candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that
JEREMIAH AND LAMENTATIONS et omnem domum magnam combussit igni: 479
14. And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
14. Onmesque muros Jerusalem undique destruxerunt totus exercitus Chaledaeorum, qui erat cum magistro militum.
15. Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
15. De pauperibus autem populi, et de reliquo populo qui remanserant in urbe, et de transfugis qui transfugerunt ad regem Babylonis, et de reliquiis multitudinis transmigrare fecit Nebuzaradan nmgister militum. 480
16. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
16. De pauperibus vero terrae reliquit Nebuzaradan magister militurn vinitores et agricolas.
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.
17. Et columnas aereas quae erant in domo Jehovae, et bases et mare aereum quod erat in domo Jehovae confregerunt Chaldaei, et detulerunt omne aes eorum
Babylonem.
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.
18. Lebetes quoque et scopas et psalteria et pelves et cochlearia et omnia vasa aerea quibus ministrabant, tulerunt.
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 in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the caprain of the guard away.
19. Et hydrias et thuribula et pelves et ollas et candelabra, et mortariola et cyathos, quae aurea, aurea, et quae argentea, argentea, 481 tulit magister militum.
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.
20. Columnas duas, mare unum, et boves duodecim aereos, qui erant sub basibus quas fecerat rex Solomo in domo Jehovae, non erat pondus, aeris eorum omnium
479The literal rendering is, "even every great house burnt he with fire." This clause qualifies the former one. — Ed.
480Though in the parallel passages in Jeremiah 39:9, and in 2 Kings 25:11, the words, "Some of the poor of the people," ar3e not found, yet the Vulg., the Syr., and the Targ., retain them here, and they are found in all the MSS. except one. Some of the poor of the city were evidently left, as well as some of the poor of the land. In the following words, the Vulg. for the most part is followed, which is not correct: the words should be, "et reliquum populum," and, "et reliquias multitudinis." And the past words should be, "even the remnant (or remainder) of the multitude," that is, of the people that formerly inhabited the city. See Jeremiah 39:9. — Ed.
481"Which gold, gold, and which silver, silver:" {,{`` אשרwhich,'' repeated, may be rendered here, ``some;'' and the repetition of ``gold,'' and of ``silver,'' is the same as to say, that some of the vessels were pure gold, and that some were pure silver: then the version would be this, ``some gold of gold,'' i.e., pure gold, ``and some silver of silver,'' i.e., pure silver, there being no mixture in either. --- Ed