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Jeremiah 52

4 Ieruſalém is taken. 10 Zedekiáhs ſonnes are killed before his face, and his eyes put out. 13 The citie is burned. 31 Iehoiachín is broght forthe of priſon, and fed like a King.
1.Zedekiáh was one & twentie yere olde when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeres in Ieruſalém, and his mothers name was Hamutál, the daughter of Ieremiáh of Libnáh.
2.And he did euil in the eyes of the Lord, acccording to all that Iehoiakím had done.
3.a Doutles becauſe the wrath of the Lord was againſt Ieruſalém and Iudáh, til he had caſt them out from his preſence, therefore Zedekiáh rebelled againſt ye King of Babél.
4.But in the ninth yere of his reigne, in the tẽth moneth ye tẽth day of ye moneth came Nebuchad-nezzár Kĩg of Babél, he & all his hoſte againſt Ieruſalém, & pitched againſt it, & buylt fortes againſt it rounde about.
5.So the citie was beſieged vnto ye eleuenth yere of the King Zedekiáh.
6.Now in the fourth moneth, the ninth day of the moneth, the famine was ſore in the citie, ſo that there was no more bread for the people of the land.
7.Then the citie was broken vp and all the men of warre fled, and went out of the citie by night, by the way of the gate betwene the two walles, which was by the Kings garden: ( now the Caldeans were by the citie rounde about ) and thei went by the way of the wildernes.
8.But the armie of the Caldeans purſued after the King, and toke Zedekiáh in the deſert of Ierichó, & all his hoſte was ſcattered from him.
9.Then thei toke the King and caryed him vp vnto the King of Babél to Ribláh in the land of Hamáth, where he gaue iudgement vpon him.
10.And ye King of Babél ſlewe the ſonnes of Zedekiáh, before his eyes: he ſlewe alſo all the princes of Iudáh in Ribláh.
11.Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiáh, & the King of Babél bounde him in chaines, and caryed him to Babél, and put him in priſon til the day of his death.
12.Now in the fift moneth in the tẽth day of the moneth(which was the nintẽth yere of the King Nebuchad-nezzár King of Babél)came Nebuzar-adán chief ſteward which ſtoode before the King of Babél in Ieruſalém,
13.And burnt the Houſe of the Lord, and the Kings houſe, and all the houſes of Ieruſalém, and all the great houſes burnt he with fyre.
14.And all the armie of the Caldeans yt were with the chief ſteward, brake downe all the walles of Ieruſalém rounde about.
15.Then Nebuzar-adán the chief ſteward caryed away captiue certeine of the poore of the people, & the reſidue of the people that remained in ye citie, & thoſe that were fled, & fallen to the King of Babél, with the reſt of the multitude.
16.But Nebuzar-adán ye chief ſteward left certeine of the poore of the land, to dreſſe the vines, and to til the land.
17.Alſo the pillers of braſſe that were in the Houſe of the Lord, & the baſes, & the braſen Sea, that was in the Houſe of the Lord, the Caldeans brake, and caryed all the braſſe of them to Babél.
18.The pottes alſo and the beſomes, and the inſtruments of muſike, and the baſins, and the incenſe diſhes, and all the veſſels of braſſe wherewith they miniſtred, toke they away.
19.And the bowles, and the aſhpannes, & the baſins, & the pottes, and the candleſticks, & the incenſe diſhes, and the cuppes, & all that was of golde, and that was of ſiluer, toke the chief ſteward away,
20.With the two pillers, one Sea, & twelue braſen bulles, that were vnder the baſes, which King Salomón had made in ye Houſe of the Lord: the braſſe of all theſe veſſels was without weight:
21.And concerning the pillers, the height of one piller was eightene cubites, & a threde of twelue cubites did compaſſe it, and the thickenes thereof was foure fingers: it was holow.
22.And a chapiter of braſſe was vpon it, and the height of one chapiter was fiue cubites with networke, & pomegranates vpon the chapiters roũde about, all of braſſe: the ſeconde piller alſo, and the pomegranates were like vnto theſe.
23.And there were ninetie & ſix pomegranates on a ſide: and all the pomegranates vpon the net worke were an hundreth rounde about.
24.And the chief ſteward toke Sheraiáh the chief Prieſt, and Zephaniáh the ſeconde Prieſt, and the thre kepers of the dore.
25.He toke alſo out of the citie an Eunuche, which had the ouerſight of the men of warre, and ſeuen men that were in the Kings preſence, which were founde in the citie, and Sophér captaine of the hoſte who muſtred the people of the land, and thre ſcore men of the people of the land, yt were founde in the middes of the citie.
26.Nebuzar-adán the chief ſteward toke them, and broght them to the King of Babél to Ribláh.
27.And the King of Babél ſmote them, and ſlewe them in Ribláh, in the land of Hamath: thus Iudáh was caryed away captiue out of his owne land.
28.¶ This is the people, whome Nebuchad-nezzár caryed away captiue, in the ſeuenth yere, euen thre thouſand Iewes, and thre and twentie.
29.In the eightenth yere of Nebuchadnezzár he caryed away captiue from Ieruſalém eight hundreth thirtie & two perſones.
30.In the thre and twentieth yere of Nebuchad-nezzár, Nebuzar-adán the chief ſteward caryed away captiue of the Iewes ſeuen hundreth fourtie and fiue perſones: all the perſones were foure thouſand and ſix hundreth.
31.And in the ſeuen and thirtieth yere of the captiuitie of Iehoiachín King of Iudáh, in the twelfth moneth, in the fiue and twentieth day of the moneth, Euil-merodách King of Babél, in the firſt yere of his reigne, lifted vp the head of Iehoiachín King of Iudáh, and broght him out of priſon,
32.And ſpake kindely vnto him, and ſet his throne aboue the throne of the Kings, that were with him in Babél,
33.And changed his priſon garments, and he did continually eat bread before him all the dayes of his life.
34.His porcion was a continual porcion giuẽ him of the King of Babél, euery day a certeine, all the dayes of his life vntil he dyed.

Notes

1:a.
So the Lord puniſhed ſinne by ſinne & gaue him vp to his rebellious heart, til he had broght the enemie vpon him to lead him away and his people.
1:*.
2.King.24,18 & 2.chr.36,11.
4:*.
2.King.25,1. & chap 39,1
7:b.
Read Chap. 39,4.
9:*.
Read 2. King 25,6, and chap 39,5.
12:d.
In the 2. King 25, 8 it is called the ſeuenth day, becauſe the fyre began then, & ſo continued to the tenth.
12:e.
That is, was his ſeruãt, as 2. King.25,8
17:f.
of theſe pillers read 1 Kĩg 7.
18:g.
Which were alſo made of braſſe
20:h.
It was ſo muche in quãtitie.
23:i.
But becauſe of the roundenes no more colde be ſene but nintye and ſix
24:k.
Which ſerued in the hie Prieſts ſtead, if he had any neceſſarie impediment
25:l.
In the 2 King. 25, 19 is red but of fiue: thoſe were the moſt excellẽt and the other two, which were not ſo noble, are not there mẽtioned with thẽ.
28:m.
Which was the latter end of the ſeuenth yere of his reigne & the beginning of the eight
29:n.
In the latter end alſo of ye yere, and the beginning of the ninetenth.
29:".
Ebr. ſoules.
31:o.
That is, reſtored him to libertie and honour.
33:p.
And gaue him princelie apparel
34:q.
That is, he had allowance in the court, & thus at length he had reſt & quietnes becauſe he obeyed Ieremiáh the Prophet, where as the other were cruelly ordered, that wolde not obey him.