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Jeremiah 52:17
Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative recounts the Chaldean forces dismantling temple furnishings during the Babylonian conquest. The account follows Nebuzaradan’s decision to leave the poorest inhabitants behind to work the land.
The words — עַמּוּדֵי הַנְּחֹשֶׁת (amudei hannechoshet) translates to the bronze pillars, and מְכֹנֹת (mekhonet) denotes the bronze stands. These terms specify the exact metallic structures removed from the house of the LORD.
The thread — Jeremiah 27:19 previously warned that these same pillars, sea, and bases would face judgment. 2 Chronicles 4:12 records their original Solomon-era craftsmanship, while Jeremiah 52:21 provides their precise dimensions.
Why it lands — The text records the systematic breaking and transport of sacred bronze to Babylon. It demands recognition that the physical sanctuary has been dismantled according to the prophetic warning.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 27:19 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
- 2 Chronicles 4:12 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
- Jeremiah 52:21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
- 1 Kings 7:15 He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
- 1 Kings 7:50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- 2 Kings 25:13 Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 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.
- Lamentations 1:10 The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
- Daniel 1:2 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.