Jeremiah 52:18
in Jeremiah 52They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord
on Jeremiah 52:17-23
The temple's bronze work is stripped and shipped to Babylon piece by piece, the two great pillars 1 Kings 7:21 names Jachin and Boaz, the molten sea, and the twelve bulls that carried it, Solomon's own craftsmanship undone in the same measurements it was first recorded in. The pillar's exact dimensions are repeated here, eighteen cubits, network and pomegranates round about, the bench reading the precision as the appendix's own care to record exactly what was lost rather than only that it was lost. The listing reads as an inventory rather than a lament, brass, silver, and gold accounted for vessel by vessel before the chapter turns to the people themselves.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The cauldrons also,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In reference to these verses see the parallel texts Exo 27:3 (note); 2Ki 25:14-16 (note); 1Ki 7:47 (note); 1Ki 7:15 (note); 2Ch 3:15 (note); 1Ki 7:20 (note), and the notes.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַ֠סִּרוֹת | hasirot | the pots | H5518 → | 34 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיָּעִ֨ים | haiyaim | the shovels | H3257 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽמְזַמְּר֜וֹת | hamzamerot | the snuffers | H4212 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְרָקֹ֣ת | hamizrakot | the bowls | H4219 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכַּפּ֗וֹת | hakapot | the pans | H3709 → | 192 times |
| וְאֵ֨ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵ֧י | kelei | [the] articles of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת | hanechoshet | <the> bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְשָׁרְת֥וּ | yesharetu | they served | H8334 → | 97 times |
| בָהֶ֖ם | vahem | with <the> them | ||
| לָקָֽחוּ׃ | lakachu | they took away | H3947 → | 966 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַ֠סִּרוֹתthe pots
hasirotH5518 →34 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַיָּעִ֨יםthe shovels
haiyaimH3257 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַֽמְזַמְּר֜וֹתthe snuffers
hamzamerotH4212 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְרָקֹ֣תthe bowls
hamizrakotH4219 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַכַּפּ֗וֹתthe pans
hakapotH3709 →192 times
וְאֵ֨תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵ֧י[the] articles of
keleiH3627 →325 times
הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת<the> bronze
hanechoshetH5178 →140 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יְשָׁרְת֥וּthey served
yesharetuH8334 →97 times
בָהֶ֖םwith <the> them
vahem
לָקָֽחוּ׃they took away
lakachuH3947 →966 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 7:45and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
it leads to
- Exodus 27:3
Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- Exodus 38:3
He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
- 2 Chronicles 4:16
and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
- Exodus 27:3
Through
2 Chronicles 4:8Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:48
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- Isaiah 25:6
On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- 1 Kings 7:48
Through
Exodus 27:3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:13–14
or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:45
and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
- 1 Samuel 2:13–14
Through
1 Kings 7:40Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 4:11–16
Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
- 2 Chronicles 4:11–16
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).