Jeremiah 49:27
in Jeremiah 49“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
KJV
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben–hadad.
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This verse in Jeremiah 49
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,.... Signifying either that, a breach being made there the destruction of the city should begin, and be carried on until it was completed; or it may be understood literally, that first the houses built upon the wall should beset on fire by the Chaldeans, through the divine permission, and according to his order and wilt, and therefore ascribed to him, which should proceed further.
This site's exposition
Concerning Damascus
on Jeremiah 49:23-27
Damascus “has become feeble,” seized by anguish “like a woman in labor,” the figure these oracles use of Moab and Edom. “How is the city of praise not forsaken,” mourns a capital Assyria had already taken (2 Kings 16:9). The fire on “the fortresses of Ben-hadad” strikes the royal house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It begins with a terrible fright and faint-heartedness. They hear evil tidings, that the king of Babylon, with all his force, is coming against them, and they are confounded; they know not what measures to take for their own safety, their souls are melted, they are faint-hearted, they have no spirit left them, they are like the troubled sea, that cannot be quiet ( Isa. lvii.
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): The fire is kindled by the besiegers in the wall, but it shall devour all before it, the palaces of Ben-hadad particularly, where so much mischief had formerly been hatched against God's Israel, for which it is now thus visited. 28 Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the L ORD ;
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
The palaces of Ben-hadad - Damascus was a seat of the Syrian kings, and Ben-hadad was a name common to several of its kings.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
palaces of Ben-hadad--that palace from which so many evils and such cruelty to Israel emanated; thus implying the cause of Damascus' overthrow. Not the Ben-hadad of 2Ki 13:3; Am 1:4; it was a common name of the Syrian kings (compare 1Ki 15:18; meaning "son of Hadad," the idol).
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
See the marginal reference and 1Ki 11:14 note.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִצַּ֥תִּי | vehitzati | and I will kindle | H3341 → | 29 times |
| אֵ֖שׁ | ʾesh | a fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| בְּחוֹמַ֣ת | bechomat | at [the] wall of | H2346 → | 133 times |
| דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק | damasek | Damascus | H1834 → | 45 times |
| וְאָכְלָ֖ה | veakhelah | and it will consume | H398 → | 810 times |
| אַרְמְנ֥וֹת | ʾarmenot | [the] fortresses of | H759 → | 32 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | Ben | H1130 → | |
| הֲדָֽד׃ ס | hadad | Hadad | H1130 → |
וְהִצַּ֥תִּיand I will kindle
vehitzatiH3341 →29 times
אֵ֖שׁa fire
ʾeshH784 →378 times
בְּחוֹמַ֣תat [the] wall of
bechomatH2346 →133 times
דַּמָּ֑שֶׂקDamascus
damasekH1834 →45 times
וְאָכְלָ֖הand it will consume
veakhelahH398 →810 times
אַרְמְנ֥וֹת[the] fortresses of
ʾarmenotH759 →32 times
בֶּן־Ben
ben-H1130 →
הֲדָֽד׃ סHadad
hadadH1130 →
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
2 Kings 13:3So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 19:17
Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
- 2 Kings 13:24–25
When Hazael king of Aram died, his son Ben-hadad reigned in his place.
- Judges 2:14
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…
- 2 Kings 12:17
At that time Hazael king of Aram marched up and fought against Gath and captured it. Then he decided to attack Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 19:17
Through
2 Kings 13:5So the LORD gave Israel a deliverer, and they escaped the power of the Arameans. Then the people of Israel lived in their own homes as they had before.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 13:25
Then Jehoash son of Jehoahaz took back from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities that Hazael had taken in battle from his father Jehoahaz. Jehoash defeated Ben-hadad three times, and so recovered the cities…
- 2 Kings 14:25
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of…
- Nehemiah 9:27
So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You…
- 2 Kings 14:27
and since the LORD had said that He would not blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam son of Jehoash.
- 2 Kings 13:25
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.