Jeremiah 52:18
The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
The bronze vessels used in ministering in the temple service were carried away by the Babylonians, including the caldrons and the shovels and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and all the vessels of brass, which survived the destruction of Jerusalem to be taken to Babylon.
The gold and silver vessels and all the rich treasures of Jerusalem were carried as spoil to Babylon, with the priests and Levites and singers, the ancients and the honorable, and the young men and maidens all in captivity.
The removal was part of God's destruction of Jerusalem for Sabbath-breaking.
It proves His condescension in warning that if His people would bear no burdens on the Sabbath Jerusalem would stand forever, but if they would not listen He would destroy it, which He did a few years afterward.
The account to which it belongs is that of Babylon's fall and judgment, which serves as a warning to cities and people who forget and defy God.
It means the spiritual desolation of Christendom, where the graces of the church are gone like the vessels into the enemy's land.
Gone are the fathers and mothers in Israel who poured forth melting prayers and soul-stirring exhortations with outstretched arms of a Saviour's love and cheeks bedewed with tears for sinners, and the young men and maidens who with the strength of young giants filled with new wine made closets, out-buildings and groves vocal with prayer and shouts of praise.
Gone are those who attended constantly at the house of the Lord, like the Marys and Elizabeths and Annas and Marthas, and the cheering hearty amens and loud shouts giving glory to God in the highest, leaving cause to weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of the people.