Jeremias 52:33

33 and changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days that he lived.

Jeremias 52:33 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:33

And changed his prison garments
Which were filthy, and of an ill smell; and put on him raiment more comfortable, as well as more honourable, and suitable to his dignity, and more fit to appear in, in the presence of the king and his court: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life:
either at the same table with the king; or at other near him, in his sight, in the same apartment; though the former seems more likely; and this he did as long as he lived; either Evilmerodach, or rather Jeconiah; though perhaps they both died much about the same time. All this was done about the year of the world 3444, and about five hundred sixty years before Christ, according to Bishop Usher ^F20 and Mr. Bedford ^F21; the authors of the Universal History ^F23 place it a year earlier.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Annales Vet. Test. p. 138.
F21 Scripture Chronology, p. 710.
F23 Vol. 21. p. 64.

Jeremias 52:33 In-Context

31 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year after that Joakim king of Juda had been carried away captive, in the twelfth month, on the four and twentieth of the month, Ulaemadachar king of Babylon, in the year in which he began to reign, raised the head of Joakim king of Juda, and shaved him, and brought him out of the house where he was kept,

32 and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the kings that were with him in Babylon,

33 and changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days that he lived.

34 And his appointed portion was given him continually by the king of Babylon from day to day, until the day when he died.