Jeremiah 52:2
in Jeremiah 52And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
KJV
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord,.... Though we do not read of any idolatry he was guilty of; yet he was disobedient to the word of the Lord, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet of the Lord, that spoke in his name; and particularly he rebelled against the king of Babylon, and violated the oath he made to him, 2Ch 36:12; according to all that Jehoiakim had done; an elder brother of his, who reigned after Josiah, and before Jehoiachin.
This site's exposition
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old
on Jeremiah 52:1-3
The chapter's opening formula, his age, his mother's name, the length of his reign, matches 2 Kings 24:18-20 almost word for word, a later hand appending the same royal record Kings already gives after 51:64 has already signed the book off, thus far are the words of Jeremiah. Hamutal's father is named Jeremiah of Libnah, a different man from the prophet, which the commentators flag so the two are never confused. Zedekiah's rebellion against Babylon (v3) is the very move chapters 27 to 29 warned against, the lying prophets' promise of a quick end to the yoke acted out to its finish.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Zedekiah - It is generally thought that this chapter was not penned by Jeremiah, who, it is not probable, would have so largely repeated what he had related before; and could not historically relate what happened after his time, as some things did which are mentioned towards the end of the chapter.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
And he did - evil - This and the following verse are the same as 2Ki 24:19.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הָרַ֖ע | hara' | the evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֣י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כְּכֹ֥ל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| יְהוֹיָקִֽים׃ | yehoyakim | Jehoiakim | H3079 → | 37 times |
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
הָרַ֖עthe evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כְּכֹ֥לaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֖הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
יְהוֹיָקִֽים׃Jehoiakim
yehoyakimH3079 →37 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 14:22And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 12:1
After Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power, he and all Israel with him forsook the Law of the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22
Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
- Psalms 78:58
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
- Judges 3:12
Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Isaiah 65:3–4
to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,
- 2 Chronicles 12:1
Through
Ezekiel 21:25And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
it leads to
- Ezekiel 35:5
Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
- 2 Chronicles 36:13
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
- Ezekiel 35:5
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.