Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The Babylonians burned down the royal palace, the temple of the Lord, and the people's homes, and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
The Chaldeans also
King James Version
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Holman Bible
The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
International Standard Version
The Chaldeans burned the palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
A Conservative Version
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Amplified
The Chaldeans also burned down the king’s palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
And the Chaldaeans put the king's house on fire, as well as the houses of the people, and had the walls of Jerusalem broken down.
Darby Translation
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Julia Smith Translation
And the Chaldeans burnt the house of the king, and the house of the people, with fire, and they broke the walls of Jerusalem.
King James 2000
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the Chaldeans burned the palace of the king and the houses of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Modern King James verseion
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Moreover, the Chaldeans burnt up the king's palace, with the other houses of the people, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
New Heart English Bible
The Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
The Emphasized Bible
And the house of the king, and the houses of the people, did the Chaldeans burn with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem, brake they down;
Webster
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
World English Bible
The Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the house of the king, and the house of the people, have the Chaldeans burnt with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem they have broken down.
Interlinear
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Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 39:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Fall Of Jerusalem
7 Then he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him bound in chains to be led off to Babylon. 8 The Babylonians burned down the royal palace, the temple of the Lord, and the people's homes, and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem. 9 Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him.
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:3
They said to me, "The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!"
Jeremiah 21:10
For I, the Lord, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.'"
Jeremiah 38:18
But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.'"
2 Kings 25:9-10
He burned down the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
Jeremiah 52:13-14
He burned down the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
2 Chronicles 36:19
They burned down the Lord's temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.
Isaiah 5:9
The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them.
Jeremiah 7:20
So," the Lord God says, "my raging fury will be poured out on this land. It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished."
Jeremiah 9:10-12
I said, "I will weep and mourn for the grasslands on the mountains, I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness because they are so scorched no one travels through them. The sound of livestock is no longer heard there. Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields have fled and are gone."
Jeremiah 17:27
But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.'"
Jeremiah 34:2
The Lord God of Israel told Jeremiah to go and give King Zedekiah of Judah a message. He told Jeremiah to tell him, "The Lord says, 'I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon and he will burn it down.
Jeremiah 34:22
For I, the Lord, affirm that I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them."'"
Jeremiah 37:10
For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down."'"
Lamentations 1:10
(Yod) An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple -- those whom you had commanded: "They must not enter your assembly place."
Lamentations 2:2
(Bet) The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers.
Lamentations 2:7
(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the Lord's temple as if it were a feast day.
Amos 2:5
So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem's fortresses."
Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!