dhjetë të muajit, Nebukadnetsari, mbreti i Babilonisë, erdhi me gjithë ushtrinë e tij kundër Jeruzalemit, fushoi kundër tij dhe ndërtoi rreth e rrotull ledhat.

5 Kështu qyteti mbeti i rrethuar deri në vitin e njëmbëdhjetë të mbretit Sedekia.

6 Në muajin e katërt, më nëntë të muajit, uria ishte aq e rëndë në qytet, sa që nuk kishte më bukë për popullin e vendit.

7 Atëherë u hap një e çarë në muret dhe të gjithë luftëtarët ikën, duke dalë natën nga qyteti nëpër portën midis dy mureve, e cila ndodhej pranë kopshtit të mbretit, megjithëse Kaldeasit ishin rreth qytetit. Kështu ata morën rrugën e Arabahut.

8 Por ushtria e Kaldeasve ndoqi mbretin, e arriti Sedekian në fushën e Jerikos, ndërsa tërë ushtria e tij po shpërndahej larg tij.

9 Kështu ata zunë mbretin dhe e çuan në Riblah, në vendin e Hamathit te mbreti i Babilonisë, që shqiptoi vendimin kundër tij.

10 Mbreti i Babilonisë vrau pastaj bijtë e Sedekias para syve të tij dhe vrau gjithashtu tërë princat e Judës në Riblah;

11 pastaj i nxori sytë Sedekias. Mbreti i Babilonisë e lidhi me pranga prej bronzi, e çoi në Babiloni dhe e futi në burg deri ditën e vdekjes së tij.

12 Muajin e pestë, më dhjetë të muajit (që ishte viti i nëntëmbëdhjetë i Nebukadnetsarit, mbretit të Babilonisë), Nebuzaradani, komandanti i rojeve personale në shërbim të mbretit të Babilonisë, arriti në Jeruzalem.

13 Ai dogji shtëpinë e Zotit dhe shtëpinë e mbretit dhe u vuri flakën tërë shtëpive të Jeruzalemit dhe tërë shtëpive të fisnikëve.

14 Tërë ushtria e Kaldeasve që ishte me komandantin e rojeve rrëzoi të gjitha muret rreth e qark Jeruzalemit.

15 Pastaj Nebuzaradani, komandanti i rojeve, internoi pjesën më të varfër të popullit; pjesën e popullit që kishte mbetur në qytet, dezertorët që kishin kaluar në shërbim të mbretit të Babilonisë dhe kusurin e popullsisë.

16 Por Nebuzaradani, komandanti i rojeve, la disa nga më të varfrit e vendit të punojnë vreshtat dhe arat.

17 Kaldeasit i copëtuan shtyllat prej bronzi që ishin në shtëpinë e Zotit, qerret dhe detin prej bronzi që ishin në shtëpinë e Zotit dhe e çuan bronzin në Babiloni.

18 Ata morën edhe tiganët, kunjat, thikat, legenët, kupat dhe të gjitha veglat prej bronzi, që përdoreshin në shërbimin e tempullit.

19 Komandanti i rojes mori gjithashtu kupat, mangallët, legenët, shandanet, tasat dhe kupat, arin e sendet që ishin prej ari të kulluar dhe argjendin e kulluar.

20 Sa për dy kolonat, për detin dhe për të dymbëdhjetë qetë prej bronzi që ishin poshtë tij dhe për qerret që Salomoni kishte bërë për shtëpinë e Zotit, bronzi i tërë këtyre sendeve kishte një peshë që nuk mund të llogaritej.

21 Për sa u përket shtyllave, lartësia e një shtylle ishte tetëmbëdhjetë kubitë; dhe duhej një fill prej dymbëdhjetë kubitësh për të matur rrethin e tyre; trashësia e saj ishte katër gishtërinj; nga brenda ishte bosh.

22 Mbi të ngrihej një kapitel prej bronzi, lartësia e një kapiteli ishte pesë kubitë; rreth e qark kapitelit kishte një rrjetëz dhe disa shegë, të gjitha prej bronzi. Shtylla tjetër me shegë, ishte e njëllojtë me të.

23 Rreth e qark kishte nëntëdhjetë e gjashtë shegë dhe tërë shegët rrotull rrjetëzës arrinin në njëqind.

24 Komandanti i rojes mori Serajahun, kryepriftin, Sofonian, priftin e dytë, dhe tre rojtarë të portës.

25 Nga qyteti ai mori edhe një eunuk që komandonte luftëtarët, shtatë burra ndër këshilltarët personalë të mbretit që u gjetën në qytet, sekretarin e komandantit të ushtrisë që rekrutonte popullin e vendit dhe gjashtëdhjetë burra nga populli i vendit që u gjetën në qytet.

26 Kështu Nebuzaradani, komandanti i rojeve, i mori dhe i çoi te mbreti i Babilonisë në Riblah,

27 dhe mbreti i Babilonisë i vrau në Riblah, në vendin e Hamathit.

28 Kështu Juda u çua në robëri larg vendit të tij. Ky është populli që Nebukadnetsari internoi vitin e shtatë: tremijë e njëzet e tre Judej.

29 Në vitin e tetëmbëdhjetë të Nebukadnetsarit u shpërngulën nga Jeruzalemi tetëqind e tridhjet e dy veta.

30 Në vitin e njëzetë e tretë të Nebukadnetsarit, Nebuzaradani, komandanti i rojes, internoi shtatëqind e dyzet e pesë Judej: gjithsej katërmijë e gjashtëqind veta.

31 Në vitin e tridhjetë e shtatë të robërisë së Jehojakimit, mbretit të Judës, në muajin e dymbëdhjetë, më pesë të muajit, Evil-Merodaku, mbret i Babilonisë, vitin e parë të mbretërisë së tij e fali Jehojakimin mbretin e Judës dhe e nxori atë nga burgu.

32 I foli me dashamirësi dhe vendosi ndenjësen e tij mbi atë të mbretërve që ishin me të në Babiloni.

33 Kështu Jehojakimi i ndërroi rrobat e robërisë së tij dhe hëngri gjithnjë bukën në prani të mbretit tërë ditët e jetës së tij.

34 Për ushqimin e tij i jepej rregullisht një racion ushqimi nga ana e mbretit të Babilonisë, një racion çdo ditë, deri ditën e vdekjes së tij, tërë ditët e jetës së tij.

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Jeremiah 52
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The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

52 (A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (B)according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 (C)And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it. 5 So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 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. 7 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled and went out from the city by night by the way of a gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of 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 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. 10 The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at (D)Riblah. 11 (E)He put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and the king of Babylon took him to Babylon, and put him in prison (F)till the day of his death.

The Temple Burned

12 (G)In the fifth month, on (H)the tenth day of the month—that was (I)the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who (J)served the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. 13 And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. 15 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest of the people and the rest of the people who were left in the city and (K)the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the artisans. 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

17 And the (L)pillars of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and the stands and the (M)bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and (N)carried all the bronze to Babylon. 18 And they took away (O)the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the basins and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service; 19 (P)also the small bowls and the fire pans and the basins and the pots and (Q)the lampstands and (R)the dishes for incense (S)and the bowls for drink offerings. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver. 20 As for the two pillars, the one sea, (T)the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea,[a] and the stands, which Solomon the king had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these things was beyond weight. 21 As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,[b] (U)its circumference was twelve cubits, and its thickness was four fingers, and it was hollow. 22 On it was a capital of bronze. The height of the one capital was (V)five cubits. A network and pomegranates, all of bronze, were around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with pomegranates. 23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were a hundred upon the network all around.

The People Exiled to Babylon

24 And the captain of the guard took (W)Seraiah the chief priest, and (X)Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 25 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and (Y)seven men of the king's council, who were found in the city; and the secretary 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. 26 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at (Z)Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at (AA)Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

28 This is the number of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: (AB)in the seventh year, 3,023 Judeans; 29 (AC)in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem 832 persons; 30 in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Judeans 745 persons; all the persons were 4,600.

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

31 (AD)And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed[c] (AE)Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. 32 And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of (AF)the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king's table, 34 and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, until the day of his death, as long as he lived.

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:20 Hebrew lacks the sea
  2. Jeremiah 52:21 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  3. Jeremiah 52:31 Hebrew reign, lifted up the head of
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