Jeremiah 39:8
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
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In Context
7Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
Cross References
2 Kings 25:9And he burnt the house of LORD, and the king's house. And all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burnt with fire.
Nehemiah 1:3And they said to me, The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. Also the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and the gates of it are burned with fire.
Jeremiah 5:10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy, but make not a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not LORD's.
Jeremiah 9:10For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through, nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the
Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, says LORD. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 34:22Behold, I will command, says LORD, and cause them to return to this city. And they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:2-11
Jerusalem Taken. ( b. c. 588.) 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. 3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king… Read the whole commentary →