Jeremiah 52:12-14

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 52:12

Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month ,.... Hence the fast of the fifth month, for the burning of the city, which was the month Ab, and answers to part of July and part of August, Zechariah 8:19 ; which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ; that is, the nineteenth year of his reign; who reigned in all forty three years, according to Ptolemy's canon: came Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:13

And burnt the house of the Lord ,.... The temple built by Solomon, after it had stood four hundred and seventy years, six months, and ten days, according to Josephus F26 Autiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 5. : but the Jews say it stood but four hundred ten years F1 T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 3. 2. & Gloss. in ib. : and the king's house ; the royal palace; probably that which was built by Solomon, 1 Kings 7:1 ; and all the houses of Jerusalem : of any note or strength: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 52:14

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard ,.... Which he brought with him from Riblah, or were left at Jerusalem by those that pursued after Zedekiah when the city was taken, which the captain of the guard now had the command of: broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about : See Gill on Jeremiah 39:8 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:12

Now in the fifth month - Answering nearly to our August. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 52:13

And burned the house of the Lord - Thus perished this magnificent structure, after it had stood four hundred and twenty-four years three months and eight days. It was built A.M. 2992, and destroyed A.M. 3416. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:1-34

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:4-12

Days whose duties are indelible. Note the particularity of the dates given in each of these verses. Not the year only, but the month; and not the month only, but the day; and sometimes not the day only, but the hour, whether morning or evening, during the light or dark. Now— I. THERE ARE SUCH DAYS . In the record of the Flood we have such exactness of date. And in the later history of Jerusalem, the story of its decline and fall under its last kings, we again and again, as in... read more

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 52:12-13

A great burning. I. THE BURNING IN GENERAL . The sum of the details amounts to a statement that the city was reduced to ashes. For this not Babylon is to be blamed, but Zedekiah and his predecessors, together with their advisers. Babylon was only acting according to the fashion of the times. The hand of Jehovah was withdrawn, the hand that might have averted the torch; and it was withdrawn because the destruction of Jerusalem had become a better thing for the world than its... read more

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