Jeremiah 52:5
New International Version
The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

New Living Translation
Jerusalem was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah’s reign.

English Standard Version
So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Berean Standard Bible
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

King James Bible
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

New King James Version
So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

New American Standard Bible
So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

NASB 1995
So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

NASB 1977
So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Legacy Standard Bible
So the city came under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Amplified Bible
So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Christian Standard Bible
The city was under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The city was under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

American Standard Version
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

English Revised Version
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The blockade of the city lasted until Zedekiah's eleventh year as king.

Good News Translation
and kept it under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year.

International Standard Version
The city was under siege until the eleventh year of the reign of King Zedekiah.

Majority Standard Bible
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

NET Bible
The city remained under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year.

New Heart English Bible
So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Webster's Bible Translation
So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

World English Bible
So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the city comes into siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Young's Literal Translation
and the city cometh into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the city will go into siege till the eleventh year to king Zedekiah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedecias.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the city was besieged, until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

New American Bible
The siege of the city continued until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

New Revised Standard Version
So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the city entered into the siege until the eleventh year of the King Tsedeqia
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So the city was besieged, until the eleventh year of king Sedekias,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted
4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. 5And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. 6By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.…

Cross References
2 Kings 25:1-4
So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. ...

2 Chronicles 36:17-19
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.

Ezekiel 24:1-2
In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.

Lamentations 2:7-9
The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. / The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away. / Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Daniel 1:1-2
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.

Jeremiah 39:1-2
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. / And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

Ezekiel 4:1-3
“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem. / Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides. / Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

Matthew 24:15-16
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Luke 21:20-24
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ...

Mark 13:14-19
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak. ...

Isaiah 39:6-7
The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. / And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 34:1-2
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control, and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities. / The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

Ezekiel 21:22
In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.

Jeremiah 32:24
See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!

Jeremiah 21:4-7
this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. / And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. / I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’ ...


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Jeremiah 52
1. Zedekiah rebels
4. Jerusalem is besieged and taken
8. Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out,
12. Nebuzaradan burns and spoils the city
24. He carries away the captives
28. The number of Jews carried captive
31. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin














And the city
The "city" referred to here is Jerusalem, the heart of the Jewish nation and the center of worship for the Israelites. Jerusalem holds profound significance as the city chosen by God to place His name there (1 Kings 11:36). Historically, it was the political and spiritual center of the Jewish people, housing the Temple built by Solomon. The mention of "the city" underscores the gravity of the events unfolding, as Jerusalem was not just any city but the focal point of God's covenant with Israel.

was kept under siege
The phrase "was kept under siege" indicates a prolonged military blockade. In Hebrew, the word for siege is "מָצוֹר" (matsor), which conveys the idea of distress and confinement. This siege was executed by the Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar, a pivotal event in biblical history. The siege represents God's judgment upon Jerusalem due to the people's persistent disobedience and idolatry. It serves as a somber reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's commandments.

until the eleventh year
The "eleventh year" marks a specific period in the reign of King Zedekiah, the last king of Judah. This timeframe is crucial as it highlights the duration of the siege, which lasted approximately eighteen months. The eleventh year signifies the culmination of God's warnings through the prophets, including Jeremiah, who had repeatedly called the people to repentance. The specificity of the timing underscores the fulfillment of prophetic words and God's sovereign control over historical events.

of King Zedekiah
King Zedekiah, whose Hebrew name means "Yahweh is righteousness," was appointed by Nebuchadnezzar as a vassal king. Despite his name, Zedekiah's reign was marked by rebellion against Babylon and a failure to heed God's prophetic messages. His reign represents the final chapter of the Davidic monarchy before the Babylonian exile. Zedekiah's account is a poignant illustration of the tragic consequences of ignoring divine counsel and the importance of aligning leadership with God's will.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the city
הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

was kept
וַתָּבֹ֥א (wat·tā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

under siege
בַּמָּצ֑וֹר (bam·mā·ṣō·wr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness

until
עַ֚ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

King
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

Zedekiah’s
צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ (ṣiḏ·qî·yā·hū)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6667: Zedekiah -- 'Yah is righteousness', six Israelites

eleventh
עַשְׁתֵּ֣י (‘aš·tê)
Number - common singular construct
Strong's 6249: Eleven, eleventh

year.
שָׁנָ֔ה (šā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year


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