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Jeremiah 37:8

6 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:

7 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

9 This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!

10 Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

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BSB
Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
KJV
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
WEB
The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire.”’
ASV
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
DARBY
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
BLB
And the Chaldeans will return again and will make war against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with the fire!
ÅB
og kaldeerne skal komme igjen og stride mot denne by, og de skal innta den og brenne den opp med ild.
OTB
Da vil babylonerne komme tilbake og kjempe mot denne byen; de vil innta den og sette den i brann.’
B1930
og kaldeerne skal komme igjen og stride mot denne by, og de skal innta den og brenne den op med ild.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 39:2–8

    And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

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  • Jeremiah 38:23

    All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

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  • Jeremiah 34:21–22

    And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

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  • Jeremiah 32:29

    And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.

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