逐节对照
- New International Reader's Version - After Josiah, his son Jehoiakim was king over Judah. The Lord’s message also came to Jeremiah during the whole time Jehoiakim ruled. The Lord continued to speak to Jeremiah while Zedekiah was king over Judah. He did this until the fifth month of the 11th year of Zedekiah’s rule. That’s when the people of Jerusalem were forced to leave their country. Zedekiah was the son of Josiah. Here is what Jeremiah said.
- 新标点和合本 - 从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的时候,直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家在位的末年,就是十一年五月间耶路撒冷人被掳的时候,耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 从约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬在位的时候,直到约西亚的儿子犹大王西底家在位的末年,就是第十一年五月间耶路撒冷被掳时,耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
- 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 从约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬在位的时候,直到约西亚的儿子犹大王西底家在位的末年,就是第十一年五月间耶路撒冷被掳时,耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
- 当代译本 - 从约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬开始执政,一直到约西亚的儿子西底迦做犹大王第十一年五月耶路撒冷的居民被掳之日,耶和华常常对耶利米说话。
- 圣经新译本 - 从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬年间,直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家末年,就是第十一年五月,耶路撒冷人被掳的时候,耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
- 现代标点和合本 - 从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的时候,直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家在位的末年,就是十一年五月间耶路撒冷人被掳的时候,耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
- 和合本(拼音版) - 从犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬在位的时候,直到犹大王约西亚的儿子西底家在位的末年,就是十一年五月间耶路撒冷人被掳的时候,耶和华的话也常临到耶利米。
- New International Version - and through the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, down to the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
- English Standard Version - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
- New Living Translation - The Lord’s messages continued throughout the reign of King Jehoiakim, Josiah’s son, until the eleventh year of the reign of King Zedekiah, another of Josiah’s sons. In August of that eleventh year the people of Jerusalem were taken away as captives.
- Christian Standard Bible - It also came throughout the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
- New American Standard Bible - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
- New King James Version - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- Amplified Bible - It came [to Jeremiah] also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, [continuing] until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, [and continuing] until the exile of [the people of] Jerusalem in the fifth month (July-August, 586 b.c.).
- American Standard Version - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- King James Version - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- New English Translation - The Lord also spoke to him when Jehoiakim son of Josiah ruled over Judah, and he continued to speak to him until the fifth month of the eleventh year that Zedekiah son of Josiah ruled over Judah. That was when the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile.
- World English Bible - It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
- 新標點和合本 - 從猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬在位的時候,直到猶大王約西亞的兒子西底家在位的末年,就是十一年五月間耶路撒冷人被擄的時候,耶和華的話也常臨到耶利米。
- 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 從約西亞的兒子猶大王約雅敬在位的時候,直到約西亞的兒子猶大王西底家在位的末年,就是第十一年五月間耶路撒冷被擄時,耶和華的話也常臨到耶利米。
- 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 從約西亞的兒子猶大王約雅敬在位的時候,直到約西亞的兒子猶大王西底家在位的末年,就是第十一年五月間耶路撒冷被擄時,耶和華的話也常臨到耶利米。
- 當代譯本 - 從約西亞的兒子猶大王約雅敬開始執政,一直到約西亞的兒子西底迦做猶大王第十一年五月耶路撒冷的居民被擄之日,耶和華常常對耶利米說話。
- 聖經新譯本 - 從猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬年間,直到猶大王約西亞的兒子西底家末年,就是第十一年五月,耶路撒冷人被擄的時候,耶和華的話也常臨到耶利米。
- 呂振中譯本 - 當 猶大 王 約西亞 的兒子 約雅敬 的日子,直到 猶大 王 約西亞 的兒子 西底家 十一年 年 底,直到五月間 耶路撒冷 人 流亡的時候, 永恆主的話都常常傳與 耶利米 。
- 現代標點和合本 - 從猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬在位的時候,直到猶大王約西亞的兒子西底家在位的末年,就是十一年五月間耶路撒冷人被擄的時候,耶和華的話也常臨到耶利米。
- 文理和合譯本 - 又諭之於猶大王約西亞子約雅敬時、迄約西亞子西底家十一年之末、是年五月、耶路撒冷被虜、○
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 猶大 王 約西亞 子 約雅敬 在位時亦得默示、得默示直至 約西亞 子 西底家 在位十一年之終、是年五月、 耶路撒冷 民被擄、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - También vino a él durante el reinado de Joacim hijo de Josías, rey de Judá, y hasta el fin del reinado de Sedequías hijo de Josías, rey de Judá; es decir, hasta el quinto mes del año undécimo de su reinado, cuando la población de Jerusalén fue deportada.
- 현대인의 성경 - 요시야의 아들인 여호야김이 왕이 되었을 때 여호와께서는 다시 예레미야에게 말씀하셨다. 그 후에 요시야의 아들인 유다의 시드기야왕 11년까지 여호와께서 그에게 수차례에 걸쳐 말씀하셨는데 그 해 5월에 예루살렘 주민들이 포로로 잡혀갔다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Господь продолжал возвещать ему Свое слово во времена правления Иоакима, сына Иосии, царя Иудеи, до пятого месяца одиннадцатого года правления Цедекии , сына Иосии, царя Иудеи, когда жители Иерусалима были уведены в плен.
- Восточный перевод - И во времена правления иудейского царя Иоакима, сына Иосии, и далее, вплоть до пятого месяца одиннадцатого года правления иудейского царя Цедекии, сына Иосии, когда жители Иерусалима были взяты в плен вавилонянами (в августе 586 г. до н. э.), Вечный продолжал возвещать Иеремии Своё слово .
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И во времена правления иудейского царя Иоакима, сына Иосии, и далее, вплоть до пятого месяца одиннадцатого года правления иудейского царя Цедекии, сына Иосии, когда жители Иерусалима были взяты в плен вавилонянами (в августе 586 г. до н. э.), Вечный продолжал возвещать Иеремии Своё слово .
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И во времена правления иудейского царя Иоакима, сына Иосии, и далее, вплоть до пятого месяца одиннадцатого года правления иудейского царя Цедекии, сына Иосии, когда жители Иерусалима были взяты в плен вавилонянами (в августе 586 г. до н. э.), Вечный продолжал возвещать Иеремии Своё слово .
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - et sous le règne de Yehoyaqim, fils de Josias, roi de Juda, et jusqu’à la fin de la onzième année du règne de Sédécias, fils de Josias, roi de Juda, jusqu’à la déportation des habitants de Jérusalem au cinquième mois .
- リビングバイブル - そののち、ヨシヤの子、エホヤキム王の時代、ヨシヤの子、ゼデキヤ王の治世第十一年の七月にエルサレムが陥落し、住民が捕囚として連れ去られるまで、数回にわたって神のことばがありました。
- Nova Versão Internacional - e durante o reinado de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, até o quinto mês do décimo primeiro ano de Zedequias, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, quando os habitantes de Jerusalém foram levados para o exílio.
- Hoffnung für alle - Auch später noch sprach Gott zu Jeremia, während der Regierungszeit des judäischen Königs Jojakim, des Sohnes von Josia, bis zum 5. Monat des 11. Regierungsjahres von König Zedekia, der auch ein Sohn von Josia war. In diesem Monat wurden die Einwohner Jerusalems in die Verbannung geführt.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúa Hằng Hữu lại truyền dạy trong triều Vua Giê-hô-gia-kim, con Giô-si-a, và cứ tiếp tục như thế cho đến năm thứ mười một triều Vua Sê-đê-kia, một con trai khác của Giô-si-a. Vào tháng tám năm thứ mười một, dân thành Giê-ru-sa-lem bị bắt đi lưu đày.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และตลอดรัชกาลเยโฮยาคิมซึ่งเป็นโอรสกษัตริย์โยสิยาห์แห่งยูดาห์จนถึงเดือนที่ห้าของปีที่สิบเอ็ดแห่งรัชกาลเศเดคียาห์ซึ่งเป็นโอรสกษัตริย์โยสิยาห์แห่งยูดาห์ เมื่อชาวกรุงเยรูซาเล็มถูกกวาดต้อนไปเป็นเชลย
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และในสมัยของเยโฮยาคิมบุตรของโยสิยาห์กษัตริย์แห่งยูดาห์ จนกระทั่งปลายปีที่สิบเอ็ดของเศเดคียาห์บุตรของโยสิยาห์กษัตริย์แห่งยูดาห์ จนกระทั่งเยรูซาเล็มถูกยึดครองในเดือนที่ห้า
交叉引用
- Jeremiah 28:1 - The false prophet Hananiah spoke to me, Jeremiah, in the Lord’s house. Hananiah was from Gibeon. He was the son of Azzur. It was shortly after Zedekiah became king of Judah. It was in the fifth month of his fourth year. In front of the priests and all the people Hananiah spoke to me. He said,
- Jeremiah 28:2 - “The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, ‘I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 28:3 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, removed all the objects that belong to my house. He took them to Babylon. Before two years are over, I will bring them back to this place.
- Jeremiah 28:4 - I will also bring King Jehoiachin back. He is the son of Jehoiakim. And I will bring back all the others who were taken from Judah to Babylon,’ announces the Lord. ‘I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’ ”
- Jeremiah 28:5 - Then Jeremiah the prophet replied to the false prophet Hananiah. Jeremiah spoke to him in front of the priests and all the people. They were standing in the Lord’s house.
- Jeremiah 28:6 - Jeremiah said, “Amen, Hananiah! May the Lord do those things! May he make the words you have prophesied come true. May he bring back from Babylon the objects that belong to the Lord’s house. May he bring back to this place all the people who were taken away.
- Jeremiah 28:7 - But listen to what I have to say. I want you and all the people to hear it.
- Jeremiah 28:8 - There have been prophets long before you and I were ever born. They have prophesied against many countries and great kingdoms. They have spoken about war, trouble and plague.
- Jeremiah 28:9 - But what if a prophet says peace will come? And suppose peace really does come? Only then will he be recognized as a prophet truly sent by the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 28:10 - The false prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet. Then Hananiah broke the yoke.
- Jeremiah 28:11 - In front of all the people he said, “The Lord says, ‘In the same way, I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. Before two years are over, I will remove it from the necks of all the nations.’ ” When Jeremiah the prophet heard this, he went on his way.
- Jeremiah 28:12 - A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. It was after the false prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off Jeremiah’s neck. The message said,
- Jeremiah 28:13 - “Go. Tell Hananiah, ‘The Lord says, “You have broken a wooden yoke. But in its place you will get an iron yoke.”
- Jeremiah 28:14 - The Lord who rules over all is the God of Israel. He says, “I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations. I will make them serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. So they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.” ’ ”
- Jeremiah 28:15 - Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke to the false prophet Hananiah. Jeremiah said, “Listen, Hananiah! The Lord hasn’t sent you. But you have tricked these people. Now they trust in lies.
- Jeremiah 28:16 - So the Lord says, ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. Before this year is over, you will die. You have taught the people to turn against me.’ ”
- Jeremiah 28:17 - In the seventh month of that very year, the false prophet Hananiah died.
- Jeremiah 25:1 - A message from the Lord about all the people of Judah came to Jeremiah. It came in the fourth year that Jehoiakim was the king of Judah. It was the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon. Jehoiakim was the son of Josiah.
- Jeremiah 25:2 - Jeremiah, the Lord’s prophet, spoke to all the people of Judah and Jerusalem. He said,
- Jeremiah 25:3 - “For 23 years the Lord’s messages have been coming to me. They began to come in the 13th year that Josiah was king of Judah. He was the son of Amon. The Lord’s messages still come to me today. I’ve spoken to you people again and again. But you haven’t listened to me.
- 2 Kings 24:1 - During Jehoiakim’s rule, Nebuchadnezzar marched into the land and attacked it. He was king of Babylon. He became Jehoiakim’s master for three years. But then Jehoiakim decided he didn’t want to remain under Nebuchadnezzar’s control.
- 2 Kings 24:2 - The Lord sent robbers against Jehoiakim from Babylon, Aram, Moab and Ammon. He sent them to destroy Judah. That’s what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through his servants the prophets.
- 2 Kings 24:3 - These things happened to Judah in keeping with what the Lord had commanded. He brought enemies against his people in order to remove them from his land. He removed them because of all the sins Manasseh had committed.
- 2 Kings 24:4 - Manasseh had spilled the blood of many people who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong. In fact, he spilled so much of their blood that he filled Jerusalem with it. So the Lord refused to forgive him.
- 2 Kings 24:5 - The other events of the rule of Jehoiakim are written down. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Judah.
- 2 Kings 24:6 - Jehoiakim joined the members of his family who had already died. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the next king after him.
- 2 Kings 24:7 - The king of Egypt didn’t march out from his own country again. That’s because the king of Babylon had taken so much of his territory. It reached from the Wadi of Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River.
- 2 Kings 24:8 - Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta. She was the daughter of Elnathan. She was from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 24:9 - Jehoiachin did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did just as his father Jehoiakim had done.
- Jeremiah 26:1 - A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. It was shortly after Jehoiakim became king of Judah. He was the son of Josiah.
- Jeremiah 26:2 - The Lord said to Jeremiah, “Stand in the courtyard of my house. Speak to the people of the towns in Judah. Speak to all those who come to worship in my house. Tell them everything I command you. Do not leave out a single word.
- Jeremiah 26:3 - Perhaps they will listen. Maybe they will turn from their evil ways. Then I will not do what I said I would. I will not bring trouble on them. I had planned to punish them because of the evil things they had done.
- Jeremiah 26:4 - Tell them, ‘The Lord says, “Listen to me. Obey my law that I gave you.
- Jeremiah 26:5 - And listen to the words my servants the prophets are speaking. I have sent them to you again and again. But you have not listened to them.
- Jeremiah 26:6 - So I will make this house like Shiloh. All the nations on earth will use the name of this city in a curse.” ’ ”
- Jeremiah 26:7 - Jeremiah spoke these words in the Lord’s house. The priests, the prophets and all the people heard him.
- Jeremiah 26:8 - Jeremiah finished telling all the people everything the Lord had commanded him to say. But as soon as he did, the priests, the prophets and all the people grabbed him. They said, “You must die!
- Jeremiah 26:9 - Why do you prophesy these things in the Lord’s name? Why do you say that this house will become like Shiloh? Why do you say that this city will be empty and deserted?” And all the people crowded around Jeremiah in the Lord’s house.
- Jeremiah 26:10 - The officials of Judah heard what had happened. So they went up from the royal palace to the Lord’s house. There they took their places at the entrance of the New Gate.
- Jeremiah 26:11 - Then the priests and prophets spoke to the officials and all the people. They said, “This man should be sentenced to death. He has prophesied against this city. You have heard it with your own ears!”
- Jeremiah 26:12 - Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and people. He said, “The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city. He told me to say everything you have heard.
- Jeremiah 26:13 - So change the way you live and act. Obey the Lord your God. Then he won’t do what he said he would. He won’t bring on you the trouble he said he would bring.
- Jeremiah 26:14 - As for me, I’m in your hands. Do to me what you think is good and right.
- Jeremiah 26:15 - But you can be sure of one thing. If you put me to death, you will be held responsible for spilling my blood. And I haven’t even done anything wrong. You will bring guilt on yourselves and this city and those who live in it. The Lord has sent me to you. He wanted me to say all these things so you could hear them. And that’s the truth.”
- Jeremiah 26:16 - Then the officials and all the people spoke to the priests and prophets. They said, “This man shouldn’t be sentenced to death! He has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
- Jeremiah 26:17 - Some of the elders of the land stepped forward. They spoke to the whole community gathered there. They said,
- Jeremiah 26:18 - “Micah from Moresheth prophesied. It was during the time Hezekiah was king over Judah. Micah spoke to all the people of Judah. He told them, ‘The Lord who rules over all says, “ ‘ “Zion will be plowed up like a field. Jerusalem will be turned into a pile of trash. The temple hill will be covered with bushes and weeds.” ’ ( Micah 3:12 )
- Jeremiah 26:19 - Did King Hezekiah or anyone else in Judah put Micah to death? Hezekiah had respect for the Lord and tried to please him. And the Lord didn’t judge Jerusalem as he said he would. He didn’t bring on it the trouble he said he would bring. But we are about to bring horrible trouble on ourselves!”
- Jeremiah 26:20 - Uriah was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord. He was from Kiriath Jearim. He was the son of Shemaiah. Uriah prophesied against this city and this land. He said the same things Jeremiah did.
- Jeremiah 26:21 - King Jehoiakim and all his officers and officials heard Uriah’s words. So the king decided to put him to death. But Uriah heard about it. He was afraid. And he ran away to Egypt.
- Jeremiah 26:22 - So King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan to Egypt. He also sent some other men along with him. Elnathan was the son of Akbor.
- Jeremiah 26:23 - Those men brought Uriah out of Egypt. They took him to King Jehoiakim. Then the king had Uriah struck down with a sword. He had Uriah’s body thrown into one of the graves of the ordinary people.
- Jeremiah 26:24 - In spite of that, Ahikam stood up for Jeremiah. Ahikam was the son of Shaphan. Because of Ahikam, Jeremiah wasn’t handed over to the people to be put to death.
- Zechariah 8:19 - “You have established special times to go without eating. They are your fasts in the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months. They will become days of joy. They will be happy times for Judah. It will happen if you take delight in telling the truth and bringing about peace.”
- 2 Kings 24:17 - Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin’s uncle Mattaniah king in his place. And Nebuchadnezzar changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
- 2 Kings 24:18 - Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah. She was from Libnah.
- 2 Kings 24:19 - Zedekiah did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did just as Jehoiakim had done.
- 2 Kings 24:20 - The enemies of Jerusalem and Judah attacked them because the Lord was angry. In the end the Lord threw them out of his land. Zedekiah also refused to remain under the control of Nebuchadnezzar.
- 2 Chronicles 36:11 - Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
- 2 Chronicles 36:12 - He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. He didn’t pay any attention to the message the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 - Zedekiah also refused to remain under the control of King Nebuchadnezzar. The king had forced Zedekiah to make a promise in God’s name. But Zedekiah’s heart became very stubborn. He wouldn’t turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 36:14 - And that’s not all. The people and all the leaders of the priests became more and more unfaithful. They followed all the practices of the nations. The Lord hated those practices. The people and leaders made the Lord’s temple “unclean.” The Lord had set the temple in Jerusalem apart in a special way for himself.
- 2 Chronicles 36:15 - The Lord, the God of Israel, sent word to his people through his messengers. He sent it to them again and again. He took pity on his people. He also took pity on the temple where he lived.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 - But God’s people made fun of his messengers. They hated his words. They laughed at his prophets. Finally the Lord’s great anger was stirred up against his people. Nothing could save them.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 - The Lord brought the king of the Babylonians against them. The Babylonian army killed their young people with their swords at the temple. They didn’t spare young men or young women. They didn’t spare the old people or weak people either. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 - Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon all the objects from God’s temple. Some of those things were large. Others were small. He carried off the treasures of the temple. He also carried off the treasures that belonged to the king and his officials.
- 2 Chronicles 36:19 - The Babylonians set God’s temple on fire. They broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces. They destroyed everything of value there.
- 2 Chronicles 36:20 - Nebuchadnezzar took the rest of the people to Babylon as prisoners. They had escaped from being killed by swords. They served him and those who ruled after him. That lasted until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 - The land of Israel enjoyed its sabbath years. It rested. That deserted land wasn’t farmed for a full 70 years. What the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah came true.
- Jeremiah 52:1 - Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother’s name was Hamutal. She was the daughter of Jeremiah. She was from Libnah.
- Jeremiah 52:2 - Zedekiah did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did just as Jehoiakim had done.
- Jeremiah 52:3 - The enemies of Jerusalem and Judah attacked them because the Lord was angry. In the end he threw them out of his land. Zedekiah refused to obey the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:4 - Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon. He marched out against Jerusalem. All his armies went with him. It was in the ninth year of the rule of Zedekiah. It was on the tenth day of the tenth month. The armies set up camp outside the city. They set up ladders and built ramps and towers all around it.
- Jeremiah 52:5 - It was surrounded until the 11th year of King Zedekiah’s rule.
- Jeremiah 52:6 - By the ninth day of the fourth month, there wasn’t any food left in the city. So the people didn’t have anything to eat.
- Jeremiah 52:7 - Then the Babylonians broke through the city wall. Judah’s whole army ran away. They left the city at night. They went out through the gate between the two walls that were near the king’s garden. They escaped even though the Babylonians surrounded the city. Judah’s army ran toward the Arabah Valley.
- Jeremiah 52:8 - But the armies of Babylon chased King Zedekiah. They caught up with him in the plains near Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him. They had scattered in every direction.
- Jeremiah 52:9 - The king was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. That’s where Nebuchadnezzar decided how Zedekiah would be punished.
- Jeremiah 52:10 - At Riblah the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah. He forced him to watch it with his own eyes. Nebuchadnezzar also killed all the officials of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:11 - Then he poked out Zedekiah’s eyes. He put him in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon. There he put Zedekiah in prison until the day he died.
- Jeremiah 52:12 - Nebuzaradan served the king of Babylon. In fact, he was commander of the royal guard. He came to Jerusalem. It was in the 19th year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. It was on the tenth day of the fifth month.
- Jeremiah 52:13 - Nebuzaradan set the Lord’s temple on fire. He also set fire to the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. He burned down every important building.
- Jeremiah 52:14 - The armies of Babylon broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. That’s what the commander told them to do.
- Jeremiah 52:15 - Some of the poorest people still remained in the city along with the others. But the commander Nebuzaradan took them away as prisoners. He also took the rest of the skilled workers. That included the people who had joined the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:16 - But Nebuzaradan left the rest of the poorest people of the land behind. He told them to work in the vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 52:17 - The armies of Babylon destroyed the Lord’s temple. They broke the bronze pillars into pieces. They broke up the bronze stands that could be moved around. And they broke up the huge bronze bowl. Then they carried away all the bronze to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 52:18 - They also took away the pots, shovels, wick cutters, sprinkling bowls and dishes. They took away all the bronze objects that were used for any purpose in the temple.
- Jeremiah 52:19 - The commander of the royal guard took away the bowls and the shallow cups for burning incense. He took away the sprinkling bowls, the pots, the lampstands and the dishes. He took away the bowls used for drink offerings. So he took away everything made out of pure gold or silver.
- Jeremiah 52:20 - The bronze was more than anyone could weigh. It included the bronze from the two pillars. It included the bronze from the huge bowl and the 12 bronze bulls under it. It also included the stands. King Solomon had made all those things for the Lord’s temple.
- Jeremiah 52:21 - Each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet around. The pillars were hollow. The metal in each of them was three inches thick.
- Jeremiah 52:22 - The bronze top of one pillar was seven and a half feet high. It was decorated with a set of bronze chains and pomegranates all around it. The other pillar was just like it. It also had pomegranates.
- Jeremiah 52:23 - There were 96 pomegranates on the sides of each of the two tops. The total number of pomegranates above the bronze chains around each top was 100.
- Jeremiah 52:24 - The commander of the guard took many prisoners. They included Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the priest who reported to him. They also included the three men who guarded the temple doors.
- Jeremiah 52:25 - Some people were still left in the city. The commander took as a prisoner the officer in charge of the fighting men. He took the seven men who gave advice to the king. He also took the secretary who was the chief officer in charge of getting the people of the land to serve in the army. There were 60 people of the land still in the city.
- Jeremiah 52:26 - The commander Nebuzaradan took all of them away. He brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- Jeremiah 52:27 - There the king had them put to death. Riblah was in the land of Hamath. So the people of Judah were taken as prisoners. They were taken far away from their own land.
- Jeremiah 52:28 - Here is the number of the people Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylon as prisoners. In the seventh year of his rule, he took 3,023 Jews.
- Jeremiah 52:29 - In his 18th year, he took 832 people from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 52:30 - In Nebuchadnezzar’s 23rd year, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the royal guard, took 745 Jews to Babylon. The total number of people taken to Babylon was 4,600.
- Jeremiah 52:31 - Awel-Marduk set Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, free from prison. It was in the 37th year after Jehoiachin had been taken away to Babylon. It was also the year Awel-Marduk became king of Babylon. It was on the 25th day of the 12th month.
- Jeremiah 52:32 - Awel-Marduk spoke kindly to Jehoiachin. He gave him a place of honor. Other kings were with Jehoiachin in Babylon. But his place was more important than theirs.
- Jeremiah 52:33 - So Jehoiachin put away his prison clothes. For the rest of Jehoiachin’s life the king of Babylon provided what he needed.
- Jeremiah 52:34 - The king did that for Jehoiachin day by day as long as he lived. He did it until the day Jehoiachin died.
- Jeremiah 21:1 - A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. It came when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur to Jeremiah. Pashhur was the son of Malkijah. Zedekiah sent Zephaniah the priest along with him. Zephaniah was the son of Maaseiah. They said to Jeremiah,
- Jeremiah 21:2 - “Ask the Lord to help us. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is attacking us. In the past the Lord did wonderful things for us. Maybe he’ll do them again. Then Nebuchadnezzar will pull his armies back from us.”
- Jeremiah 21:3 - But Jeremiah answered them, “Tell Zedekiah and his people,
- Jeremiah 21:4 - ‘The Lord is the God of Israel. He says, “The king of Babylon and his armies are all around this city. They are getting ready to attack you. You have weapons of war in your hands to fight against them. But I am about to turn your weapons against you. And I will bring your enemies inside this city.
- Jeremiah 21:5 - I myself will fight against you. I will reach out my powerful hand and mighty arm. I will come against you with all my great anger.
- Jeremiah 21:6 - I will strike down those who live in this city. I will kill people and animals alike. They will die of a terrible plague.
- Jeremiah 21:7 - After that, I will hand you over to your enemies. They want to kill you,” announces the Lord. “I will hand over Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his officials. I will also hand over the people in this city who live through the plague, war and hunger. All of them will be handed over to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. He will kill them with swords. He will show them no mercy. He will not feel sorry for them. In fact, he will not have any concern for them at all.” ’
- Jeremiah 21:8 - “Tell the people, ‘The Lord says, “I am offering you a choice. You can choose the way that leads to life. Or you can choose the way that leads to death.
- Jeremiah 21:9 - Those who stay in this city will die of war, hunger or plague. But suppose some go out and give themselves up to the Babylonians attacking you. They will live. They will escape with their lives.
- Jeremiah 21:10 - I have decided to do this city harm and not good,” announces the Lord. “It will be handed over to the king of Babylon. And he will destroy it with fire.” ’
- Jeremiah 21:11 - “Also speak to Judah’s royal family. Tell them, ‘Listen to the Lord’s message.
- Jeremiah 21:12 - Here is what the Lord says to you who belong to David’s royal house. “ ‘ “Every morning do what is right and fair. Save those who have been robbed. Set them free from the people who have treated them badly. If you do not, my anger will blaze out against you. It will burn like fire because of the evil things you have done. No one will be able to put it out.
- Jeremiah 21:13 - Jerusalem, I am against you,” announces the Lord. “You live above this valley. You are on a high, rocky plain. And you say, ‘Who can come against us? Who can enter our place of safety?’
- Jeremiah 21:14 - But I will punish you in keeping with what you have done,” announces the Lord. “I will start a fire in your forests. It will burn down everything around you.” ’ ”
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 - Josiah’s first son was Johanan. Jehoiakim was his second son. Zedekiah was the third son. Shallum was the fourth son.
- Zechariah 7:5 - “Ask the priests and all the people in the land a question for me. Say to them, ‘You mourned and fasted in the fifth and seventh months. You did it for the past 70 years. But did you really do it for me?
- Jeremiah 37:1 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, appointed Zedekiah to be king of Judah. He was the son of Josiah. Zedekiah ruled in place of Jehoiachin, the son of Jehoiakim.
- Jeremiah 37:2 - Zedekiah and his attendants didn’t pay any attention to what the Lord had said through Jeremiah the prophet. And the people of the land didn’t pay any attention either.
- Jeremiah 37:3 - But King Zedekiah sent Jehukal to Jeremiah the prophet. Zedekiah sent Zephaniah the priest along with him. Jehukal was the son of Shelemiah. Zephaniah was the son of Maaseiah. Jehukal and Zephaniah brought the king’s message to Jeremiah. It said, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”
- Jeremiah 37:4 - At that time Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people. Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison.
- Jeremiah 37:5 - The armies of Babylon were attacking Jerusalem. They received a report that Pharaoh’s army had marched out of Egypt to help Zedekiah. So armies of Babylon pulled back from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 37:6 - A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 37:7 - The Lord is the God of Israel. He says, “The king of Judah has sent you to ask me for advice. Tell him, ‘Pharaoh’s army has marched out to help you. But it will go back to its own land. It will return to Egypt.
- Jeremiah 37:8 - Then the armies of Babylon will come back here. They will attack this city. They will capture it. Then they will burn it down.’
- Jeremiah 37:9 - “The Lord says, ‘Do not fool yourselves. You think, “The Babylonians will leave us alone.” But they will not!
- Jeremiah 37:10 - Suppose you destroy all the armies of Babylon that are attacking you. Suppose only wounded men are left in their tents. Even then they will come out and burn down this city.’ ”
- Jeremiah 37:11 - The armies of Babylon had pulled back from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army.
- Jeremiah 37:12 - So Jeremiah started to leave the city. He was planning to go to the territory of Benjamin. Jeremiah wanted to get his share of the property among the people there.
- Jeremiah 37:13 - He got as far as the Benjamin Gate. But the captain of the guard arrested him. He said, “You are going over to the side of the Babylonians!” The captain’s name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah. Shelemiah was the son of Hananiah.
- Jeremiah 37:14 - Jeremiah said to Irijah, “That isn’t true! I’m not going to the side of the Babylonians.” But Irijah wouldn’t listen to him. Instead, he arrested Jeremiah. He brought Jeremiah to the officials.
- Jeremiah 37:15 - They were angry with him. So they had him beaten. Then they took him to the house of Jonathan the secretary. It had been made into a prison. That’s where they put Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 37:16 - Jeremiah was put into a prison cell below ground level. He remained there a long time.
- Jeremiah 37:17 - Then King Zedekiah sent for him. King Zedekiah had Jeremiah brought to the palace. There the king spoke to him in private. The king asked, “Do you have a message from the Lord for me?” “Yes,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
- Jeremiah 37:18 - Then Jeremiah continued, “Why have you put me in prison? What crime have I committed against you? What have I done to your attendants or these people?
- Jeremiah 37:19 - Where are your prophets who prophesied to you? They said, ‘The king of Babylon won’t attack you. He won’t march into this land.’
- Jeremiah 37:20 - But now please listen, my king and master. Let me make my appeal to you. Please don’t send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary. If you do, I’ll die there.”
- Jeremiah 37:21 - Then King Zedekiah gave the order. His men put Jeremiah in the courtyard of the guard. They gave him a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers. They did it every day until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
- Jeremiah 34:1 - Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and all his armies were fighting against Jerusalem. They were also fighting against all the towns around it. All the kingdoms and nations Nebuchadnezzar ruled over were helping him. At that time a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. The Lord said,
- Jeremiah 34:2 - “I am the Lord, the God of Israel. Go to Zedekiah, the king of Judah. Tell him, ‘The Lord says, “I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon. He will burn it down.
- Jeremiah 34:3 - You will not escape from his power. You will certainly be captured. You will be handed over to him. You will see the king of Babylon with your own eyes. He will speak with you face to face. And you will go to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 34:4 - “ ‘ “But listen to the Lord’s promise to you, Zedekiah king of Judah. I say that you will not be killed by a sword.
- Jeremiah 34:5 - You will die in a peaceful way. People made fires to honor the kings who died before you. In the same way, they will make a fire in your honor. They will mourn for you. They will say, ‘My poor master!’ I myself make this promise,” announces the Lord.’ ”
- Jeremiah 34:6 - Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to King Zedekiah in Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 34:7 - At that time Nebuchadnezzar’s armies were fighting against Jerusalem. They were also fighting against Lachish and Azekah. These two cities were still holding out. They were the only cities left in Judah that had high walls around them.
- Jeremiah 34:8 - A message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem. He had told them to set their Hebrew slaves free.
- Jeremiah 34:9 - All of them had to do this. That applied to male and female slaves alike. No one was allowed to hold another Hebrew as a slave.
- Jeremiah 34:10 - So all the officials and people entered into this covenant. They agreed to set their male and female slaves free. They agreed not to hold them as slaves anymore. Instead, they set them free.
- Jeremiah 34:11 - But later they changed their minds. They took back the people they had set free. They made them slaves again.
- Jeremiah 34:12 - Then a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 34:13 - The Lord is the God of Israel. He says, “I made a covenant with your people of long ago. I brought them out of Egypt. That is the land where they were slaves. I said,
- Jeremiah 34:14 - ‘Every seventh year you must set your people free. Each of you must set free all the Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. Let them serve you for six years. Then you must let them go free.’ ( Deuteronomy 15:12 ) But your people of long ago did not listen to me. They did not pay any attention to me.
- Jeremiah 34:15 - Recently you turned away from your sins. You did what is right in my eyes. Each of you set your Hebrew slaves free. You even made a covenant in front of me. You did it in the house where I have put my Name.
- Jeremiah 34:16 - But now you have turned around. You have treated my name as if it were not holy. Each of you has taken back your male and female slaves. You had set them free to go where they wished. But now you have forced them to become your slaves again.”
- Jeremiah 34:17 - So the Lord says, “You have not obeyed me. You have not set your Hebrew slaves free. So now I will set you free,” announces the Lord. “I will set you free to be destroyed by war, plague and hunger. I will make all the kingdoms on earth displeased with you.
- Jeremiah 34:18 - Those people who have broken my covenant will be punished. They have not lived up to the terms of the covenant they made in front of me. When you made that covenant, you cut a calf in two. Then you walked between its pieces. Now I will cut you to pieces.
- Jeremiah 34:19 - That includes all of you who walked between the pieces of the calf. It includes the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials and the priests. It also includes some of the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 23:34 - Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim king in place of his father Josiah. Necho changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz with him to Egypt. And that’s where Jehoahaz died.
- Jeremiah 39:2 - The city wall was broken through. It happened on the ninth day of the fourth month. It was in the 11th year of Zedekiah’s rule.
- 2 Chronicles 36:5 - Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.
- 2 Chronicles 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar attacked him. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He put Jehoiakim in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon objects from the Lord’s temple. He put them in his own temple there.
- 2 Chronicles 36:8 - The other events of Jehoiakim’s rule are written in the records of the kings of Israel and Judah. He did things the Lord hated. Those things and everything that happened to him are also written in those records. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the next king after him.