Jeremiah 52:1

CHAPTER LII

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 Jeremiah 52:2; Jeremiah 24:18; Jeremiah 25:1.

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, 1-3.

Jerusalem is taken by the Chaldeans after a siege of eighteen

months, 4-7.

Zedekiah pursued and taken in the plains of Jericho, and his

whole army dispersed, 8, 9.

The king's sons and all the princes of Judah slain in Riblah,

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, 11.

Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, burns and spoils the

city and temple, 12-19.

The two pillars of the temple, with their dimensions and

ornaments, 20-23.

The officers of the temple, and several others, carried away

captives into Babylon, and then slain by order of

Nebuchadnezzar, 24-27.

The number of Jews that Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive in

the seventh year of his reign, 28;

in his eighteenth year, 29;

and in his twenty-third year, 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,

31-34.

NOTES ON CHAP. LII

Verse Jeremiah 52:1. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old] See 2 Kings 24:18.