Jeremiah 37:8

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

6Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 7“Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Thus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt. The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’ 9Thus says the Lord, ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go. 10For even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’”

Jeremiah 37:8 word by word

וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּ עַל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וּלְכָדֻ֖הָ וּשְׂרָפֻ֥הָ בָאֵֽשׁ׃ סRead the interlinear

• The Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and they will captureלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• it and burnשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• it with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Jeremiah 37:8

• Jeremiah 32:29The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
• Jeremiah 34:21Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has gone away from you.
• Jeremiah 38:23They will also bring out all your wives and your sons to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.’”
• Jeremiah 39:2in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was breached.

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 37:8

• Alliances
• Armies
• Egyptians
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Pharaoh
• Jeremiah (2)
• Prison; Prisoner
• Siege
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

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