Jeremiah 52:2

Translations

Modern

And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

Traditional

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

Literal

And He did the evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

Latin

Et fecit malum in oculis Domini, juxta omnia quæ fecerat Joakim,

Original

Hebrew

English

And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

Notes

Jeremiah 52:1–34

This chapter retells the story from 2 Kings 24:18–25:30, describing Jerusalem's last month, with some added details and changes. Repeating this passage highlights Jeremiah's honesty as a true prophet of God. Everything Jeremiah predicted about the city's destruction and the end of Judah's kingdom happened. Similarly, his predictions about the Exile, the hardships of the survivors in Babylon, and their return also came true.

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

1 Kings 14:22
And 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.
Jeremiah 36:21–23
Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.
Ezekiel 21:25
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
Jeremiah 26:21–23
King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
Jeremiah 36:29–31
You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
2 Kings 24:19–20
And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Ezekiel 17:16–20
‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
2 Chronicles 36:12–13
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

Parallels

2 Kings 24:18–20 2 Chronicles 36:11–14 Psalm 74:1–23 Psalm 79:1–13

People

Jehoiakim: King of Judah, son of Josiah

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Kings, Books of First and Second

Topics

Zedekiah: Made King of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar: The Evil Reign of

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