Jeremiah 52:1-3

Contemporary English Version

Jerusalem Is Captured

(2 Kings 24.18—25.30; 2 Chronicles 36.11-21)

52 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he was appointed king of Judah,^[a] and he ruled from Jerusalem for eleven years.^[b] His mother Hamutal was the daughter of Jeremiah from the town of Libnah.^[c] ²Zedekiah disobeyed the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done, ³and it was Zedekiah who finally rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.^[d]

The people of Judah and Jerusalem had made the Lord so angry that he finally turned his back on them. That's why horrible things were happening there.

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Footnotes

52.1 appointed king of Judah: By Nebuchadnezzar (see 37.1).
52.1 he ruled … years: Ruled 598–586 b.c.
52.1 Jeremiah from the town of Libnah: Not the same Jeremiah as the author of this book (see 1.1).
52.3 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.