Jeremiah 52:7

Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 52:4 Historical context

Jeremiah 52:4 describes the siege's beginning, setting the stage for the breach in 52:7.

Jeremiah 39:4-7 describes the same flight and capture in more detail—a parallel narrative of the breach and escape.

Jeremiah 34:2 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 34:2 prophesies that Jerusalem will be captured by Babylon's king—this verse records the city wall being breached, fulfilling that prophecy.

Jeremiah 34:3 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 34:3 foretells Zedekiah's capture and meeting with Babylon's king—the breach here leads directly to that capture.

Jeremiah 39:2 provides the precise date of the breach, parallel to the event in 52:7.

Jeremiah 34:22 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 34:22, God commands Babylon to return and burn Jerusalem — exactly what happens when the wall is breached and the city is taken.

Jeremiah 4:9 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 4:9, the king's heart fails at the coming judgment — a prediction realized when the king flees the breached city.

Jeremiah 20:5 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 20:5, God promises all Jerusalem's treasures will be plundered — a prophecy fulfilled after the wall is breached and the city falls.

In Jeremiah 4:29, whole cities flee at the sound of attackers — a scene that matches the king's flight when Jerusalem is breached.

Jeremiah 14:18 Historical context

In Jeremiah 14:18, sword and famine ravage the city during the siege — the backdrop that makes the wall's breach and flight inevitable.

Leviticus 26:36 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 26:36 curses survivors with a faint heart, fleeing as if from the sword—the king's flight matches this curse.

2 Kings 25:4 is the parallel account of the same event—the city breached, the king fleeing through the same gate.

Deuteronomy 28:25 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 28:25 curses Israel to be defeated and flee seven ways—the breach and flight are a direct fulfillment of this covenant curse.

Leviticus 26:17 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 26:17 is a covenant curse promising defeat and flight—the panic and escape here fulfill that curse.

Isaiah 30:16 Prophetic fulfillment

In Isaiah 30:16, God says reliance on horses will lead to flight — a prophecy fulfilled when the king and army flee Jerusalem at night.

Ezekiel 12:4 Prophetic fulfillment

Ezekiel 12:4 is a symbolic act predicting the night flight of the prince, fulfilled by the flight in 52:7.

Zechariah 8:19 Historical context

Zechariah 8:19 refers to the fast of the fourth month, which commemorates the breach in 52:7.

Lamentations 1:6 uses the image of princes fleeing like deer, echoing the flight in 52:7.

Lamentations 4:18 describes the sense of being trapped before the end, complementing the breach in 52:7.