Jeremiah 52 · Verse 5

Jeremiah 52:5

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Jeremiah 52:5, King James Version

Jeremiah 52:5 in other translations

BSBAnd the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
WEBSo the city was besieged to the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
ASVSo the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
YLTand the city cometh into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
DARBYAnd the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
BBESo the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
WebsterSo the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

What does Jeremiah 52:5 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 So the city was besieged - It held out one year and six months.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 52:1-11

The fate of Zedekiah. (Jr 52:1-11) The destruction of Jerusalem. (Jr 52:12-23) The captivities. (Jr 52:24-30) The advancement of Jehoiachin. (Jr 52:31-34) Verses 1-11 This fruit of sin we should pray against above any thing; Cast me not away from thy presence, Ps. 51:11. None are cast out of God's presence but those who by sin have first thrown themselves out. Zedekiah's flight was in vain, for there is no escaping…

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Jeremiah 52:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתָּבֹ֥אva.ta.Vo'and it cameH935
הָעִ֖ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
בַּמָּצ֑וֹרba.ma.Tzorin <the> state of siegeH4692
עַ֚ד'aduntilH5704
עַשְׁתֵּ֣י'ash.Teione [plus]H6249
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.RehtenH6240
שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhof the kingH4428
צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ\׃tzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 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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Jeremiah 52:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estuvo cercada la ciudad hasta el undécimo año del rey Sedechîas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la ville fut assiégée jusqu’à la onzième année du roi Sédécias.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Stadt kam in Belagerung bis in das elfte Jahr des Königs Zedekia.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et fuit civitas obsessa usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciæ.