51:46 Do not lose your courage or become afraid
because of the reports that are heard in the land.
For a report will come in one year.
Another report will follow it in the next.
There will be violence in the land
with ruler fighting against ruler.”
52:1 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem 2 for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal 3 daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
1 sn This final chapter does not mention Jeremiah, but its description of the downfall of Jerusalem and exile of the people validates the prophet’s ministry.
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
3 tn Some textual witnesses support the Kethib (consonantal text) in reading “Hamital.”