Jeremiah 1:12

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Jeremiah 1:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant.”

11 And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.

12 “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”

13 Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”

14 Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.

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Deuteronomy 5:28

And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

Deuteronomy 18:17

Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.

Luke 10:28

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”

Luke 20:39

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

Jeremiah 39:1

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

Jeremiah 39:2

And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

Jeremiah 39:3

Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 39:4

When 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.

Jeremiah 39:5

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

Jeremiah 39:6

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 39:7

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 39:8

The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 39:9

Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.

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 39:11

Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, saying,

Jeremiah 39:12

“Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says.”

Jeremiah 39:13

So Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon

Jeremiah 39:14

had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.

Jeremiah 39:15

And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him:

Jeremiah 39:16

“Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.

Jeremiah 39:17

But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.

Jeremiah 39:18

For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”

Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Jeremiah 52:2

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

Jeremiah 52:3

For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:4

So 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.

Jeremiah 52:5

And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Jeremiah 52:7

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,

Jeremiah 52:8

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

Jeremiah 52:9

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

Jeremiah 52:10

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:11

Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

Jeremiah 52:12

On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

Jeremiah 52:14

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:15

Then 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.

Jeremiah 52:16

But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 52:17

Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:18

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

Jeremiah 52:19

The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

Jeremiah 52:20

As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

Jeremiah 52:21

Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

Jeremiah 52:22

The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

Jeremiah 52:23

Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.

Jeremiah 52:24

The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

Jeremiah 52:25

Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

Jeremiah 52:26

Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

Jeremiah 52:27

There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

Jeremiah 52:28

These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

Jeremiah 52:29

in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

Jeremiah 52:30

in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

Jeremiah 52:31

On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.

Jeremiah 52:32

And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:33

So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

Jeremiah 52:34

And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

Deuteronomy 32:35

Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

Ezekiel 12:22

“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?

Ezekiel 12:23

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.

Ezekiel 12:25

because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”

Ezekiel 12:28

Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”

Amos 8:2

“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”