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Jeremiah 39:8

And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

KJV

Domum quoque regis et domum vulgi succenderunt Chaldæi igni, et murum Jerusalem subverterunt.

Vulgate

καὶ ἦλθεν πρὸς μὲ Ἁναμεὴλ υἱὸς Σαμὼλ ἀδελφοῦ πατρός μου εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν τῆς φυλακῆς καὶ εἶπεν Κτῆσαι τὸν ἀγρόν μου τὸν ἐν γῇ Βενιαμεὶν τὸν ἐν Ἀναθώθ, ὅτι σοὶ κρίμα κτήσασθαι αὐτὸν καὶ σὺ πρεσβύτερος. καὶ ἔγνων ὅτι λόγος Κυρίου ἐστίν,

LXX

And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

ASV

וְ/אֶת בֵּ֤ית הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וְ/אֶת בֵּ֣ית הָ/עָ֔ם שָׂרְפ֥וּ הַ/כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים בָּ/אֵ֑שׁ וְ/אֶת חֹמ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם נָתָֽצוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הוּ
hv
verb · 42×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים
kshdym
noun · 82×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 25:9 — 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.
  • Amos 2:5 — But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
  • Ezek 16:41 — And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any mor
  • Ezek 23:47 — And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
  • Jer 5:10 — Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
  • Jer 17:27 — But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, a
  • Jer 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.
  • Jer 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.
  • Jer 22:5 — But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
  • Jer 32:29 — And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings
  • Jer 34:22 — Behold, I will command, saith the 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 wit
  • Jer 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 h
  • Jer 52:13 — 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:
  • Mic 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.
  • Neh 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 burne