Jeremiah 52:7

then was the city broken up, and all the men of war, beginning to flee went forth out of the city by night, by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the garden of the king ()the Chaldeans being near the city round about),—and they went the way towards the Waste Plain.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

In Context

6In the fourth month on the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city,—and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,

8And the force of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah, in the Waste Plains of Jericho,—and, all his force, was scattered from him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:36And as for such as are left of you, Then will I bring faintness into their heart, in the lands of their foes,—So that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, And they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword And they shall fall, when no one is pursuing;

Deuteronomy 32:30Oh! how would one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand to flight,—Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them;

2 Kings 25:4then was the city broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the garden of the king, the Chaldeans being near the city round about,—and he went the way of the Waste Plain;

Jeremiah 34:2Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel, Go and speak unto Zedekiah king of Judah,—and say unto him—Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire;

Jeremiah 49:26Therefore shall her young men fall in her broadways,—And, all her men of war, shall be silent in that day, Declareth Yahweh of hosts;

Ezekiel 12:4Therefore shalt thou take forth thy baggage as baggage for exile, by day before their eyes,—and thou thyself, shalt go forth in the evening, before their eyes, like them who go forth to exile.

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 →

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