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Jeremiah 49:27 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 49 · verse 27
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.Jeremiah 49:27 · King James Version
Jeremiah 49:27 in context
25How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
28Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
29Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- DamascusDammeseqDamascus, a city of SyriaH1834 →
- consumeʼâkalto eatH398 →
- palacesʼarmôwna citadelH759 →
- kindleyâtsathto burn or set on fireH3341 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
- wallchôwmâha wall of protectionH2346 →
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The kingdom of Syria lay north of Canaan, as that of Edom lay south, and thither we must now remove and take a view of the approaching fate of that kingdom, which had been often vexatious to the Israel of God.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-27