Jeremiah 52:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 52:12-23

We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the army, in this action. In the margin he is called the chief of the slaughter-men, or executioners; for soldiers are but slaughter-men, and God employs them as executioners of his sentence against a sinful people. Nebuzaradan was chief of those soldiers, but, in the execution he did, we have reason to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:17

Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord ,.... The two pillars in the temple, called Jachin and Boaz, which were made of cast brass, 1 Kings 7:15 ; and the bases ; which were in number ten, and which were also made of cast brass, and were all of one measure and size; and on which the ten lavers of brass were set, five on the right side and five on the left side of the house, 1 Kings 7:37 ; and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord ; called the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:17

Also the pillars - See on Jeremiah 27:19 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-34

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:4-34

The march of doom. These verses tell of the awful progress of the judgment of God on the doomed city of Jerusalem, her king, and people. To all who imagine that God is too full of love and graciousness to sternly judge and punish men, the contemplation of the events told of here may be painful, but assuredly they will be salutary also. We are shown the Babylonian armies gathering round the city; the long and dreadful siege; the gaunt famine that fastens upon the besieged; the walls broken... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 52:17-20

Jeremiah 52:17-20. Also the pillars of brass, &c., the Chaldeans brake See note on 2 Kings 25:13. The temple was rifled of its riches and furniture at several times. The first was when Nebuchadnezzar came up against Jehoiakim, Daniel 1:2. The second time was at the captivity of Jechoniah, Jeremiah 27:19; 2 Kings 24:13; and now at the final destruction of the city and temple they made a clear riddance of all its ornaments. And twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases Or rather, ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-34

52:1-34 HISTORICAL APPENDIXThis appendix is similar to 2 Kings 24:18-25:30. The probable reason for its inclusion is to show how Jeremiah’s prophecies concerning Jerusalem’s last days were fulfilled.Judah’s king during its last tragic years was Zedekiah. He was a weak king, whose reign was characterized throughout by religious failure and political indecision. Finally, after years of uncertain plotting, he decided to rebel openly against his overlord Babylon (52:1-3). Nebuchadnezzar could be... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 52:17

pillars of brass. Compare Jeremiah 27:19 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:17

THE TEMPLE WAS LOOTED AND TOTALLY DESTROYED"The pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. The pots also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the basins and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered took they away. And the cups, and the firepans, and the basins, and the pots, and the candlesticks, and the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 52:17

17. brake—that they might be more portable. Fulfilling the prophecy ( :-). See 1 Kings 7:15; 1 Kings 7:23; 1 Kings 7:27; 1 Kings 7:50. Nothing is so particularly related here as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and preciousness heightens the bitterness of their loss and the evil of sin which caused it. brass . . . brazen—rather "copper . . . of copper." read more