Jeremiah 52:14

14 The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.^[a]

Jeremiah 52:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:14

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that [were] with the
captain of the guard
Which he brought with him from Riblah, or were left at Jerusalem by those that pursued after Zedekiah when the city was taken, which the captain of the guard now had the command of: broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about:
(See Gill on Jeremiah 39:8).

Jeremiah 52:14 In-Context

12 On the tenth day of the fifth month-which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon-Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, entered Jerusalem as the representative of the king of Babylon.

13 He burned the Lord's temple, the king's palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles.

14 The whole Chaldean army with the commander of the guards tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

15 Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported some of the poorest of the people, as well as the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen.

16 But some of the poor people of the land Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left to be vinedressers and farmers.

Footnotes

• [a]. 2 Ch 36:19