Chapter 52

A re-telling (?) of the fall of Jerusalem.  Per MSB, this chapter is almost exactly like 2K24:18-25:30.  A "historical supplement" to show how accurate Jeremiah's prophecies were.

Zedekiah rebelled.  (Says first that he was an evil King, and God had cast Judah and Jerusalem from His presence).  2 year siege by Babylon.  Jerusalem was a truly strong city to withstand them so long!  It tells again of the capture of Zedekiah and the sentence Neb pronounced on him and all the officials of Jerusalem .  It says that upon capture, Zedekiah's army was scattered from him.  These must make up a lot of the people who came to Gedeliah after the Babylonian army had gone home.  The chapter goes on to talk about Nebuzaradan burning the Temple and the city.  The captives are counted- those taken by Nebuzaradan.  Jehoiachin freed and given a high place by Evil-Merodach.

The end of Jerusalem then, is the end of Jeremiah's book.