Jeremiah 52
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1Zedekiah 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.
1Ὄντος εἰκοστοῦ καὶ ἑνὸς ἔτους Σεδεκίου, ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἕνδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ· καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἀμειτάαλ, θυγάτηρ Ἱερεμίου, ἐκ Λοβενά.
2And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
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3For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
4Καὶ ἐγένετο τῷ ἔτει τῷ ἐννάτῳ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, ἐν μηνὶ τῷ ἐννάτῳ, δεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς, ἦλθε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ περιεχαράκωσαν αὐτὴν, καὶ περιῳκοδόμησαν αὐτὴν τετραπέδοις λίθοις κύκλῳ.
5And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
5Καὶ ἦλθεν ἡ πόλις εἰς συνοχὴν, ἕως ἑνδεκάτου ἔτους τῷ βασιλεῖ Σεδεκίᾳ,
6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
6ἐν τῇ ἐννάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς, καὶ ἐστερεώθη ὁ λιμὸς ἐν τῇ πόλει, καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν ἄρτοι τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς.
7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
7Καὶ διεκόπη ἡ πόλις, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ πολεμισταὶ ἐξῆλθον νυκτὸς κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς πύλης, ἀναμέσον τοῦ τείχους, καὶ τοῦ προτειχίσματος, ὃ ἦν κατὰ τὸν κῆπον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ οἱ Χαλδαῖοι ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως κύκλῳ, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὁδὸν τὴν εἰς ἄραβα,
8but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
8Καὶ κατεδίωξεν ἡ δύναμις τῶν Χαλδαίων ὀπίσω τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ κατέλαβον αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ πέραν Ἱερειχὼ, καὶ πάντες οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ διεσπάρησαν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.
9The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.
9Καὶ συνέλαβον τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Δεβλαθὰ, καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ μετὰ κρίσεως.
10There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
10Καὶ ἔσφαξε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος τοὺς υἱοὺς Σεδεκίου κατʼ ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἄρχοντας Ἰούδα ἔσφαξεν ἐν Δεβλαθά.
11Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.
11Καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς Σεδεκίου ἐξετύφλωσε, καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸν ἐν πέδαις· καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν εἰς οἰκίαν μύλωνος, ἕως ἡμέρας ἧς ἀπέθανε.
12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
12Καὶ ἐν μηνὶ πέμπτῳ, δεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς, ἦλθε Ναβουζαρδὰν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος, ἑστηκὼς κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ,
13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
13καὶ ἐνέπρησε τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου, καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ πάσας τὰς οἰκίας τῆς πόλεως, καὶ πᾶσαν οἰκίαν μεγάλην ἐνέπρησεν ἐν πυρί·
14And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.
14Καὶ πᾶν τεῖχος Ἱερουσαλὴμ κύκλῳ καθεῖλεν ἡ δύναμις τῶν Χαλδαίων, ἡ μετὰ τοῦ ἀρχιμαγείρου.
15Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.
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16But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
16Καὶ τοὺς καταλοίπους τοῦ λαοῦ κατέλιπεν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος εἰς ἀμπελουργοὺς καὶ εἰς γεωργούς.
17Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
17Καὶ τοὺς στύλους τοὺς χαλκοῦς τοὺς ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, καὶ τὰς βάσεις, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν χαλκῆν τὴν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου συνέτριψαν οἱ Χαλδαῖοι, καὶ ἔλαβον τὸν χαλκὸν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀπήνεγκαν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
18Καὶ τὴν στεφάνην, καὶ τὰς φιάλας, καὶ τὰς κρεάγρας, καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ χαλκᾶ, ἐν οἷς ἐλειτούργουν ἐν αὐτοῖς,
19The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
19καὶ τὰς ἀπφὼθ, καὶ τὰς μασμαρὼθ, καὶ τοὺς ὑποχυτῆρας, καὶ τὰς λυχνίας, καὶ τὰς θυΐσκας, καὶ τοὺς κυάθους, ἃ ἦν χρυσᾶ χρυσᾶ, καὶ ἃ ἦν ἀργυρᾶ ἀργυρᾶ, ἔλαβεν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος.
20As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
20Καὶ οἱ στύλοι δύο, καὶ ἡ θάλασσα μία, καὶ οἱ μόσχοι δώδεκα χαλκοῖ ὑποκάτω τῆς θαλάσσης, ἃ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου, οὗ οὐκ ἦν σταθμὸς τοῦ χαλκοῦ αὐτῶν.
21Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
21Καὶ οἱ στύλοι τριακονταπέντε πηχῶν ὕψος τοῦ στύλου τοῦ ἑνὸς, καὶ σπαρτίον δώδεκα πήχεων περιεκύκλου αὐτὸν, καὶ τὸ πάχος αὐτοῦ δακτύλων τεσσάρων κύκλῳ,
22The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
22καὶ γεῖσος ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς χαλκοῦν, καὶ πέντε πήχεων τὸ μῆκος, ὑμεροχὴ τοῦ γείσους τοῦ ἑνός, καὶ δίκτυον καὶ ῥοαὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ γείσους κύκλῳ τὰ πάντα χαλκᾶ, καὶ κατὰ ταῦτα τῷ στύλῳ τῷ δευτέρῳ ὀκτὼ ῥοαὶ τῷ πήχει τοῖς δώδεκα πήχεσι.
23Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
23Καὶ ἦσαν αἱ ῥοαὶ ἐννενηκονταὲξ τὸ ἓν μέρος, καὶ ἦσαν αἱ πᾶσαι ῥοαὶ ἑκατὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ δικτύου κύκλῳ.
24The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
24Καὶ ἔλαβεν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος τὸν ἱερέα τὸν πρῶτον, καὶ τὸν ἱερέα τὸν δευτεροῦντα, καὶ τοὺς φυλάττοντας τὴν ὁδὸν,
25Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
25καὶ εὐνοῦχον ἕνα ὃς ἦν ἐπιστάτης τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν πολεμιστῶν, καὶ εὐνοῦχον ἕνα ὃς ἦν ἐπιστάτης ἀνδρῶν τῶν πολεμιστῶν, καὶ ἑπτὰ ἄνδρας ὀνομαστοὺς, τοὺς ἐν προσώπῳ τοῦ βασιλέως, τοὺς εὑρεθέντας ἐν τῇ πόλει, καὶ τὸν γραμματέα τῶν δυνάμεων, τὸν γραμματεύοντα τῷ λαῷ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἀνθρώπους ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ τῆς γῆς, τοὺς εὑρεθέντας ἐν μέσῳ τῆς πόλεως·
26Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
26Καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτοὺς Ναβουζαρδὰν ὁ ἀρχιμάγειρος τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἢγαγεν αὐτοὺς πρὸς βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Δεβλαθά.
27There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
27Καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐν Δεβλαθὰ, ἐν γῇ Αἱμάθ.
28These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;
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29in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;
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30in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.
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31On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
31Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ τριακοστῷ καὶ ἑβδόμῳ ἔτει, ἀποικισθέντος τοῦ Ἰωακεὶμ βασιλέως Ἰούδα, ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ μηνὶ, ἐν τῇ τετράδι καὶ εἰκάδι τοῦ μηνὸς, ἔλαβεν Οὐλαιμαδάχὰρ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος, ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ᾧ ἐβασίλευσε, τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰωακεὶμ βασιλέως Ἰούδα, καὶ ἔκειρεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἐξ οἰκίας ἧς ἐφυλάσσετο,
32And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.
32καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ χρηστὰ, καὶ ἔδωκε τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ ἐπάνω τῶν βασιλέων τῶν μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι,
33So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
33καὶ ἤλλαξε τὴν στολὴν τῆς φυλακῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἤσθιεν ἄρτον διαπαντὸς κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἃς ἔζησε.
34And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.
34Καὶ ἡ σύνταξις αὐτῷ ἐδίδοτο διαπαντὸς παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἐξ ἡμέρας εἰς ἡμέραν, ἕως ἡμέρας ἧς ἀπέθανε.
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