Jeremiah 52:17

Babylon

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.

¹⁶ But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

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.

¹⁸ They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
WEB: The Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the LORD’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house in pieces, and carried all of their bronze to Babylon.
ASV: And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.
DARBY: And the brazen pillars that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of Jehovah, the Chaldeans broke up, and carried all the brass thereof to Babylon.
BLB: And the pillars of bronze that [were] in the house of YHWH, and the carts, and the sea of bronze that [was] in the house of YHWH, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and they carried away all their bronze to Babylon.

ÅB: Kaldeerne slo i stykker kobbersøylene i Herrens hus og fotstykkene og kobberhavet i Herrens hus og førte alt kobberet av dem til Babel.
OTB: Kaldeerne brøt opp bronsesøylene, stativene og bronsesjøen som var i Herrens hus, og de førte all bronsen til Babylon.
B1930: Kaldeerne slo i stykker kobbersøilene i Herrens hus og fotstykkene og kobberhavet i Herrens hus og førte alt kobberet av dem til Babel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 27:19–22
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
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2 Chronicles 4:12–15
the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
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Jeremiah 52:21–23
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
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1 Kings 7:15–37
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
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Lamentations 1:10
The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary— those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
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2 Chronicles 36:18
who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
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1 Kings 7:50
the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place ) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
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Daniel 1:2
And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.
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