Jeremiah 52:12-14

Jeremiah 52:12-14

[12] Now in the fifth  month,  in the tenth  day of the month,  which was the nineteenth  year  of Nebuchadrezzar  king  of Babylon,  came  Nebuzaradan,  captain  of the guard,  which served  the king  of Babylon,  into Jerusalem,  [13] And burned  the house  of the LORD,  and the king's  house;  of Jerusalem,  and all the houses  of the great  men, burned  he with fire:  [14] And all the army  of the Chaldeans,  that were with the captain  of the guard,  brake down  all the walls  of Jerusalem  round about. 

What does Jeremiah 52:12-14 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

In586 B.C. Nebuzaradan, the captain of Nebuchadnezzar"s bodyguard, came to Jerusalem and burned down the temple, the royal palace, and every sizable building. Evidently Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem on the seventh of the month ( 2 Kings 25:8) and began burning the city on the tenth. The soldiers with Nebuzaradan also broke down the wall of the city to make it indefensible (cf. Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 18:7; Jeremiah 31:28).
"The people of Judah had been guilty of the unthinkable, rebellion against their Babylonian suzerain, and thus suffered the consequences of their foolishness." [1]