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Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah 52:2

Zedekiah disobeyed the Lord , just as Jehoiakim 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.
Hebrew Names Version
He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Yehoiakim 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.
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 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he was appointed king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother Hamutal was the daughter of Jeremiah from the town of Libnah. 2 Zedekiah disobeyed the Lord , just as Jehoiakim had done, 3 and it was Zedekiah who finally rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. The people of Judah and Jerusalem had made the Lord so angry that he finally turned his back on them. That's why horrible things were happening. 4 In Zedekiah's ninth year as king, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia led his entire army to attack Jerusalem. The troops set up camp outside the city and built ramps up to the city walls. 5After a year and a half, all the food in Jerusalem was gone. Then on the ninth day of the fourth month, 7 the Babylonian troops broke through the city wall. That same night, Zedekiah and his soldiers tried to escape through the gate near the royal garden, even though they knew the enemy had the city surrounded. They headed toward the Jordan River valley, 8 but the Babylonian troops caught up with them near Jericho. The Babylonians arrested Zedekiah, but his soldiers scattered in every direction. 9 Zedekiah was taken to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar put him on trial and found him guilty. 10 Zedekiah's sons and the officials of Judah were killed while he watched, 11 then his eyes were poked out. He was put in chains, then dragged off to Babylon and kept in prison until he died.

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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