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Jeremiah 52:12-23
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The Temple Destroyed

12 On August 17 of that year,[a] which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard and an official of the Babylonian king, arrived in Jerusalem. 13 He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings[b] in the city. 14 Then he supervised the entire Babylonian[c] army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem on every side. 15 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took as exiles some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had declared their allegiance to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. 16 But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.

17 The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars in front of the Lord’s Temple, the bronze water carts, and the great bronze basin called the Sea, and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon. 18 They also took all the ash buckets, shovels, lamp snuffers, basins, dishes, and all the other bronze articles used for making sacrifices at the Temple. 19 The captain of the guard also took the small bowls, incense burners, basins, pots, lampstands, ladles, bowls used for liquid offerings, and all the other articles made of pure gold or silver.

20 The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea with the twelve bronze oxen beneath it, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the Lord’s Temple in the days of King Solomon. 21 Each of the pillars was 27 feet tall and 18 feet in circumference.[d] They were hollow, with walls 3 inches thick.[e] 22 The bronze capital on top of each pillar was 7 1⁄2 feet[f] high and was decorated with a network of bronze pomegranates all the way around. 23 There were 96 pomegranates on the sides, and a total of 100 pomegranates on the network around the top.

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  1. 52:12 Hebrew On the tenth day of the fifth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was August 17, 586 B.c.; also see note on 52:4a.
  2. 52:13 Or destroyed the houses of all the important people.
  3. 52:14 Or Chaldean.
  4. 52:21a Hebrew 18 cubits [8.3 meters] tall and 12 cubits [5.5 meters] in circumference.
  5. 52:21b Hebrew 4 fingers thick [8 centimeters].
  6. 52:22 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.3 meters].
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Jeremiah 52:12-23
Legacy Standard Bible

12 (A)Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the (B)nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, (C)Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who stood before the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 And he (D)burned the house of Yahweh, the (E)king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire. 14 So all the military force of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard (F)tore down all the walls around Jerusalem. 15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard (G)took away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who remained in the city, the [a](H)defectors who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the artisans. 16 But (I)Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had some of the poorest of the land remain to be vinedressers and [b]plowmen.

17 Now the bronze (J)pillars which belonged to the house of Yahweh and the (K)stands and the bronze (L)sea, which were in the house of Yahweh, the Chaldeans shattered and carried all their bronze to Babylon. 18 They also took away the (M)pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the bowls, the [c]pans, and all the bronze vessels which were used to minister. 19 And the captain of the guard also took away the (N)cups, the firepans, the bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the [d]pans, and the offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine silver. 20 The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under [e]the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh—the bronze of all these vessels was (O)beyond weight. 21 As for the pillars, the (P)height of each pillar was [f]eighteen cubits, and [g]it was twelve cubits in (Q)circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow. 22 Now a (R)capital of bronze was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with network and (S)pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates. 23 There were ninety-six [h]exposed pomegranates; all (T)the pomegranates numbered one hundred on the network all around.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 52:15 Lit fallers who had fallen
  2. Jeremiah 52:16 Or unpaid laborers
  3. Jeremiah 52:18 Or spoons for incense
  4. Jeremiah 52:19 Or spoons for incense
  5. Jeremiah 52:20 As in Gr and Syr; Heb omits the sea
  6. Jeremiah 52:21 Approx. 27 ft. high and 18 ft. in circumference or 8 m and 5.4 m
  7. Jeremiah 52:21 Lit a line of 12 cubits would encircle it
  8. Jeremiah 52:23 Lit windward
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