What does Jeremiah 39:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem."
Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight....
CHAPTER 39 _ 1. The fall of Jerusalem and the fate of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:1) _ 2. Nebuchadnezzar's kindness to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:10) 3. Ebed-melech's reward (Jeremiah 39:15) Jeremiah 39:1. Th...
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM: JEREMIAH SPARED. This paragraph well illustrates the growth of the OT text; _cf._ 2 Kings 25:1 (also reproduced in Jeremiah 52:4, from which Jeremiah 39:1 f. and Jeremiah 39:4;...
THE CHALDEANS BURNED, &C. On the tenth day of the fifth month. Compare Jeremiah 52:12; Jeremiah 52:13. The same day as the capture of the city by the Romans in A.D. 69....
See introd. note and summary to ch....
B. The Capture of the King Jeremiah 39:4-10 TRANSLATION (4) And it came to pass when Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the men of war saw them, they fled by going out at night from the city by way of...
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. THE CHALDEANS BURNED ... THE HOUSES - a just retribution for the prominen...
THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM (11TH YEAR OF ZEDEKIAH) The narrative in this c., with some varieties in detail, coincides with that of Jeremiah 52 and with 2 Kings 25. 1-7. The city taken. Zedekiah's fate...
AND THE CHALDEANS BURNED THE KING’S HOUSE. — In the fuller account of Jeremiah 52:12, we find that this was the work of Nebuzar-adan, who had been sent by Nebuchadnezzar, on hearing of the capture of...
וְ אֶת ־בֵּ֤ית הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וְ אֶת ־בֵּ֣ית הָ עָ֔ם שָׂרְפ֥וּ הַ כַּשְׂדִּ֖ים בָּ...
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote with the sword and slew Gedaliah b...
This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the fourth month of the eleventh year, at last "a breach was mad...
What a sad business Zedekiah had made of it; and what a grievous calamity followed! Zedekiah was but in the prime of life when these things took place. And here he felt the awful consequence of reject...
_THE CAPTIVE DAUGHTER OF ZION_ ‘The Chaldeans … brake down the walls of Jerusalem.’ Jeremiah 39:8 How Zedekiah must have repented now that he had not listened to the prophet’s word! How his neglect...
Here also the Prophet shews that whatever he had predicted was fulfilled, so that nothing was wanting to render faith sure and fixed. He had said, as we have seen, that if Zedekiah surrendered himself...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...
AND THE CHALDEANS BURNT THE KING'S HOUSE,.... His palace: this was a month after the city was taken, as appears from Jeremiah 52:12; AND THE HOUSES OF THE PEOPLE, WITH FIRE; the houses of the common...
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. Ver. 8. See on 2 Kings 25:8 ....
_They fled by the gate betwixt the two walls_ Betwixt the wall and the outworks, or betwixt the old wall of the city and the new one which Hezekiah built, of which mention is made 2 Chronicles 32:5. S...
JERUSALEM TAKEN...
1-10 Jerusalem was so strong, that the inhabitants believed the enemy could never enter it. But sin provoked God to withdraw his protection, and then it was as weak as other cities. Zedekiah had his e...
Still it is observable how punctual the Holy Ghost is in recording the fulfillings of the words of the Lord. This prophet had at least four times foretold that this would be one consequent of the king...
Jeremiah 39:8 Chaldeans H3778 burned H8313 (H8804) kings H4428 house H1004 houses H1004 people H5971 fire H784 down H5422 (H8804) walls H2346 Jerusalem H3389 burned - Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 9:10-12,...
CONTENTS: Final captivity of Judah in accordance with the prophets. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sar-sechim, Rab-saris, Rab-mag, Nebuzaradan, Jeremiah, Nebushas...
Jeremiah 39:1. _In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged Jerusalem._ On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon the taking of the city. This would reconcile the captives to their lot,...
_In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon._ THE DOWNFALL OF JUDAH The siege and sacking of Jerusalem under Nebuchadrezzar is the most tragi...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—_Cf_. notes _in loc_. chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six months, not reckoning the interval during which the Chaldeans broke...
EXPOSITION This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, and Jeremiah 39:4) have been insert...
Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and began their siege. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah...
2 Chronicles 36:19; 2 Kings 25:10; 2 Kings 25:9; Amos 2:5; Isaiah 5:9; Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 34:2; Jeremiah 34:22;...