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Jeremiah 52:7

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Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and they went toward the Arabah.

KJV

Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

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This verse in Jeremiah 52

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

in the ninth year of his reign

on Jeremiah 52:4-7

The siege is dated to the day, the ninth year, tenth month, tenth day, the same years Ezekiel dates his own oracles by from among the exiles already in Babylon, the two books sharing one clock though written from opposite ends of the siege. Famine grows sore in the city by the eleventh year's fourth month (v6), roughly a year and a half of siege spelled out in the gap between the two dates. The flight by night through the two walls by the king's garden retraces the same escape chapter 39 has already narrated, this appendix repeating what the book's own narrative section already told in full.

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַתִּבָּקַ֣עand it was broken into

    vatibaka'H1234 →

  • הָעִ֗ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אַנְשֵׁ֣י[the] men of

    ʾansheiH582 →566 times

  • הַמִּלְחָמָ֡ה<the> war

    hamilchamahH4421 →320 times

  • יִבְרְחוּ֩they fled

    yivrechuH1272 →63 times

  • וַיֵּצְא֨וּand they went out

    vaiyetzeuH3318 →1067 times

  • מֵהָעִ֜ירfrom the city

    mehairH5892 →1090 times

  • לַ֗יְלָהnight

    laylahH3915 →233 times

  • דֶּ֜רֶךְ[the] way of

    derekhH1870 →707 times

  • שַׁ֤עַר[the] gate

    shaarH8179 →374 times

  • בֵּין־between

    bein-H996 →407 times

  • הַחֹמֹתַ֙יִם֙the two walls

    hachomotayimH2346 →133 times

  • אֲשֶׁר֙which

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[was] at

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • גַּ֣ן[the] garden of

    ganH1588 →42 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וְכַשְׂדִּ֥יםand [the] Chaldeans

    vekhasdimH3778 →80 times

  • עַל־[were] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָעִ֖ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • סָבִ֑יבall around

    savivH5439 →336 times

  • וַיֵּלְכ֖וּand they went

    vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times

  • דֶּ֥רֶךְ[the] way of

    derekhH1870 →707 times

  • הָעֲרָבָֽה׃the Arabah

    haaravahH6160 →61 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 39:4–7When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.3 works2 Kings 25:4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,3 worksJeremiah 51:32The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”3 worksJeremiah 34:22Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”3 worksJeremiah 52:4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.3 worksEzekiel 12:4Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 7:8–12O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?2 worksLeviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.2 worksDeuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.2 worksDeuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?2 worksJeremiah 49:26For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.2 worksLeviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.2 worksJeremiah 34:2–3The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.2 worksJeremiah 4:29Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.2 worksJeremiah 4:9“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”2 worksEzekiel 12:12And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.2 worksPsalms 80:13The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.2 worksIsaiah 24:10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Leviticus 26:36

    As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 21:7

      And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and…

    • Isaiah 30:17

      A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…

    • Leviticus 26:17

      And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

    • Proverbs 28:1

      The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

    • Isaiah 7:2

      When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

  • Through

    2 Kings 25:4

    Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 33:21

      In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

    • Deuteronomy 32:30

      How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

    • Nehemiah 3:15

      The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of…

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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