Jer 52:1-3 | Clarke | STEP | This chapter was added after Jeremiah's time probably by Ezra, after the return from the captivity, of which it gives a short account, nearly the same as in , and . It is very properly subjoined to the preceding prophecies, in order to show how exactly they were fulfilled. It likewise forms a proper introduction to the following Lamentations, as it gives an account of the mournful events which gave rise to them. Zedekiah's evil reign and rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar, . Jerusalem is taken by the Chaldeans after a siege of eighteen months, . Zedekiah pursued and taken in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army dispersed, , . The king's sons and all the princes of Judah slain in Riblah, . Zedekiah has his eyes put out by order of the Chaldean monarch; and is afterward bound in chains, carried to Babylon, and imprisoned for life, . Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, burns and spoils the city and temple, . The two pillars of the temple, with their dimensions and ornaments, . The officers of the temple, and several others, carried away captives into Babylon, and then slain by order of Nebuchadnezzar, . The number of Jews that Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive in the seventh year of his reign, ; in his eighteenth year, ; and in his twenty-third year, . Evil-merodach, the son of Nebuchadnezzar, in the year of his accession to the throne of Babylon, (which was in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity, and the one hundred and ninety-first from the building of Rome, according to the computation of Varro), orders Jehoiachin to be taken out of prison, and treats him kindly for the remainder of his life, . Verse 1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old

Jeremiah 52:1-3

Introduction

This chapter was added after Jeremiah's time probably by Ezra, after the return from the captivity, of which it gives a short account, nearly the same as in 2Kgs 24:18-20, and 2Kgs 24:18-20. It is very properly subjoined to the preceding prophecies, in order to show how exactly they were fulfilled. It likewise forms a proper introduction to the following Lamentations, as it gives an account of the mournful events which gave rise to them. Zedekiah's evil reign and rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar, Jer 52:1-3. Jerusalem is taken by the Chaldeans after a siege of eighteen months, Jer 52:4-7. Zedekiah pursued and taken in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army dispersed, Jer 52:8, Jer 52:9. The king's sons and all the princes of Judah slain in Riblah, Jer 52:10. Zedekiah has his eyes put out by order of the Chaldean monarch; and is afterward bound in chains, carried to Babylon, and imprisoned for life, Jer 52:11. Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, burns and spoils the city and temple, Jer 52:12-19. The two pillars of the temple, with their dimensions and ornaments, Jer 52:20-23. The officers of the temple, and several others, carried away captives into Babylon, and then slain by order of Nebuchadnezzar, Jer 52:24-27. The number of Jews that Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive in the seventh year of his reign, Jer 52:28; in his eighteenth year, Jer 52:29; and in his twenty-third year, Jer 52:30. Evil-merodach, the son of Nebuchadnezzar, in the year of his accession to the throne of Babylon, (which was in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity, and the one hundred and ninety-first from the building of Rome, according to the computation of Varro), orders Jehoiachin to be taken out of prison, and treats him kindly for the remainder of his life, Jer 52:31-34.

Verse 1

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old - See 2Kgs 24:18. Verse 2

And he did - evil - This and the following verse are the same as 2Kgs 24:19. Verse 3

Through the anger of the Lord - Here is a king given to a people in God's anger, and taken away in his displeasure.