Jeremiah 52:7

Easy To Read Version

On that day, the army of Babylon broke into Jerusalem. The soldiers of Jerusalem ran away. They left the city at night. They went through the gate between the two walls. That gate was near the king’s garden. Even though the army of Babylon had surrounded the city, the soldiers of Jerusalem still ran away. They ran away toward the desert.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:4

Nebuchadnezzar’s army finally broke through the city wall. That night King Zedekiah and all his soldiers ran away. They used the {secret} gate that went through the double walls. It was by the king’s garden. The enemy soldiers were all around the city, but Zedekiah and his men escaped on the road to the desert.

Jeremiah 34:22

But I will give the order,’ this message is from the Lord, ‘to bring the Babylonian army back to Jerusalem. That army will fight against Jerusalem. They will capture it and set it on fire and burn it down. And I will destroy the cities in the land of Judah. Those cities will become empty deserts. No people will live there.’”

Jeremiah 39:2

And on the ninth day of the fourth month in Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the wall of Jerusalem was broken through.

Jeremiah 49:26

So the young men will die\par in the public squares of that city.\par All of her soldiers will be killed at that time.”\par The Lord All-Powerful said these things.\par

Jeremiah 51:32

The places where people cross the rivers\par have been captured.\par The swamplands are burning.\par All of Babylon’s soldiers are afraid.”\par

Jeremiah 6:5

So get up! We will attack the city at night!\par Let’s destroy the strong walls\par that are around Jerusalem.”\par

Ezekiel 12:12

And your leader will make a hole in the wall and sneak out at night. He will cover his face \{so people won’t recognize him\}. His eyes won’t be able to see where he is going.

Ezekiel 12:4

“During the day, take your bags outside so the people can see you. Then in the evening, act like you are going away like a prisoner to a faraway country.

Ezekiel 33:21

On the fifth day of the tenth month (January) in the twelfth year \{of exile\}, {\cf2\super [269]} a person came to me from Jerusalem. He had escaped from the battle there. He said, “The city (Jerusalem) has been taken!”

Leviticus 26:17

I will be against you, so your enemies will defeat you. Those enemies hate you, and they will rule over you. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.

Leviticus 26:36

The survivors [449] will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be scared of everything. They will run around like a leaf being blown by the wind. They will run like someone is chasing them with a sword. They will fall even when no one is chasing them!

Amos 4:3

\{Your city will be destroyed.\} The women will rush out through cracks in the wall and throw themselves onto the pile \{of dead bodies\}. {\cf2\super [50]}

Deuteronomy 28:25

“The Lord will let your enemies defeat you. You will go to fight against your enemies one way, but you will run away from them seven different ways. The bad things that happen to you will make all the people on earth afraid.

Deuteronomy 32:30

Can one person chase away 1,000 men? Can two men cause 10,000 men to run away? That will happen only if the Lord gives them to their enemy! That will happen only if their Rock [215] (God) sells them like slaves!