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the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Hebrew Names Version

Jeremiah 52:2

He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Yehoiakim had done.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Zedekiah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Eliakim;   Jehoiakim, King of Judah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Exile;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Lance, Lancet;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zedeki'ah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as Jehoiakim had done.
King James Version
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord , according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
English Standard Version
And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
New American Standard Bible
He did evil in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that Jehoiakim had done.
New Century Version
Zedekiah did what the Lord said was wrong, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Amplified Bible
He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD like all that Jehoiakim had done.
World English Bible
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he did euil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Iehoiakim had done.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He did evil in the sight of the LORD like all that Jehoiakim had done.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Berean Standard Bible
And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Contemporary English Version
Zedekiah disobeyed the Lord , just as Jehoiakim had done,
Complete Jewish Bible
He did what was evil from Adonai 's perspective, following the example of everything Y'hoyakim had done.
Darby Translation
And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Easy-to-Read Version
Zedekiah did evil things, just as King Jehoiakim had done. The Lord did not like Zedekiah doing those evil things.
George Lamsa Translation
And he did that which was evil before the LORD. according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Good News Translation
King Zedekiah sinned against the Lord , just as King Jehoiakim had done.
Lexham English Bible
And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh like all that Jehoiakim had done.
Literal Translation
And he did evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He lyued wickedly before the LORDE euen as Ioachim dyd.
American Standard Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Bible in Basic English
And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
King James Version (1611)
And hee did that which was euill in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Iehoiakim had done.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He liued wickedly before the Lorde, euen as Iehoakim did:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus has the Lord said to thee, O Baruch.
English Revised Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he dide yuels bifore the iyen of the Lord, bi alle thingis whiche Joachym hadde do.
Update Bible Version
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
New English Translation
He did what displeased the Lord just as Jehoiakim had done.
New King James Version
He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
New Living Translation
But Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, just as Jehoiakim had done.
New Life Bible
Zedekiah did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord, like all that Jehoiakim had done.
New Revised Standard
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , just as Jehoiakim had done.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he did that which was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, - according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Joakim had done.
Revised Standard Version
And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoi'akim had done.
Young's Literal Translation
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim hath done,
THE MESSAGE
As far as God was concerned, Zedekiah was just one more evil king, a carbon copy of Jehoiakim.

Contextual Overview

1 Tzidkiyahu was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Yirmeyahu of Livna. 2 He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Yehoiakim had done. 3 For through the anger of the LORD did it happen in Yerushalayim and Yehudah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Tzidkiyahu rebelled against the king of Bavel. 4 It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nevukhadretztzar king of Bavel came, he and all his army, against Yerushalayim, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about. 5 So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Tzidkiyahu. 6 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. 7 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Kasdim were against the city round about;) and they went toward the `Aravah. 8 But the army of the Kasdim pursued after the king, and overtook Tzidkiyahu in the plains of Yericho; and all his army was scattered from him. 9 Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Bavel to Rivlah in the land of Hamat; and he gave judgment on him. 10 The king of Bavel killed the sons of Tzidkiyahu before his eyes: he killed also all the princes of Yehudah in Rivlah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he did: 1 Kings 14:22, 2 Kings 24:19, 2 Kings 24:20, 2 Chronicles 36:12, 2 Chronicles 36:13, Ezekiel 17:16-20, Ezekiel 21:25

according: Jeremiah 26:21-23, Jeremiah 36:21-23, Jeremiah 36:29-31

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 24:8 - So will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the Lord,.... Though we do not read of any idolatry he was guilty of; yet he was disobedient to the word of the Lord, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet of the Lord, that spoke in his name; and particularly he rebelled against the king of Babylon, and violated the oath he made to him, 2 Chronicles 36:12;

according to all that Jehoiakim had done; an elder brother of his, who reigned after Josiah, and before Jehoiachin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 52:2. And he did - evil — This and the following verse are the same as 2 Kings 24:19.


 
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