Jeremiah 37:8
in Jeremiah 37Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
KJV
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
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This verse in Jeremiah 37
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd the Chaldeans shall come again,.... To Jerusalem, after they have defeated or drove back the Egyptian army: and fight against this city; with fresh rigour and resolution; being exasperated by the methods taken to oblige them to raise the siege: and take it, and burn it with fire; as they did, Jer 39:8.
This site's exposition
Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah
on Jeremiah 37:6-10
The word to the delegation refuses the comfort it was sent to fetch: Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land, and the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart answers the relief already spreading through Jerusalem at the siege's lifting, the bench noting how precisely Jeremiah names the self-deception rather than merely predicting against it. Verse 10's image, that even wounded men rising from their tents could still burn the city, states the judgment as fixed by divine decree rather than by Babylon's military strength, so that no partial defeat of the besiegers could avert it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
); they shall fight against the city. Note, God has the sovereign command of all the hosts of men, even of those that know him not, that own him not, and they are all made to serve his purposes. He directs their marches, their counter-marches, their retreats, their returns, as it pleases him; and furious armies, like stormy winds, in all their motions are fulfilling his word.
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The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ | veshavu | and they will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים | hakasdim | the Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּ | venilchamu | and they will fight | H3898 → | 177 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָעִ֣יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַזֹּ֑את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| וּלְכָדֻ֖הָ | ulekhaduha | and they will capture it | H3920 → | 121 times |
| וּשְׂרָפֻ֥הָ | userafuha | and they will burn it | H8313 → | 117 times |
| בָאֵֽשׁ׃ ס | vaesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙and they will return
veshavuH7725 →1056 times
הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםthe Chaldeans
hakasdimH3778 →80 times
וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּand they will fight
venilchamuH3898 →177 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָעִ֣ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
הַזֹּ֑את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
וּלְכָדֻ֖הָand they will capture it
ulekhaduhaH3920 →121 times
וּשְׂרָפֻ֥הָand they will burn it
userafuhaH8313 →117 times
בָאֵֽשׁ׃ סwith <the> fire
vaeshH784 →378 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 38:23All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 41:10
Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah…
- Jeremiah 39:6
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 38:18
But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself…
- Jeremiah 52:8–13
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.
- Jeremiah 41:10
Through
Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 19:13
The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and…
- Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it…
- 2 Chronicles 36:19
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Jeremiah 19:13
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.