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Jeremiah 39:8 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 39 · verse 8
And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.Jeremiah 39:8 · King James Version
Jeremiah 39:8 in context
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.
8And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
9Then Nebuzaradan 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 Nebuzaradan 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ChaldeansKasdîya Kasdite, or descendant of KesedH3778 →
- burnedsâraphto be on fireH8313 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- wallschôwmâha wall of protectionH2346 →
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We were told, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that Jeremiah abode patiently in the court of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken. He gave the princes no further disturbance by his prophesying, nor they him by their persecutions;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10