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Jeremiah 32:29

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And 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 Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

KJV

And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

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Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 29) And the Chaldeans will come fighting: the Chaldeans will come against this city, and they will set it on fire and burn it, and the houses - in whose homes they sacrificed to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me - they will burn as well. And they will come, he says, the Chaldeans fighting against this city. Aquila translates it better as 'they will come,' because of what is written, 'they will enter,' which means they will enter the city.

This site's exposition

Then the word of the LORD

on Jeremiah 32:26-35

The LORD answers with His question, “Is anything too difficult for Me?” The indictment names the places “of Baal in the Valley of Hinnom,” built to “make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech.” This is the valley the closing verses of chapter 31 declare consecrated.

This site's exposition

burning incense to Baal on their rooftops

The punishment fits the sin: houses used to burn incense to Baal will be burned, a link Jamieson, Fausset and Brown trace to Jeremiah 19:13. Clarke thinks Baal was the sun, worshiped on flat roofs at sunrise. The fire of the offerings becomes the fire of the city.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

At the same time he must assure them that, though the destruction was total, it should not be final, but that at length their posterity should recover the peaceable possession of their own land,

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

He assigns the reason for these severe proceedings against the city that had been so much in his favour. It is sin, it is that and nothing else, that ruins it. (1.) They were impudent and daring in sin.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

With the houses, upon whose roofs - As it is most probable that Baal was the sun, they might have chosen the tops of the houses, which were always flat, with battlements around, to offer incense and sacrifice to him at his rising, and while he was in sight above the horizon.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

They burnt incense to Baal, on the houses, so the houses shall be burnt (Jer 19:13). The god of fire was the object of their worship; so fire shall be the instrument of their punishment. to provoke me--indicating the design, not merely the event. They seemed to court God's "anger," and purposely to "provoke" Him.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וּבָ֣אוּand they will come

    uvauH935 →2568 times

  • הַכַּשְׂדִּ֗יםthe Chaldeans

    hakasdimH3778 →80 times

  • הַנִּלְחָמִים֙who are fighting

    hanilchamimH3898 →177 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הָעִ֣ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • הַזֹּ֔את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • וְהִצִּ֜יתוּand they will set on fire

    vehitzituH3341 →29 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָעִ֥ירthe city

    hairH5892 →1090 times

  • הַזֹּ֛את<the> this

    hazotH2063 →603 times

  • בָּאֵ֖שׁwith <the> fire

    baeshH784 →378 times

  • וּשְׂרָפ֑וּהָand they will burn it

    userafuhaH8313 →117 times

  • וְאֵ֣תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַבָּתִּ֡יםthe houses

    habatimH1004 →2046 times

  • אֲשֶׁר֩which

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • קִטְּר֨וּpeople made smoke

    kiteruH6999 →116 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • גַּגּֽוֹתֵיהֶ֜םroofs their

    gagoteihemH1406 →30 times

  • לַבַּ֗עַלto <the> Baal

    labaalH1168 →82 times

  • וְהִסִּ֤כוּand they poured out

    vehisikhuH5258 →25 times

  • נְסָכִים֙drink offerings

    nesakhimH5262 →64 times

  • לֵאלֹהִ֣יםto gods

    lelohimH430 →2601 times

  • אֲחֵרִ֔יםother

    ʾacherimH312 →166 times

  • לְמַ֖עַןso as

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • הַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃to provoke to anger me

    hakhiseniH3707 →54 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 19:13The 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 poured out drink offerings to other gods.”6 worksJeremiah 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 with fire.’5 works2 Chronicles 36:19Then 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.4 worksJeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.4 works1 Kings 13:1Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.4 worksJeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 7:18The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.3 worksJeremiah 44:25This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!3 worksJeremiah 44:17–19Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.3 worksNehemiah 8:16And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.3 worksJeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”2 worksLamentations 4:11The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.2 worksMatthew 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.2 works2 Kings 25:9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.2 worksJeremiah 37:7–10“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.2 worksJeremiah 27:8–10As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.2 worksIsaiah 64:10–11Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.2 worksIsaiah 57:6Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 52:13

    He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 79:1

      The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Micah 3:12

      Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    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…

    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…

    • Jeremiah 52:13

      He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:12

      He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards…

    • Jeremiah 7:18

      The sons gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough to make cakes for the Queen of Heaven; they pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me…

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 32 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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