Jeremiah 52

ben-esrim ve'akhat shanah tsidqiyyahu vemolkho ve'akhat esreh shanah malakh birushalai͏m veshem immo (khmytl) [khamutal] bat-yirmeyahu millivnah

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

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai kekhol asher-asah yehoyaqim

He did what was displeasing to GOD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

ki al-af Adonai hayetah birushalai͏m vihudah ad-hishlikho otam me'al panayw vayyimrod tsidqiyyahu bemelekh bavel

Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah were a cause of anger for GOD, so that they were cast out from the divine presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

vayehi vashanah hatteshi'it lemolkho bakhodesh ha'asiri be'asor lakhodesh ba nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel hu vekhol-khelo al-yerushalai͏m vayyakhanu aleha vayyivnu aleha dayeq saviv

And in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadrezzar moved against Jerusalem with his whole army. They besieged it and built towers against it all around.

vattavo ha'ir bammatsor ad ashte esreh shanah lammelekh tsidqiyyahu

The city continued in a state of siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

bakhodesh harevi'i betishah lakhodesh vayyekhezaq hara'av ba'ir velo-hayah lekhem le'am ha'arets

By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine had become acute in the city; there was no food left for the common people.

vattibbaqa ha'ir vekhol-anshe hammilkhamah yivrekhu vayyetse'u meha'ir laylah derekh sha'ar ben-hakhomotayim asher al-gan hammelekh vekhasdim al-ha'ir saviv vayyelekhu derekh ha'aravah

Then [the wall of] the city was breached. All the soldiers fled; they left the city by night through the gate between the double walls, which is near the king’s garden—the Chaldeans were all around the city—and they set out for the Arabah.

vayyirdefu khel-kasdim akhare hammelekh vayyassigu et-tsidqiyyahu be'arvot yerekho vekhol-khelo nafotsu me'alayw

But the Chaldean troops pursued the king, and they overtook Zedekiah in the steppes of Jericho, as his entire force left him and scattered.

vayyitpesu et-hammelekh vayya'alu oto el-melekh bavel rivlatah be'erets khamat vayedabber itto mishpatim

They captured the king and brought him before the king of Babylon at Riblah, in the region of Hamath; and he put him on trial.

vayyishkhat melekh-bavel et-bene tsidqiyyahu le'enayw vegam et-kol-sare yehudah shakhat berivlatah

The king of Babylon had Zedekiah’s sons slaughtered before his eyes; he also had all the officials of Judah slaughtered at Riblah.

ve'et-ene tsidqiyyahu ivver vayya'asrehu vankhushtayim vayevi'ehu melekh-bavel bavelah vayyittenehu (vvyt) [vet-]happequddot ad-yom moto

Then the eyes of Zedekiah were put out, and he was chained in bronze fetters. The king of Babylon brought him to Babylon and put him in prison, [where he remained] to the day of his death.

uvakhodesh hakhamishi be'asor lakhodesh hi shenat tesha-esreh shanah lammelekh nevukhadretsar melekh-bavel ba nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim amad lifne melekh-bavel birushalai͏m

On the tenth day of the fifth month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, came to represent the king of Babylon in Jerusalem.

vayyisrof et-bet-Adonai ve'et-bet hammelekh ve'et kol-batte yerushalai͏m ve'et-kol-bet haggadol saraf ba'esh

He burned the House of GOD, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down the house of every notable person.

ve'et-kol-khomot yerushalai͏m saviv natetsu kol-khel kasdim asher et-rav-tabbakhim

The entire Chaldean force that was with the chief of the guards tore down all the walls of Jerusalem on every side.

umiddallot ha'am ve'et-yeter ha'am hannisharim ba'ir ve'et-hannofelim asher nafelu el-melekh bavel ve'et yeter ha'amon heglah nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim

The remnant of the people left in the city, the defectors who had gone over to the king of Babylon, and what remained of the artisans were taken into exile by Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards. But some of the poorest elements of the population—

umiddallot ha'arets hishir nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim lekhoremim uleyogevim

some of the poorest in the land—were left by Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, to be vine-dressers and field hands.

ve'et-ammude hannekhoshet asher levet-Adonai ve'et-hammekhonot ve'et-yam hannekhoshet asher bevet-Adonai shibberu khasdim vayyisu et-kol-nekhushtam bavelah

The Chaldeans broke up the bronze columns of the House of GOD, the stands, and the bronze tank that was in the House of GOD; and they carried all the bronze away to Babylon.

ve'et-hassirot ve'et-hayya'im ve'et-hamezammerot ve'et-hammizraqot ve'et-hakkappot ve'et kol-kele hannekhoshet asher-yesharetu vahem laqakhu

They also took the pails, scrapers, snuffers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and all the other bronze vessels used in the service.

ve'et-hassippim ve'et-hammakhtot ve'et-hammizraqot ve'et-hassirot ve'et-hammenorot ve'et-hakkappot ve'et-hammenaqqiyyot asher zahav zahav va'asher-kesef kasef laqakh rav-tabbakhim

The chief of the guards took whatever was of gold and whatever was of silver: basins, fire pans, sprinkling bowls, pails, lampstands, ladles, and jars.

ha'ammudim shenayim hayyam ekhad vehabbaqar shenem-asar nekhoshet asher-takhat hammekhonot asher asah hammelekh shelomoh levet Adonai lo-hayah mishqal linkhushtam kol-hakkelim ha'elleh

The two columns, the one tank and the twelve bronze oxen that supported it, and the stands, which King Solomon had provided for the House of GOD—all these objects contained bronze beyond weighing.

veha'ammudim shemoneh esreh ammah (qvmh) [qomat] ha'ammud ha'ekhad vekhut shetem-esreh ammah yesubbennu ve'ovyo arba etsba'ot navuv

As for the columns, each was eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference; it was hollow, and [the metal] was four fingers thick.

vekhoteret alayw nekhoshet veqomat hakkoteret ha'akhat khamesh ammot usevakhah verimmonim al-hakkoteret saviv hakkol nekhoshet vekha'elleh la'ammud hasheni verimmonim

It had a bronze capital above it; the height of each capital was five cubits, and there was a meshwork [decorated] with pomegranates about the capital, all made of bronze; and so for the second column, also with pomegranates.

vayyihyu harimmonim tishim veshisha rukhah kol-harimmonim me'ah al-hassevakhah saviv

There were ninety-six pomegranates facing outward; all the pomegranates around the meshwork amounted to one hundred.

vayyiqqakh rav-tabbakhim et-serayah kohen harosh ve'et-tsefanyah kohen hammishneh ve'et-sheloshet shomere hassaf

The chief of the guards also took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the deputy priest, and the three guardians of the threshold.

umin-ha'ir laqakh saris ekhad asher-hayah faqid al-anshe hammilkhamah veshivah anashim mero'e fene-hammelekh asher nimtse'u va'ir ve'et sofer sar hatsava hammatsbi et-am ha'arets veshishim ish me'am ha'arets hannimtse'im betokh ha'ir

And from the city he took a eunuch who was in command of the soldiers; seven royal privy councillors, who were present in the city; the scribe of the army commander, who was in charge of mustering the people of the land; and sixty of the common people who were inside the city.

vayyiqqakh otam nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim vayyolekh otam el-melekh bavel rivlatah

Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

vayyakkeh otam melekh bavel vayemitem berivlah be'erets khamat vayyigel yehudah me'al admato

The king of Babylon had them struck down and put to death at Riblah, in the region of Hamath. Thus Judah was exiled from its land.

zeh ha'am asher heglah nevukhadretsar bishnat-sheva yehudim sheloshet alafim ve'esrim usheloshah

This is the number of those whom Nebuchadrezzar exiled in the seventh year: 3,023 Judeans.

bishnat shemoneh esreh linvukhadretsar mirushalai͏m nefesh shemoneh me'ot sheloshim ushenayim

In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar, 832 persons [were exiled] from Jerusalem.

bishnat shalosh ve'esrim linvukhadretsar heglah nevuzaradan rav-tabbakhim yehudim nefesh sheva me'ot arba'im vakhamisha kol-nefesh arba'at alafim veshesh me'ot

And in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzaradan, the chief of the guards, exiled 745 Judeans. The total amounted to 4,600 persons.

vayehi vishloshim vasheva shanah legalut yehoyakhin melekh-yehudah bishnem asar khodesh be'esrim vakhamisha lakhodesh nasa evil merodakh melekh bavel bishnat malkhuto et-rosh yehoyakhin melekh-yehudah vayyotse oto mibbet (hkhly) [hakkelu]

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, King Evil-merodach of Babylon, in the year he became king, took note of King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

vayedabber itto tovot vayyitten et-kiso mimma'al lekhisse (mlkhym) [hammelakhim] asher itto bevavel

He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a throne above those of other kings who were with him in Babylon.

veshinnah et bigde khilo ve'akhal lekhem lefanayw tamid kol-yeme khayyav

He removed his prison garments and [Jehoiachin] ate regularly in his presence the rest of his life.

va'arukhato arukhat tamid nittenah-llo me'et melekh-bavel devar-yom beyomo ad-yom moto kol yeme khayyayw

A regular allotment of food was given him by order of the king of Babylon, an allotment for each day, to the day of his death—all the days of his life.