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Jeremiah 39:2

39:1 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.
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

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In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),

And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

39:3 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.

What does Jeremiah 39:2 mean?

Jeremiah 39:2 is a verse in the book of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עַשְׁתֵּי (ʻashtêy), שָׁנֶה (shâneh), צִדְקִיָּה (Tsidqîyâh). It connects to 13 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
in
the
eleventhעַשְׁתֵּיʻashtêy/ash-tay'/H6249eleven or (ordinal) eleventh
yearשָׁנֶהshâneh/shaw-neh'/H8141a year (as a revolution of time)
of
Zedekiah,צִדְקִיָּהTsidqîyâh/tsid-kee-yaw'/H6667Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
in
the
fourthרְבִיעִיrᵉbîyʻîy/reb-ee-ee'/H7243fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
month,חֹדֶשׁchôdesh/kho'-desh/H2320the new moon; by implication, a month
the
ninthתֵּשַׁעtêshaʻ/tay'-shah/H8672nine or (ordinal) ninth
day
of
the
month,חֹדֶשׁchôdesh/kho'-desh/H2320the new moon; by implication, a month
the
cityעִירʻîyr/eer/H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
was
broken
up.בָּקַעbâqaʻ/baw-kah'/H1234to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open

Commentary on Jeremiah 39:2

HENRY_FULL · Jeremiah 39:2
eople, ver. 5, 6 . II. They are likewise reproved and threatened for their dulness and stupidity, and unaptness to profit by the instructions which the prophets gave them in God's name, ver. 9-13 . III. The rulers of Jerusalem are reproved and threatened for their insolent contempt of God's judgments, and setting them at defiance; and, after a gracious promise of Christ and his grace, they are made to know that the vain hopes of escaping the judgments of God with which they flattered themselves would certainly deceive them, ver. 14-22 . IV. All this is confirmed by a comparison borrowed from the method which the husbandman takes with his ground and grain, according to which they must expect God would proceed with his people, whom he had lately called his threshing and the corn of his floor ( ch. xxi. 10 ) ver. 23-29 . This is written for our admonition, and is profitable for reproof and warning to us. Ephraim Reproved and Threatened; The Punishment of Ephraim; ( b. c. 725.) 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome

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Jeremiah 8:7

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

Jeremiah 8:8

How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. in vain made: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood

Jeremiah 9:9

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Jeremiah 25:4

And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

Jeremiah 27:1

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 29:6

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

Jeremiah 39:15

Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

Ezekiel 13:11

Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.

Ezekiel 30:10

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 30:11

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

Nahum 1:8

But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Matthew 7:25

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Revelation 18:8

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates

1 Chronicles 3:15

And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. Johanan: or, Jehochaz.kin.23.30. Jehoiakim: or, Eliakim.kin.23.34. Zedekiah: or, Mathaniah.2.kin.24.17.

2 Kings 25:2

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Genesis 5:11

And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:14

And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

Genesis 5:20

And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

Genesis 5:27

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Genesis 5:5

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

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What does Jeremiah 39:2 say?

Jeremiah 39:2 (King James Version) reads: "And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up."

Is Jeremiah 39:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Jeremiah 39:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah.

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