Isaiæ 52:12

Nova Vulgata

In mense autem quinto, decima mensis, ipse est annus nonus decimus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, venit Nabuzardan princeps satellitum, qui stabat coram rege Babylonis, in Ierusalem.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Quoniam non in tumultu exibitis, nec in fuga properabitis ; præcedet enim vos Dominus, et congregabit vos Deus Israël.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
In mense autem quinto, decima mensis, ipse est annus nonusdecimus Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis, venit Nabuzardan princeps militiæ, qui stabat coram rege Babylonis, in Jerusalem,

Bible Verse Review
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fifth: 2 Kings 25:8, Zechariah 7:3-5, Zechariah 8:19

the tenth: It appears from the parallel passage of Kings, that Nebuzar-adan came from Riblah to Jerusalem on the seventh of the fifth month; but it seems that he did not set fire to the temple and city till the tenth day, being probably occupied on the intervening days in taking the vessels out of the house of the Lord, and collecting together all the riches that could be found. In memory of this calamity, the Jews devote two fasts to this day; the seventeenth of the fourth month, which falls in June, for the destruction of Jerusalem, and the ninth of the fifth month, which falls in July, for the destruction of the temple; both of which are mentioned by Zechariah as kept from this event till his time, a period of seventy years, under the names of the fast of the fourth month, and fast of the fifth month.

the nineteenth: Jeremiah 52:29, 2 Kings 24:12, 2 Kings 25:8

captain of the guard: or, chief marshal, Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughtermen, and so, Jeremiah 52:14, Jeremiah 39:9, Genesis 37:36,*marg.

served: Heb. stood before

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:11 - the rest 1 Chronicles 6:15 - when the Lord Psalms 80:13 - The boar Jeremiah 1:3 - in the fifth Jeremiah 52:24 - the captain Daniel 2:14 - captain of the king's guard

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now in the fifth month, in the tenth [day] of the month,.... Hence the fast of the fifth month, for the burning of the city, which was the month Ab, and answers to part of July and part of August, Zechariah 8:19;

which [was] the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; that is, the nineteenth year of his reign; who reigned in all forty three years, according to Ptolemy's canon:

came Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, [which] served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem; or "stood before the king of Babylon" s; ministered to him, was a servant of his, the provost marshal, or chief marshal; he was sent, and came from Riblah to Jerusalem, with a commission to burn the city. In 2 Kings 25:8; it is said to be on the "seventh" day of the fifth month that he came thither; here, on the "tenth" day; which difficulty may be solved, without supposing different copies, or any error: he might set out from Riblah on the seventh day, and come to Jerusalem on the tenth; or he might come thither on the seventh, and not set fire to the city till the tenth; or, if he set fire to it on the seventh, it might be burning to the tenth, before it was wholly consumed. The Jews t account for it thus,

"strangers entered into the temple, and ate in it, and defiled it, the seventh and eighth days; and on the ninth, towards dark, they set fire to it; and it burned and continued all that whole day, as it is said, Jeremiah 6:4;''

R. Johanan was saying, if I had been in that generation, I should have fixed on that day, for the greatest part of the temple was burnt on that day. The authors of the Universal History say u it was on Wednesday the eleventh of the fourth month, answering to our twenty seventh of July; but, according to the express words of the text, the city was broke up on the ninth of the fourth month, and burnt on the tenth day of the fifth month; and which was, according to Bishop Usher w, the twenty seventh of August, on a sabbath day, and in the year of the world 3416, and before Christ 588; and is placed by them in the same years; and by Mr. Whiston x in 589; and by Mr. Bedford y in the year 587. This was a month after the taking of the city.

s עמד לפני מלך "qui setit coram rege", Schmidt. t T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 29. 1. u Vol 4. p. 189. & vol. 21. p. 61. w Annales Vet. Test. p. 131. x Chronological Tables, cent. 10. y Scripture Chronology, p 684.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Served - The word implies high office.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 52:12. Now in the fifth month — Answering nearly to our August.