Jeremiah 52:16

Jeremiah 52:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
• New International Version (NIV)But Nebuzaradan left behind the rest of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.

Context of Jeremiah 52:16

14So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. 15Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the artisans. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. 17Now the bronze pillars which belonged to the house of the Lord and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon. 18They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the pans and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.

Jeremiah 52:16 word by word

וּמִדַּלּ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ הִשְׁאִ֕יר נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֖ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֑ים לְכֹרְמִ֖ים וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Nebuzaradanנְבוּזַרְאֲדָןnebûzar'ădân · NebuzaradanH5018
• the captainרַבrab · chiefH7227
• of the guardטַבָּחţabbâch · guardH2876
• leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• someמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• of the poorestדַּלָּהdallâh · poorH1803
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• to be vinedressersכָּרַםkôrêm · to tend vineyardsH3755
• plowmenיָגַבyâgab · to tillH3009

Cross-references for Jeremiah 52:16

• Jeremiah 39:9As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to him and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried them into exile in Babylon.
• Jeremiah 40:5As Jeremiah was still not going back, he said, “Go on back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go anywhere it seems right for you to go.” So the captain of the bodyguard gave him a ration and a gift and let him go.
• 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
• Ezekiel 33:24“Son of man, they who live in these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to us who are many the land has been given as a possession.’

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The poor of the land - See on Jeremiah 39:1; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Husbandmen - Men who tilled little plots of ground with the mattock.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-23Verses 12-23 The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-21This section provides details not in 2 Kings 25. The Babylonians took great wealth by stealing all the precious metals from the Temple before burning it. The Babylonian looters broke large metal items into pieces to load them onto wagons and transport them. Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick: These words are added to the 2 Kings 25 text.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-34(See on Jr 51:64). Jeremiah, having already (thirty-ninth and fortieth chapters) given the history in the proper place, was not likely to repeat it here. Its canonical authority as inspired is shown by its being in the Septuagint version. It contains the capture and burning of Jerusalem, &c., Zedekiah's punishment, and the better treatment of Jehoiachin under Evil-merodach, down to his death. These last events were probably subsequent to Jeremiah's time…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 52:16

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jerusalem
• Month
• Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan)
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Diet
• Gedaliah
• Kings, The Books of
• Zedekiah
• Feasts and Fasts
• Husbandman; Husbandry
• Jeremiah (2)
• Nebuchadnezzar; Nebuchadrezzar
• Septuagint
• Vine

Commentaries on Jeremiah 52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings