Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jeremiah 52:7 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Jeremiah 52:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 52 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Jeremiah 52:7 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 52:7
Then the city was broken up (וַתִּבָּקַע הָעִיר, vatibbaqa ha'ir)—the Hebrew baqa means to split, breach, or burst open, describing the catastrophic moment when Babylon's siege engines finally penetrated Jerusalem's walls after 30 months (52:4-6). All the men of war fled reveals the collapse of Judah's last military resistance. King Zedekiah and his warriors escaped by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, likely a secret passage near the Kidron Valley, which was by the king's garden—a desperate nighttime flight from the doomed city.The parenthetical note (now the Chaldeans were ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 52:7
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“when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them”
“and the reeds they have burned with fire”
“and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls”
“and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.”
“and all the men of war shall be brought to silence in that day”
“and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.”
“the God of Israel”
“Lord”
“and two put ten thousand to flight”