Jeremiah 52:15
in Jeremiah 52Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
KJV
Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Certain of the poor of the people, and - Omit (as in 2Ki 25:11), being inserted through some confusion with Jer 52:16. Multitude - Possibly workmen. The object of Nebuchadnezzar was to people Babylon, not with paupers, but with men of a better class, artisans and workmen, who would enrich it.
This site's exposition
On the tenth day of the fifth month
on Jeremiah 52:12-16
The burning is dated “On the tenth day of the fifth month,” and Jewish tradition mourns it on the ninth of Av. Nebuzaradan “burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem.” Some of the poorest are left, as 39:10 records.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
And as Esaias said before, "Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and had been made like unto Gomorrha." Here again he shows another thing, that not even those few were saved from their own resources. For they too would have perished, and met with Sodom's fate, that is, they would have had to undergo utter destruction (for they of Sodom were also destroyed root and branch, and left not even the slightest remnant of themselves,) and they too, he means, would have been like these, unless God had used much kindness to them, and had saved them by faith. And this happened also in the case of the visible captivity, the majority having been taken away captive and perished, and some few only being saved.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
); he took away certain of the poor of the people, that is, of the people in the city, for the poor of the land (the poor of the country) he left for vine-dressers and husbandmen.
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), one would think there should be more than 832 souls; therefore Dr. Lightfoot conjectures that, these accounts being joined to the story of the putting to death of the great men at Riblah, all that are here said to be carried away were put to death as rebels.
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Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
poor of . . . people--added to the account in 2Ki 25:11. "The poor of the people" are of the city, as distinguished from "the poor of the land," that is, of the country.
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Those that fell away - The deserters to the Chaldeans during the siege.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִדַּלּ֨וֹת | umidalot | and some of [the] poor people of | H1803 → | 8 times |
| הָעָ֜ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וְֽאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֶ֥תֶר | yeter | [the] rest of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| הָעָ֣ם׀ | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים | hanisharim | who remained | H7604 → | 133 times |
| בָּעִ֗יר | bair | in the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙ | hanofelim | those [who] had fallen | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נָֽפְלוּ֙ | nafelu | they had fallen | H5307 → | 435 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֔ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֶ֣תֶר | yeter | [the] rest of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| הָֽאָמ֑וֹן | haamon | the craftsman | H525 → | |
| הֶגְלָ֕ה | heglah | he took into exile | H1540 → | 186 times |
| נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן | nevuzaradan | Nebuzaradan | H5018 → | 16 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | [the] chief of | H7227 → | 454 times |
| טַבָּחִֽים׃ | tabachim | [the] bodyguards | H2876 → | 32 times |
וּמִדַּלּ֨וֹתand some of [the] poor people of
umidalotH1803 →8 times
הָעָ֜םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וְֽאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יֶ֥תֶר[the] rest of
yeterH3499 →102 times
הָעָ֣ם׀the people
haamH5971 →1873 times
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣יםwho remained
hanisharimH7604 →133 times
בָּעִ֗ירin the city
bairH5892 →1090 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַנֹּֽפְלִים֙those [who] had fallen
hanofelimH5307 →435 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נָֽפְלוּ֙they had fallen
nafeluH5307 →435 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֔לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יֶ֣תֶר[the] rest of
yeterH3499 →102 times
הָֽאָמ֑וֹןthe craftsman
haamonH525 →
הֶגְלָ֕הhe took into exile
heglahH1540 →186 times
נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ןNebuzaradan
nevuzaradanH5018 →16 times
רַב־[the] chief of
rav-H7227 →454 times
טַבָּחִֽים׃[the] bodyguards
tabachimH2876 →32 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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.
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Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the…
it leads to
- Luke 21:20–24
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.
- Romans 9:27–29
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
- Isaiah 13:16
Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
- Matthew 24:19–22
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- Mark 13:14
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Luke 21:20–24
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON ROMANS 16; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.