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Jeremiah 39:8

Jerusalem

6 Then 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.

7 Moreover 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.

9 Then 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.

10 But 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.

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BSB
The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
KJV
And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
WEB
The Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the people’s houses with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
ASV
And the Chaldeans burned the king`s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
DARBY
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
BLB
And the house of the king, and the houses of the people, the Chaldeans burned with fire, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
ÅB
Og kongens hus og de hus som hørte folket til, brant kaldeerne opp med ild, og Jerusalems murer rev de ned.
OTB
Kaldeerne satte fyr på det kongelige palasset og husene til folket, og de rev ned murene i Jerusalem.
B1930
Og kongens hus og de hus som hørte folket til, brente kaldeerne op med ild, og Jerusalems murer rev de ned.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 1:3

    And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.

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  • Jeremiah 21:10

    For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

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  • Jeremiah 38:18

    But 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.

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  • 2 Kings 25:9–10

    And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.

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  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore 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.

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  • Jeremiah 52:13–14

    And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

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  • Lamentations 1:10

    The 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.

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  • Isaiah 5:9

    In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

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