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 Lord gave this message to Jeremiah: 7“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: The king of Judah sent you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell him, ‘Pharaoh’s army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you. Then the Babylonians will come back and capture this city and burn it to the ground.’ 9“This is what the Lord says: Do not fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren’t! 10Even if you were to destroy the entire Babylonian army, leaving only a handful of wounded survivors, they would still stagger from their tents and burn this city to the ground!”

Jeremiah 37:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• shall come againשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and takeלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• it, and burnשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• it with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Jeremiah 37:8

• Jeremiah 32:29The Babylonians outside the walls will come in and set fire to the city. They will burn down all these houses where the people provoked my anger by burning incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out liquid offerings to other gods.
• Jeremiah 34:21“I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials to the army of the king of Babylon. And although they have left Jerusalem for a while,
• Jeremiah 38:23All your wives and children will be led out to the Babylonians, and you will not escape. You will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
• Jeremiah 39:2Two and a half years later, on July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, a section of the city wall was broken down.

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