Jeremiah 52:17

Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
pillars	עַמּוּדֵ֨י 'a.mu.Dei	H5982	a column (as standing) · noun, common masculine plural construct
brass	הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת ha.ne.Cho.shet	H5178	copper · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
house	לְבֵית le.veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
bases	הַמְּכֹנ֞וֹת ha.me.kho.Not	H4350	a pedestal · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
brasen	הַנְּחֹ֛שֶׁת ha.ne.Cho.shet	H5178	copper · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
sea	יָ֧ם yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · noun, common masculine singular construct
house	בְּבֵית be.veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
Chaldeans	כַשְׂדִּ֑ים khas.Dim	H3778	a Kasdite · proper noun, a place name
brake	שִׁבְּר֣וּ shi.be.Ru	H7665	to burst (literally or figuratively) · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
carried	וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ vai.yis.'U	H5375	to lift · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
brass	נְחֻשְׁתָּ֖ם ne.chush.Tam	H5178	copper · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
Babylon	בָּבֶֽלָה ba.Ve.lah	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name + directional suffix

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 27:19-22 For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the…
2 Chronicles 4:12-15 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two p…
Jeremiah 52:21-23 And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness th…
1 Kings 7:15-37 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
1 Kings 7:50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of…
2 Kings 25:13-17 And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Ch…
2 Chronicles 36:18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of…
Lamentations 1:10 The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom tho…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:12-23

We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the army, in this action. In the margin he is called the chief of the slaughter-men, or executioners; for soldiers are but slaughter-men, and God employs them as executioners of his sentence against a sinful people. Nebuzaradan was chief of those soldiers, but, in the execution he did, we have reason to fear he had no eye to God, but he served the king of Babylon and his own designs, now that he came into Jerusalem, into the very bowels of it, as captain of the slaughter-men there. And, 1. He laid the t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:17

brake--that they might be more portable. Fulfilling the prophecy (Jer 27:19). See Kg1 7:15, Kg1 7:23, Kg1 7:27, Kg1 7:50. Nothing is so particularly related here as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and preciousness heightens the bitterness of their loss and the evil of sin which caused it. brass . . . brazen--rather "copper . . . of copper."

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:17

Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord,.... The two pillars in the temple, called Jachin and Boaz, which were made of cast brass, 1 Kings 7:15; and the bases; which were in number ten, and which were also made of cast brass, and were all of one measure and size; and on which the ten lavers of brass were set, five on the right side and five on the left side of the house, 1 Kings 7:37; and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord; called the molten sea; a sea, because of the large quantity of water it held; and brasen and molten, because made of molten brass, 1 Kings 7:23; the Chaldeans broke, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon: they broke them to pie…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:17-23

Dictionary and topics

Altar — (Heb. mizbe’ah, from a word meaning “to slay”), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places…
Kings, The Books of — The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third…
Laver · Broken and — Broken and
Laver Of Brass · Called the Brazen sea — Called the Brazen sea
Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan) · the inhabitants to Babylon — the inhabitants to Babylon
Pillar · Broken and — Broken and
Zedekiah · to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his — to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:12-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:17

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:17

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:17-23

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:12-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:17

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:17

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:17-23

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 52:17-23