Jeremiah 52:3
All this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, because of the Lord's anger, until he eventually banished them from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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2He did evil in the Lord's sight, just as Jehoiakim had done.
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2 Samuel 24:1The Lord was angry with Israel, and he provoked David against them, saying, “go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
2 Kings 17:18So the Lord was extremely angry with Israel, and he banished them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left,
2 Kings 17:23so the Lord eventually expelled them from his presence, just as he had said he would through all his servants, the prophets. So the Israelites were deported from their land and taken to Assyria, where they are to this day.
Ezra 4:15and order a search of the royal archives. You will discover in these records that this is a rebellious city, damaging to kings and countries, having often risen up in revolt in the past. That is what led to this city being destroyed.
Ecclesiastes 10:16You're in trouble if the king of your country is young, and if your leaders are busy feasting from early morning.
Isaiah 3:4I will give them boys as their leaders who will rule over them in childish ways.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:2-12
Jerusalem Taken by Nebuchadnezzar. ( b. c. 588.) 1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord , according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 And it came to… Read the whole commentary →