King James Version
What Does Jeremiah 39:2 Mean?
“And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.”
Context
1
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
3
And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
4
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**28. unto them--**that is, in reference to them.
**a nation--**The word usually applied to the Gentile nations is here applied to the Jews, as being east off and classed by God among the Gentiles.
**nor receiveth correction--**(Jr 5:3).
**truth ... perished--**(Jr 9:3).
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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