Jeremiah 52:31-34

31 ¹Now it came about in the thirty-seventh * year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth * month, on the twenty-fifth * of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, ²showed favor * to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison *.

32 ³Then he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above * the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

33 So Jehoiachin ⁴changed his prison clothes, and ⁵had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life.

34 For his allowance, a ⁶regular allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the day of his death.

Jeremiah 52:31-34 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 52

This chapter contains the history of the besieging, taking, and destroying of Jerusalem; the moving cause of it, the wicked reign of Zedekiah, Jer 52:1-3; the instruments of it, the king of Babylon and his army, which besieged and took it, Jer 52:4-7; into whose hands the king of Judah, his sons, and the princes of Judah, fell; and were very barbarously and cruelly used by them, Jer 52:8-11. Then follows an account of the burning of the temple, the king's palace, and the houses in Jerusalem, and the breaking down of the walls of it, Jer 52:12-14; and of those that were carried captive, and of those that were left in the land by Nebuzaradan, Jer 52:15,16; and of the several vessels and valuable things in the temple, of gold, silver, and brass, it was plundered of, and carried to Babylon, Jer 52:17-23; and of the murder of several persons of dignity and character, Jer 52:24-27; and of the number of those that were carried captive at three different times, Jer 52:28-30; and the chapter is concluded with the exaltation of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and of the good treatment he met with from the king of Babylon to the day of his death, Jer 52:31-34.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 25:27
• 2. Genesis 40:13, 20; Psalms 3:3; Psalms 27:6
• 3. 2 Kings 25:28
• 4. Genesis 41:14, 42; 2 Kings 25:29
• 5. 2 Samuel 9:7, 13; 1 Kings 2:7
• 6. 2 Samuel 9:10; 2 Kings 25:30

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Awil-Marduk" (``Man of Marduk'')
• [b]. Lit "lifted up the head of"
• [c]. Lit "he"
• [d]. Lit "ate"
• [e]. Lit "his presence"