Jeremiah Chapter Fifty-Two

Jeremiah chapter fifty-two needs to be read in the wider context of the book of Jeremiah, where it has been thoughtfully placed. The material of this chapter likely dates from some time after five sixty B.C., over twenty-five years after the downfall of Jerusalem. Zedekar liked Jihoyakin, reigned for eleven years before rebelling against Nebuchadnezzar. He repeats the error of his predecessor and suffers the same consequences. This chapter also contains some unique material in the numbers of the exiles in verses twenty-eight to thirty.