Jeremiah 52 is the fifty-second (and the last) chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter contains a "historical appendix", matching (with some supplementary material) the account in of the end of national life in Judah, and also serving as a vindication of Jeremiah's message. Text The original text was written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 34 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (with a different chapter and verse numbering), made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). Verses 2-3, 15 and 27c-30 are missing from the Septuagint version. Verse numbering The order of chapters and verses of the Book of Jeremiah in the English Bibles, Masoretic Text (Hebrew), and Vulgate (Latin), in some places differs from that in the Septuagint (LXX, the Greek Bible used in the Eastern Orthodox Church and others) according to Rahlfs or Brenton. The following table is taken with minor adjustments from Brenton's Septuagint, page 971. The order of Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint/Scriptural Study (CATSS) based on Rahlfs' Septuaginta (1935) differs in some details from Joseph Ziegler's critical edition (1957) in Göttingen LXX. Swete's Introduction mostly agrees with Rahlfs' edition (=CATSS). Parashot The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Jeremiah 52 contains the narrative of "Destruction and Hope". {P}: open parashah; {S}: closed parashah. {P} 52:1-23 {S} 52:24-27 {S} 52:28-30 {S} 52:31-34 {end of book} Structure O'Connor notes six vignettes in this chapter: Verses 1-3a: failure of kings (Reign of Zedekiah) Verses 3b-11: Zedekiah's failed escape Verses 12-23: deportation of people (12-16) and of temple vessels (17-23) Verses 24-27: execution of officials Verses 28-30: numbers of exiles Verses 31-34: Jehoiachin's survival (Restoration of Jehoiachin) Reign of Zedekiah (52:1–3) Cross reference: Zedekiah reigned as king of Judah 597-587 BCE. Verse