2 And he did that. which was evil in the eyes of che LORD according to all that Jehoiakim had dor:e.
2 For through the anger of the LORD it came to paſs in Jeruſalem and Judah, till he had caſt them our from his preſence, that Zedekiah rebelled againſt che king of Babylon 4.
Ir is generally thought tht what we have in this Chapter was not penned oy the Prophet Feremiah,who it is not probable would have fo largely repeated what he bad relaied betore Chop. 39. and could not Hiſtorically relate what happene4 after his rime as ſome things did which are ment:oned rowards tne end of rhe Chapter, from Yer. 31. to the end. They therefore rather th:1k it penned by fone ocher of thoſe in Babylon, and put in' here as a Preface ro the Book of Lamen- tations, Whar we have in the threc firſt Verſes is intirely take out of 2 Kings 24.18, :9, 20, See th: Notes there.
a Here the wicked Aff&:ngs of Zedekiah, and particularly his Re- beilion againſt the King of Babylon who had made him King, as 2 Kings 24. '7. and to who'n h- had given an Oath of Feaity, is aſcribed to the wrath of the Lora; God not putting any ſuch wick edne'!s into his hearr, but ſ:f-ring Him fo to miſczrry, having a deſign to ſend Judah into Captivity. | Princes are often by God ſuf fered to miſcarry, for rh {1 -s of their People, which lhould oblige us when we thi::k we have cauſe to complain of the Errours of our Rulers, to conſider whether we have nor bv ſme ſinful courſes provok-d God, which hath mad» him leave our Rulers ſo to mllcarry in order tv our Ruine and Puniſhme:t FELE ;
4 And ir came to paſs in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth moneth, in the tenth day of the moneth, har Nebuchad:ezzar king. of Babylon came, he and all his army againſt Jeruſalem, and pitched againſt it,and builc forts againſt ir round abour.
5 So the ciry was beſieged unto the eleventh year of
king Zedekiah.
6 And in the fourch moneth,in the ninth day ofthe mo- neth, the famine was fore in the city, ſothat there was no bread for the p2ople of theland.
7 Then the cicy was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night. by
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ther of thoſe places have the laſt words, Zedtkiah died in Babylon a Priſoner.
12 T Now in the fifch moneth, in the tenth day of the moneth, ( which was the nineteenth year of Nebu- chadnezzar king of Babylon ) came Nebuzar-adan {|j Or, <> 7 captain of the guard, which Þ ſerved the king of Ba- Marſhal. bylon, into Jeruſalem. f Heb.
b.' in the * Iule of Jeremiah ppyds » 7. only nei-
trom whence we learn that
| + Heb. . 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard cars food befort
ried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the reſidue of the people that remained in the city, and thoſe chat fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the reſt of the mulritude.
16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left
certain of the poor of the land for vine-dreſſers and for husbandmen <c.
c See the Notes on 2 Kings 25. from Yerſe 8. to the 13. where all this is related, only with a ſmall differeiice as to the Day of the Moneth when Necbuzar*adan came to Jeruſalem and burnt the Temple. In the Kings it is ſaid he came the ſeventh Day, here it is ſaid he came the tenth Day. See the ſolution of it in the Annotations on 2 Kings 25. probably he might come into Fernſalem the feventh Day, and not burn the Temple till the tenth. Mech of it alſo is related by Jeremiah, Chap. 39. The Proveſi-Marſbsl about a Munerh after the taking of the Ci'y, returned with a part of the Army,burnt the Temple, the great Mens Houſes in the City, and many other Houſes, and carried away divers Priſoners, but lefr ſome of the poorer fort of the People to dreſs the Vineyards, and Till the Ground, which isa thing very uſual with Conquerers, fr their own advantage, that their Conqueſts may yield tkem ſome Revenue. - © - , 17 Alſothe * pillars of brafs that were inthe houſe of * Chaps the LORD, and the baſes, and the brazen ſea that was ?7* 7% in the houſe of th: LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the braſs o? them to Babyion c. | ce The particular enumeration of the Parts and Utenſils of the Temple menticne1 in this, and in the following Verſes, may be conceived fo have been to juftifie the Prophecy of Jeremiah, Chap. 27. 19. where there is a particular menticn made of tie Pillars, the Baſ-s, and rhe S?a, that ihey ſhould ail with rhe reſidue of the Veſlels of the Temple be carricd into Babylon. Of theſe Pillars we read 1 Kings 7. 15. they were of Braſs eighteen Cubits high, they were in the Porch of the Temple, Yerſe 21. of the Baſes we read' there alſo largely from Yerſe 7. to Verſe 38. they allo were all of Braſs ; andof the Sea fiom Yerſe 23. te Verſe 27. Theſe being all _—_ of Braſs were for conveniency of carriage broken by the Chal. CANS. f = 18 * The caldrons alſo 4, and the{| ſhovels e, and * Exod? the ſnuffers f, and the || bowls g, and the ſpoons .*., 27- 3+ © + and all the veſlels of braſs wherewith they miniſtred, 0: took they away. ; os reg d Theſe were called Pots, 2 Kings 25. 14+ © Which were to rhe aſhes. xemove the aſhes from the Aitar. f S-+me think that rhis word in [|| Or, ba= this place were better Tra::flared To»gs, becauſe he 1s ſperking of ſens. Inſtruments of Braſs, and that thoſe Utenſils are nor here underſtood with which they ſnuffed the Lamps, becaule they were of Goid. g Or Bzſons;it is uncertain which is here wtended, there being in the Temple. both Bowls to drink in,and alſo Baſoxs to recerve the Blood of the Sacrifices. '.* The word is ſuch as may ſignifie Ladles, or Cups, or Diſhes. | | | 19 And the baſons, and the || fire-pans, and the bowls
and the caldrons, and the candleſticks, and the frocnn ee ,
and the cups: hat which was of gold iz gold, and chat which was of filver iz filver, took the captain of the guard away h. NY tha þ Some of theſe Utenſils were only of Braſs ; others, were ſome }. of them Braſs, ſome of Silver, ſome of Gold, the Captain of. the.