God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 37:8
8Then the Babylonians will return. They will attack the city, capture it, and burn it down.
Jeremiah 37:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
- New International Version (NIV)Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture it and burn it down.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. They shall capture it and burn it with fire.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it and burn it with fire.” ’
Context of Jeremiah 37:8
6The Lord spoke his word to the prophet Jeremiah. He said, 7“This is what the Lord God of Israel says: Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to get advice from me: ‘Pharaoh’s army has come out to help you. But it will go back to Egypt, its own land. Then the Babylonians will return. They will attack the city, capture it, and burn it down. 9“ ‘This is what the Lord says: Don’t deceive yourselves by thinking that the Babylonians will leave you. They will not leave you. 10Even if you would defeat the entire Babylonian army so that they had only a few badly wounded men left in their tents, they would get up and burn down this city.’ ”
Read all of Jeremiah 37Jeremiah 37:8 word by word
וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּ עַל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וּלְכָדֻ֖הָ וּשְׂרָפֻ֥הָ בָאֵֽשׁ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 37:8
- Jeremiah 32:29“The Babylonians who are attacking this city will break in, set this city on fire, and burn it down. They will burn down the houses of people who made me furious by going up to the roofs to burn incense to Baal and to pour out wine offerings to other gods.
- Jeremiah 34:21I will hand King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials over to their enemies who want to kill them and to the army of the king of Babylon, the army that has withdrawn from you.
- Jeremiah 38:23“All your wives and children will be brought to the Babylonians. You will not escape from them. You will be captured by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
- Jeremiah 39:2On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year as king, they broke into the city.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 37:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 Jeremiah‘s answer here is even more unfavorable than that which is given in Jeremiah 21:4-7. So hopeless is resistance that the disabled men among the Chaldaeans would alone suffice to capture the city and burn it to the ground.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-10The Lord answered Jeremiah’s prayer (Jeremiah 37:3) with a warning for Zedekiah. The Egyptians would not offer lasting help, and the Babylonians would return to destroy Jerusalem. This prophecy came true in 586 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (Jr 34:22).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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