Jeremiah 52:16
in Jeremiah 52But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
KJV
But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis 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 Awakening1 voice
But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land,.... Of the land of Judea, who lived in the country, and had not been concerned in defending the city against the Chaldeans: for vinedressers, and for husbandmen; to look after the vineyards and fields, and dress and manure them, that the king of Babylon might receive some advantage by the conquest he had made; See Gill on Jer 39:10.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
The poor of the land - See on Jer 39:1 (note).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Husbandmen - Men who tilled little plots of ground with the mattock.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת | umidalot | and some of [the] poor people of | H1803 → | 8 times |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הִשְׁאִ֕יר | hishir | he left behind | H7604 → | 133 times |
| נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן | nevuzaradan | Nebuzaradan | H5018 → | 16 times |
| רַב־ | rav- | [the] chief of | H7227 → | 454 times |
| טַבָּחִ֑ים | tabachim | [the] bodyguards | H2876 → | 32 times |
| לְכֹרְמִ֖ים | lekhoremim | to vinedressers | H3755 → | |
| וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃ | uleyogevim | and to ploughmen | H3009 → |
וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹתand some of [the] poor people of
umidalotH1803 →8 times
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הִשְׁאִ֕ירhe left behind
hishirH7604 →133 times
נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ןNebuzaradan
nevuzaradanH5018 →16 times
רַב־[the] chief of
rav-H7227 →454 times
טַבָּחִ֑ים[the] bodyguards
tabachimH2876 →32 times
לְכֹרְמִ֖יםto vinedressers
lekhoremimH3755 →
וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃and to ploughmen
uleyogevimH3009 →
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
2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 40:7
When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 24:14
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
- Ezekiel 33:24
“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been…
- Jeremiah 39:10
But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 40:7
Through
Ezekiel 33:24“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been…
it leads to
- Acts 7:5
He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a…
- Ezekiel 33:27
Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be…
- Isaiah 51:2
Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
- Luke 3:8
Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up…
- Acts 7:5
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
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; John Chrysostom, HOMILIES ON ROMANS 16; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.