Jeremiah 39:8
in Jeremiah 39The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
KJV
And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
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This verse in Jeremiah 39
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd the Chaldeans burnt the king's house,.... His palace: this was a month after the city was taken, as appears from Jer 52:12; and the houses of the people, with fire; the houses of the common people, as distinct from the king's house, and the houses of the great men, Jer 52:13; though Jarchi interprets of the synagogues.
This site's exposition
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king
on Jeremiah 39:8-10
The Chaldeans burn the palace and the houses and break down the walls, as Jeremiah said in 37:8. Nebuzaradan carries the people to Babylon, but he leaves “some of the poor people who had no property” and gives them “vineyards and fields.” Gill and Barnes explain this as Babylon’s policy.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
burned . . . the houses-- (Jer 52:12, 13). Not immediately after the taking of the city, but in the month after, namely, the fifth month (compare Jer 39:2). The delay was probably caused by the princes having to send to Riblah to know the king's pleasure as to the city.
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The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֤ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָעָ֔ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| שָׂרְפ֥וּ | sarefu | they burned | H8313 → | 117 times |
| הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים | hakasdim | the Chaldeans | H3778 → | 80 times |
| בָּאֵ֑שׁ | baesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֹמ֥וֹת | chomot | [the] walls of | H2346 → | 133 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| נָתָֽצוּ׃ | natatzu | they broke down | H5422 → | 42 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בֵּ֤ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָעָ֔םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
שָׂרְפ֥וּthey burned
sarefuH8313 →117 times
הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖יםthe Chaldeans
hakasdimH3778 →80 times
בָּאֵ֑שׁwith <the> fire
baeshH784 →378 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֹמ֥וֹת[the] walls of
chomotH2346 →133 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
נָתָֽצוּ׃they broke down
natatzuH5422 →42 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
Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 26:18
“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a…
- Psalms 79:1
The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- Jeremiah 26:18
Through
Jeremiah 21:10For 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…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 44:11
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
- Amos 9:4
Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
- Jeremiah 44:27
I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are…
- Ezekiel 15:7
And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I…
- Jeremiah 44:11
Through
Nehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
it leads to
- Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we…
- 2 Kings 25:10
And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 2:17
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.