Jeremiah 52:33 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.”

Jeremiah 52:33

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And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth {day} of the month, {that} Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the {first} year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,

And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that {were} with him in Babylon, {kindly...: Heb. good things with him}

And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.

And {for} his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. {every...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day}

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Jeremiah 52:1

"Zedekiah {was} one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. {began...: Heb. reigned}"

Jeremiah 52:2

"And he did {that which was} evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done."

Jeremiah 52:3

"For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon."

Jeremiah 52:4

"And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth {day} of the month, {that} Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about."

Jeremiah 52:5

"So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah."

Jeremiah 52:6

"And in the fourth month, in the ninth {day} of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land."

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