Now on the seventh day of the fifth month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the imperial guard, officer of the Babylonian king, came to Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 39:8 - Tree of Life Version Then the Chaldeans burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. Common English Bible The Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people, and they destroyed the Jerusalem walls. Catholic Public Domain Version Also, the Chaldeans burned the house of the king and the house of the people with fire, and they overturned the wall of Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house and the houses of the people, with fire, and they threw down the wall of Jerusalem. |
Now on the seventh day of the fifth month—which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the imperial guard, officer of the Babylonian king, came to Jerusalem.
They burned the House of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces with fire and destroyed everything of value.
They said to me, “The remnant who have survived the captivity there in the province are in great distress and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates have been burned with fire.”
In my ears, Adonai-Tzva’ot has said: “Surely many houses will be desolate— even grand and fine ones— with no occupants.”
“But if you do not listen to Me to keep Yom Shabbat holy, by not bearing a burden or entering through the gates of Jerusalem on Yom Shabbat, then I will set its gates on fire, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem, and not be quenched.’”
“For I have set My face against this city for evil, not for good.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”
Then the Chaldeans fighting against this city will come and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses—where they burned incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke Me.
thus says Adonai, the God of Israel: “Go, speak to King Zedekiah of Judah and tell him, thus says Adonai: ‘I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire,
Indeed, I will command,” declares Adonai, “and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a wasteland, with no one living.”
For even if you had struck down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and there were left among them only wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down with fire.”
But if you do not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be handed over to the Chaldeans; they will burn it with fire, and you will not escape out of their hand.”
Go up into her vines and ravage them, but do not completely destroy them. Strip away her branches for they are not Adonai’s.
Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “My anger and My wrath is about to be poured out on this place—on man and beast, and on the trees of the field and the fruit of the land—and it will burn and not be quenched.”
The enemy has stretched his hand over all her treasures. She even saw nations enter her sanctuary— those You had commanded not to enter Your congregation.
My Lord has mercilessly swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. He threw down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah in His fury. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its princes.
The Lord rejected His altar, despised His Sanctuary. He has delivered the walls of her citadels into the hand of the enemy. They raised a shout in the house of Adonai as if it were the day of a moed.
They will set your houses on fire and execute judgment on you in the sight of many women. So I will cause you to stop your harlotry. You will never again pay for a lover.
The assembly will stone them to death and dispatch them with their swords. They will slaughter their sons and daughters. They will burn down their houses.
In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me saying, “The city has been struck down.”
So I will send fire upon Judah— it will devour Jerusalem’s citadels.”
Therefore, because of you Zion will become a plowed field. Yes, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a high place in a forest.