Jeremiah 52:12-23
Evangelical Heritage Version
12 On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 He burned the temple of the Lord, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned down every important building. 14 The whole Chaldean army under his command broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried off some of the poorest of the people, some of the survivors left in the city, some of the people who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. 16 But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and farms.
17 The Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars that were in the Lord’s temple, along with the carts for water and the bronze Sea, and carried away all the bronze to Babylon. 18 They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers,[a] the bowls, the dishes, and all the bronze articles used in the temple service. 19 The commander of the guard took away the bowls, fire pans, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes, and the drink offering bowls—the best of the gold and the best of the silver.
20 The two pillars, the Sea, and the twelve bronze bulls under the basins, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the Lord, were made of more bronze than could be weighed.
21 As for the pillars, each pillar was twenty-seven feet high and eighteen feet in circumference. Each was four fingers thick and hollow. 22 Each had a bronze capital, seven and a half feet high, with a network and pomegranate decorations on the capital all around, all of bronze. The other pillar with its pomegranates was just like it. 23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides. There was a total of one hundred pomegranates above the surrounding network.
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- Jeremiah 52:18 The precise identification of some of these vessels and utensils is uncertain.
Jeremiah 52:12-23
Lexham English Bible
12 Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard,[a] who stood before[b] the king of Babylon, entered into Jerusalem. 13 And he burned the temple[c] of Yahweh, and the palace[d] of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he burned with fire. 14 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard[e] broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. 15 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard[f] deported some of the poor of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and the deserters who deserted to the king of Babylon, along with the rest of the craftsmen. 16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard[g] left some of the poor of the land to serve as vinedressers and farmers.
17 And the Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the temple[h] of Yahweh, and the kettle stands and the sea of bronze that were in the temple[i] of Yahweh, and they carried all their bronze to Babylon. 18 And they took with them the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pans, and all the vessels of bronze which were used in temple service. 19 And the captain of the guard[j] took the bowls, and the firepans, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pots, and the lampstands, and the pans, and the libation bowls, those made of solid gold[k] and those made of solid silver.[l] 20 The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze oxen that were under the kettle stands which King Solomon had made for the temple[m] of Yahweh—there was not a weight for the bronze of all these vessels! 21 Now the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits,[n] and a thread of twelve cubits[o] surrounded it, and its thickness was four fingers, hollowed out. 22 And a capital upon it was bronze and the height of the one capital was five cubits, and latticework and pomegranates were on the capital on all sides, all of bronze. And like these was the second pillar with pomegranates. 23 And there were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides;[p] all the pomegranates on the latticework on all sides were a hundred.
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- Jeremiah 52:12 Hebrew “guards”
- Jeremiah 52:12 Literally “to the face of”
- Jeremiah 52:13 Literally “house”
- Jeremiah 52:13 Or “house”
- Jeremiah 52:14 Hebrew “guards”
- Jeremiah 52:15 Hebrew “guards”
- Jeremiah 52:16 Hebrew “guards”
- Jeremiah 52:17 Literally “house”
- Jeremiah 52:17 Literally “house”
- Jeremiah 52:19 Hebrew “guards”
- Jeremiah 52:19 Literally “which gold gold”
- Jeremiah 52:19 Literally “which silver silver”
- Jeremiah 52:20 Literally “house”
- Jeremiah 52:21 Hebrew “cubit”
- Jeremiah 52:21 Hebrew “cubit”
- Jeremiah 52:23 Literally “breath”
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