Westminster Annotations, Jeremiah · Chapter 52
CHAP. LII.
Ver. 1. ZEdekiah was one and twentie yeer old, &c.] 2 King. 24. 18. 2 Chron. 36. 11.
when he began to reign] Heb. reigned. as 2 King. 21. 1. and 22. 1.
V. 3. through the anger of the LORD it came to passe, &c.] Thus God punished sinne by sinne; giving him up to his rebellious heart, to be led and swayed by it, untill he brought the enemy in upon him, who led both him and his people away captive. vers. 9. 15. Ezek. 17. 15, 16.
V. 4. in the ninth yeer of his reign] 2 King. 25. 1. Chap. 39. 1.
in the tenth monethmonth] Hence arose the fast of the tenth monethmonth, observed during the time of the captivitie; Zech. 8. 19. because in that monethmonth began the siege of the citie.
V. 6. in the fourth monethmonth] This occasioned the fourth moneths fast; Zech. 8. 19. because in that monethmonth the citie was surprised and sacked.
so that there was no bread] Chap. 38 9.
V. 7. the citie was broken up] The gates being broken open; and the wals battered or scaled. Chap. 39. 2, 3.
the gate between the two walls,] Of this gate, see Chap. 39. 4.
where was by the kings garden] Or, were: to wit, walls.
V. 9. carried him up unto the king of Babylon] Or, brought him unto him. Chap. 39. 5.
where he gave judgement upon him] Heb. spake with him judgements. Chap. 4. 12. & 39. 5.
V. 10. the king of Babylon slew the sonnes of Zedekiah] Caused them to be slain. as 1 King. 19. 17. Chap. 39. 6. so after here, and vers. 11.
V. 11. he put out the eyes of Zedekiah] Heb. blinded. Chap. 39. 7.
bound him in chains] Or, fetters of brasse. Lam. 3. 7.
put him in prison] Heb. house of the wards. Ezek. 44. 11.
till the day of his death] Where he remained, untill he died. Ezek. 17. 16.
V. 12. in the fifth monethmonth] Hence came the fift moneths fast, mentioned Zech. 7. 3. & 8. 19. because in that monethmonth the Temple was burnt.
in the tenth day of the monethmonth] In 2 King. 25. 8. it is said, on the seventh day. Either because the fire was begun on the seventh day; and so continued to the tenth: or, because he came to Jerusalem on the seventh day, but set not the Temple on fire untill the tenth.
the nineteenth yeere of Nebuchadrezzar] See Chap. 25. 1. and 32. 1.
captain of the guard] Or, chief marshall. Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughter-men: and so vers. 14. &c.
which served the king of Babylon] Heb. stood before him. 1 King. 10. 8. & 17. 1. 2 King. 25. 8. Pro. 22. 29.
V. 13. and all the houses of the great men burnt he with fire] Or, even all the great (that is, the noble and rich, as Gen. 24. 35. & 26. 13. Chap. 41. 1.) mens houses he burnt; sparing onelyonly the houses of the meaner sort, who were left to husband the land. vers. 16. as Chap. 35. 15.
V. 15. the rest of the multitude] Heb. Amon. as Chap. 46. 25.
V. 17. Also, &c.] 2 King. 25. 13.
the pillars of brasse that were in the house of the LORD] As the Prophet had foretold, that it should be. Chap. 27. 19, 22. See 1 King. 7. 15.
the bases] 1 King. 7. 27.
the brasen sea] 1 King. 7. 23.
V. 18. The caldrons, &c.] Exod. 27. 3. 1 King. 7. 45.
the shovels] Or, instruments to remove the ashes.
the bowls] Or, basons.
V. 19. the basons, &c.] 1 King. 7. 50.
the fire-pans] Or, censers.
V. 20. The two pillars, &c.] Vers. 17.
the brasse] Heb. their brasse.
was without weight] The quantitie of it was so great, as could not well, or easily be weighed, or that they regarded not, or would not stand to weigh it, 1 King. 7. 47. 1 Chron. 22. 3, 14. 2 Chron. 4. 18.
V. 21. the pillars, &c.] 1 King. 7. 15. 2 King. 25. 17. 2 Chron. 3. 15.
a fillet] Heb. threed. 1 King. 7. 15. Gen. 14. 23.
V. 22. with net-work] Or, wriethed-work. 1 King. 7. 17. 2 Sam. 18. 9.
pomegranates upon the chapiters round about] Heb. wind-ward. Toward the foure winds, or quarters of the world, Chap. 49. 36. Whence it may be gathered, that the borders, on which these ninetie six pomegranates were engraved, were square; and they stood twenty and foure on each side: to which number the foure corner ones being added, do make up an hundred. vers. 23.
V. 24. And the captain of the guard, &c.] 2 King. 25. 18.
Zephaniah] Chap. 21. 1. & 29. 25.
the second pri…st] Who was next in place to the chief-priest; and upon extraordinarie occurrents disabling or restraining him, supplied his place, Chap. 20. 1. 1 Chron. 5. 12. 2 Kin. 23. 4.
keepers of the doore] Heb. threshold. Chap. 35. 4.
V. 25. an eunuch] Or, officer. Gen. 39. 1.
seven men of them] They are said to be five, 2 King. 25. 19. which five, it may be, were of more speciall note then the other two, therefore not reckoned, because of lesse account: or else, the two named here apart go to make up the seven.
that were neare the kings person] Heb. saw the face of the king. that is, attended constantly upon him, Matth. 18. 10.
which were found in the citie] Or, were abiding there. as Esther 1. 5.
the principall scribe of the host] Or, the scribe of the …ain of the host.
that were found in the midst of the citie] Or, were in the citie. as Chap. 41. 3. Ezek. 3. 24.
V. 27. smote them] Vers. 10.
V. 28. in the seventh yeer] In the latter end of his seventh, about the beginning of his eighth yeer, when he carried Jehoiachin away captive, 2 King. 24. 12. so vers. 29. See the like, 1 King. 15. 25, 28. and on Chap. 25. 1.
V. 29. In the eighteenth yeer] Expiring; and the nineteenth then entering. vers. 12.
from Jerusalem eight hundred thirtie and two persons] So many out of Jerusalem: for in all, out of other places also, there were ten thousand then carried away captive, 2 King. 24. 16.
persons] Heb. souls. Exod. 1. 5. Chap. 43. 6. So after again, vers. 30.
V. 30. In the three and twentieth yeer] After the murder of Gedaliah, Chap. 41. 2.
V. 31. And it came to passe, &c.] 2 King. 25. 27.
in the five and twentieth day of the monethmonth] On this day he gave order for it to be done: though it were not put in execution untill two dayes after, 2 King. 25. 27.
Evilmerodach king of Babylon] Succeeding Nebuchadnezzar. See Chap. 25. 11. & 27. 7.
lifted up the head of Jehoiachin] Took speciall notice of him, Gen. 40. 13, 20. and withall restored him to his libertie, and to some degree of honour.
brought him forth out of prison] Heb. the house of restraint. Chap. 37. 15. So vers. 33.
V. 32. spake kindly unto him] Heb. spake good things with him. Chap. 12. 6.
V. 33. changed his prison garments] Gave him princely apparel, in stead of that which before he ware, Gen. 41. 14, 42.
he did continually eat bread before him] At his table, 2 Sam. 9. 7.
V. 34. there was a continuall diet given him of the king] He had a cōstant set allowance in the court. Which kind usage some ascribe to his voluntarie rendring of himself to Nebuchadnezzar, 2 King. 24. 12. Yet, it seemeth, he found no such favour with him: and what he then did, being but young, might be done rather by his mothers direction. But thus God made good, what the Psalmist acknowledgeth, by giving him, and some other of his people, favour in the eyes of those, with whom they were captives, Chap. 15. 11. Dan. 1. 9. & 2. 48, 49. & 3. 30. & 6. 2, 28. Nehem. 1. 12. and 2. 8.
every day a portion] Heb. the matter (or, word, as Chap. 38. 27.) of the day in his day. Exod. 5. 13.