Jeremiah 38:23 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 38:23

All 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 be burned down.”

BSB

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ASV

And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans; and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

KJV

So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

So - And. In addition to the ridicule there shall be the miseries of the capture. Thou shalt cause this city to be burned - literally, as margin. It shall be thy own act as completely as if done with thine own hand.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
נָשֶׁ֣יךָ	na.Shei.kha	wives your	H802 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בָּנֶ֗יךָ	ba.Nei.kha	children your	H1121 →
מֽוֹצִאִים֙	mo.tzi.'Im	[people will] bring out	H3318 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים	ha.kas.Dim	the Chaldeans	H3778 →
וְאַתָּ֖ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תִמָּלֵ֣ט	ti.ma.Let	you will escape	H4422 →
מִיָּדָ֑ם	mi.ya.Dam	from hand their	H3027 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
בְיַ֤ד	ve.Yad	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
בָּבֶל֙	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
תִּתָּפֵ֔שׂ	ti.ta.Fes	you will be captured	H8610 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָעִ֥יר	ha.'Ir	the city	H5892 →
הַזֹּ֖את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
תִּשְׂרֹ֥ף	tis.Rof	it will burn	H8313 →
בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ פ	ba.'Esh	with <the> fire	H784 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 40:14
  and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
- Jeremiah 40:7
  When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in…
Through
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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 24:8–10
  But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land…
- 2 Kings 25:4–10
  Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.…
- Jeremiah 32:3–5
  For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the…
- Jeremiah 38:3
  This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”
- Jeremiah 34:2–3
  The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this…
Through
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.
leads to
- Jeremiah 52:10
  There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.