Jeremiah 39:8

Jeremiah 39:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Context of Jeremiah 39:8

6Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. 7Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. 9Then Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. 10But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jeremiah 39:8 word by word

וְאֶת־בֵּ֤ית הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְאֶת־בֵּ֣ית הָעָ֔ם שָׂרְפ֥וּ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים בָּאֵ֑שׁ וְאֶת־חֹמ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם נָתָֽצוּ׃Read the interlinear

• And the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• burnedשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: palaceH1004
• and the housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• and brake downנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422
• the wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for Jeremiah 39:8

• Jeremiah 7:20Therefore thus saith the Lord Yhwh; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
• Jeremiah 9:10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
• Jeremiah 17:27But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
• Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Yhwh: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
• Jeremiah 34:2Thus saith Yhwh, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith Yhwh; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
• Jeremiah 37:10For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Jeremiah 38:18But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
• Jeremiah 52:13And burned the house of Yhwh, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
• 2 Kings 25:9And he burnt the house of Yhwh, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
• 2 Chronicles 36:19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
• Isaiah 5:9In mine ears said Yhwh of Armies, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
• Lamentations 1:10The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
• Lamentations 2:2The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
• Amos 2:5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
• Micah 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
• Jeremiah 52:14And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 39:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-10Verses 4-10 Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10As Jeremiah had predicted (Jeremiah 34:1–7), the Lord judged Zedekiah and the kingdom of Judah. For more details on this event, see Jeremiah 52:4–16; 2 Kings 25:1–21; 2 Chronicles 36:11–21; Ezekiel 24:1–14.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. burned ... the houses--(Jr 52:12, 13). Not immediately after the taking of the city, but in the month after, namely, the fifth month (compare Jr 39:2). The delay was probably caused by the princes having to send to Riblah to know the king's pleasure as to the city.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 39

• 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