Jeremiah 52:17-23

Jeremiah 52:17-23

[17] Also the pillars  of brass  that were in the house  of the LORD,  and the bases,  and the brasen  sea  that was in the house  of the LORD,  the Chaldeans  brake,  and carried  all the brass  of them to Babylon.  [18] The caldrons  also, and the shovels,  and the snuffers,  and the bowls,  and the spoons,  and all the vessels  of brass  wherewith they ministered,  took they away.  [19] And the basons,  and the firepans,  and the bowls,  and the caldrons,  and the candlesticks,  and the spoons,  and the cups;  that which was of gold  and that which was of silver  the captain  of the guard  away.  [20] The two  pillars,  one  sea,  and twelve  brasen  bulls  that were under the bases,  which king  Solomon  had made  in the house  of the LORD:  the brass  of all these vessels  was without weight.  [21] And concerning the pillars,  the height  of one  pillar  was eighteen  cubits;  and a fillet  of twelve  cubits  did compass  it; and the thickness  thereof was four  fingers:  it was hollow.  [22] And a chapiter  of brass  was upon it; and the height  of one  chapiter  was five  cubits,  with network  and pomegranates  upon the chapiters  round about,  all of brass.  The second  pillar  also and the pomegranates  [23] And there were ninety  and six  pomegranates  on a side;  and all the pomegranates  upon the network  were an hundred  round about. 

What does Jeremiah 52:17-23 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

This section recounts in more detail the destruction of the temple just described. Before the Babylonians burned the temple, they looted it. This was the second time they had done this, the first being in597 B.C. ( Jeremiah 27:16; 2 Kings 24:13; cf. Jeremiah 27:19-22).