Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
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Interpretation
Jeremiah assures them that the brazen vessels should go after the golden ones. All shall be carried to Babylon.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 27:19-22.
Glossary
- Jehoiakim Person
- He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B. C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q. v. ).
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
- Babylon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.