Jeremiah 37:8

And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.

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In The King James Version

And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

In Context

7The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land.

9The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 32:29And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

Jeremiah 38:3The Lord has said, This town will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.

Jeremiah 39:2In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the town was broken into:)

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 37:2-11

Zedekiah's Wicked Reign; Sign of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 589.) 1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord , which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our… Read the whole commentary →

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