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Jeremiah 52
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Jeremiah 52
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52 (Events told about in chapter 39.)
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal (daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah). 2 But he was a wicked king, just as Jehoiakim had been. 3 Things became so bad at last that the Lord, in his anger, saw to it that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon until he and the people of Israel were ejected from the Lord’s presence in Jerusalem and Judah, and were taken away as captives to Babylon.
4 In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came with all his army against Jerusalem and built forts around it, 5 and laid siege to the city for two years. 6 Then finally, on the ninth day of the fourth month, when the famine in the city was very serious, with the last of the food entirely gone, 7 the people in the city tore a hole in the city wall and all the soldiers fled from the city during the night, going out by the gate between the two walls near the king’s gardens (for the city was surrounded by the Chaldeans), and made a dash for it across the fields, toward Arabah.
8 But the Chaldean soldiers chased them and caught King Zedekiah in some fields near Jericho—for all his army was scattered from him. 9 They brought him to the king of Babylon who was staying in the city of Riblah in the kingdom of Hamath, and there judgment was passed upon him. 10 He made Zedekiah watch while his sons and all the princes of Judah were killed before his eyes. 11 Then his eyes were gouged out, and he was taken in chains to Babylon and put in prison for the rest of his life.
12 On the tenth day of the fifth month during the nineteenth year[a] of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, arrived in Jerusalem, 13 and burned the Temple and the palace and all the larger homes, 14 and set the Chaldean army to work tearing down the walls of the city. 15 Then he took to Babylon, as captives, some of the poorest of the people—along with those who survived the city’s destruction, and those who had deserted Zedekiah and had come over to the Babylonian army, and the tradesmen who were left. 16 But he left some of the poorest people to care for the crops as vinedressers and plowmen.
17 The Babylonians dismantled the two large bronze pillars that stood at the entrance of the Temple, and the bronze laver and bronze bulls on which it stood, and carted them off to Babylon. 18 And he took along all the bronze pots and kettles, the ash shovels used at the altar, the snuffers, spoons, bowls, and all the other items used in the Temple. 19 He also took the firepans, the solid gold and silver candlesticks, and the cups and bowls.
20 The weight of the two enormous pillars, the laver, and twelve bulls was tremendous. They had no way of estimating it. (They had been made in the days of King Solomon.) 21 For the pillars were each 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference, hollow, with 3-inch walls. 22 The top 7-1/2 feet of each column had bronze carvings, a network of bronze pomegranates. 23 There were 96 pomegranates on the sides, and on the network round about there were a hundred more.
24-25 The captain of the guard took along with him as his prisoners: Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah his assistant, the three chief Temple guards, one of the commanding officers of the army, seven of the king’s special counselors discovered in the city, the secretary of the general-in-chief of the Jewish army (who was in charge of recruitment), and sixty other men of importance found hiding. 26 He took them to the king of Babylon at Riblah, 27 where the king killed them all.
So it was that Judah’s exile was accomplished.
28 The number of captives taken to Babylon in the seventh year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign was 3,023. 29 Then, eleven years later, he took 832 more; 30 five years after that he sent Nebuzaradan, his captain of the guard, and took 745—a total of 4,600 captives in all.
31 On February 25 of the thirty-seventh year of the imprisonment in Babylon of Jehoiachin, king of Judah, Evil-merodach, who became king of Babylon that year, was kind to King Jehoiachin and brought him out of prison. 32 He spoke pleasantly to him and gave him preference over all the other kings in Babylon; 33 he gave him new clothes and fed him from the king’s kitchen as long as he lived. 34 And he was given a regular allowance to cover his daily needs until the day of his death.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 52:12 On the tenth day of the fifth month during the nineteenth year, late in July, 587 B.C.
Jeremias 52
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Jeremias 52
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pagkawasak ng Jerusalem
52 Si Zedekia ay 21 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng 11 taon. Ang ina niya ay si Hamutal na anak ni Jeremias na taga-Libna. 2 Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon, katulad ng ginawa ni Haring Jehoyakim. 3 Sa galit ng Panginoon, pinalayas niya sa harapan niya ang mga taga-Jerusalem at taga-Juda.
At ngayon, nagrebelde si Zedekia sa hari ng Babilonia. 4 Kaya noong ikasiyam na taon ng paghahari niya, nang ikasampung araw ng ikasampung buwan, sumalakay si Haring Nebucadnezar ng Babilonia at ang kanyang buong hukbo sa Jerusalem. Nagkampo sila sa labas ng lungsod at nagtambak ng lupa sa tabi ng pader para roon sila dumaan sa pagpasok nila sa lungsod. 5 Pinalibutan nila ang lungsod hanggang ika-11 taon ng paghahari ni Zedekia.
6 Noong ikasiyam na araw ng ikaapat na buwan ng taon ding iyon, matindi na ang taggutom sa lungsod at wala nang makain ang mga tao. 7 Winasak na ng mga taga-Babilonia ang isang bahagi ng pader ng lungsod, kaya naisip ni Zedekia na tumakas kasama ang kanyang buong hukbo. Pero dahil sa napalibutan na sila ng mga taga-Babilonia, naghintay sila hanggang sa gumabi. Doon sila dumaan sa pintuan na nasa pagitan ng dalawang pader malapit sa halamanan ng hari. Tumakas sila patungo sa Lambak ng Jordan.[a] 8 Pero hinabol sila ng mga sundalo ng Babilonia at inabutan sila sa kapatagan ng Jerico. Humiwalay kay Zedekia ang lahat ng sundalo niya 9 at siyaʼy nahuli. Dinala siya sa hari ng Babilonia sa Ribla, sa lupain ng Hamat, at doon siya hinatulan. 10 Pagkatapos, doon sa Ribla sa harap mismo ni Zedekia, pinatay ng hari ng Babilonia ang anak na lalaki ni Zedekia, at ang lahat ng pinuno ng Juda. 11 At ipinadukit ng hari ang mga mata ni Zedekia, ikinadena siya at dinala sa Babilonia. Doon siya ikinulong hanggang sa siyaʼy mamatay.
12 Noong ikasampung araw ng ikalimang buwan, nang ika-19 na taon ng paghahari ni Nebucadnezar sa Babilonia, pumunta sa Jerusalem si Nebuzaradan na pinuno ng mga guwardya ng hari sa Babilonia. 13 Sinunog niya ang templo ng Panginoon, ang palasyo, ang lahat ng bahay sa Jerusalem, at ang lahat ng mahahalagang gusali. 14 Sa pamamahala niya, giniba ng mga sundalo ng Babilonia ang mga pader na nakapalibot sa Jerusalem. 15 At dinala niyang bihag ang mga natitirang tao sa lungsod, pati na ang ilang pinakadukhang mga tao at ang mga taong kumampi sa hari ng Babilonia. 16 Pero iniwan din niya ang ilan sa pinakadukhang mga tao para alagaan ang mga ubasan at mga bukirin.
17 Sinira ng mga taga-Babilonia ang mga sumusunod na kagamitan sa templo ng Panginoon: ang haliging tanso, mga karitong ginagamit sa pag-igib, at ang malaking lalagyan ng tubig na tanso na tinatawag nilang Dagat. At dinala nila sa Babilonia ang lahat ng tanso. 18 Kinuha rin nila ang mga kawali, mga pala, mga pamputol sa mitsa ng ilaw, mga mangkok at ang iba pang tanso na ginagamit sa templo. 19 Kinuha ni Nebuzaradan ang mga planggana, mga lalagyan ng baga, mga mangkok, mga palayok, mga lalagyan ng ilaw, mga tasa at mga mangkok na ginagamit sa pag-aalay ng handog na inumin, at iba pang kagamitang gawa sa ginto at pilak. 20 Hindi kayang timbangin ang mga tanso na mula sa dalawang haligi, sa lalagyan ng tubig na tinatawag nilang Dagat, sa 12 torong tanso na patungan nito at mga karitong ginagamit sa pag-igib ng tubig. Ang mga gamit na itoʼy ipinagawa noon ni Solomon para sa templo ng Panginoon. 21 Ang taas ng bawat haligi ay 27 talampakan at ang kabuuang bilog ay 18 talampakan, may butas ito sa gitna, at ang kapal ng tanso ay apat na pulgada. 22 Ang bawat haligi ay may parang ulo sa itaas, na nasa pitoʼt kalahating talampakan ang taas. Pinaikutan ito ng mga mala-kadenang dugtong-dugtong at napapalibutan ito ng palamuting tanso, na hugis prutas na pomegranata. 23 Sa gilid ng bawat haligi ay may 96 na palamuti na kahugis ng prutas ng pomegranata na nakapaikot sa kadenang magkakakabit sa parang ulo ng haligi.
24 Binihag din ni Nebuzaradan sina Seraya na punong pari, Zefanias na pangalawang punong pari at ang tatlong tagapagbantay ng pinto ng templo. 25 Ito pa ang mga nakita niya at dinalang bihag mula sa lungsod: ang opisyal ng mga sundalo ng Juda, ang pitong tagapamahala ng hari, ang kumander na kumukuha at nagsasanay ng mga taong magiging sundalo at ang 60 pang mamamayan doon. 26 Silang lahat ay dinala ni Nebuzaradan sa hari ng Babilonia na nasa Ribla, 27 na sakop ng Hamat. At doon sila ipinapatay ng hari.
Kaya ang mga mamamayan ng Juda ay binihag at dinala papalayo sa lupain nila. 28-30 Ito ang bilang ng mga taong binihag ni Haring Nebucadnezar:
Noong ikapitong taon ng paghahari niya, 3,023.
Noong ika-18 taon ng paghahari niya, 832.
Noong ika-23 taon ng paghahari niya, 745. Si Nebuzaradan ang bumihag sa kanila. May kabuuang bilang na 4,600 ang binihag.
Pinakawalan si Jehoyakin
31 Noong ika-37 taon ng pagkabihag ni Haring Jehoyakin ng Juda, naging hari ng Babilonia si Evil Merodac. Pinalaya niya si Jehoyakin nang ika-25 araw ng ika-12 buwan nang taon na iyon. 32 Mabait siya kay Haring Jehoyakin at pinarangalan niya ito ng higit kaysa sa ibang mga hari na bihag din doon sa Babilonia. 33 Kaya hindi na nagsuot si Haring Jehoyakin ng damit na para sa mga bilanggo, at mula noon ay kumakain na siya kasama ng hari. 34 At bawat araw, binibigyan siya ng hari ng Babilonia ng kanyang mga pangangailangan hanggang sa siya ay namatay.
Footnotes
- 52:7 Lambak ng Jordan: sa Hebreo, Araba.
Jeremiah 52
King James Version
Jeremiah 52
King James Version
52 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.
2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 For through the anger of the Lord 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.
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.
5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
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.
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.
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.
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.
10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
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.
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,
13 And burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
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.
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.
16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
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.
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.
20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
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.
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.
23 And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about.
24 And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
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.
26 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
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.
28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty:
29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
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.
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.
32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,
33 And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
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.
Jeremiah 52
New International Version
Jeremiah 52
New International Version
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
- Jeremiah 52:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 17
- Jeremiah 52:7 Or the Jordan Valley
- Jeremiah 52:8 Or Chaldean; also in verse 14
- Jeremiah 52:15 Or the populace
- 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
- Jeremiah 52:22 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
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