KJV King James Version
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
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2 Chronicles 36:19
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
WEB World English Bible
They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it.
ASV American Standard Version
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels—to destruction.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 36
16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.
17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave [them] all into his hand.
18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all [these] he brought to Babylon.
19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
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וַֽיִּשְׂרְפוּ֙H8313 · sa.raphto burnאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוַֽיְנַתְּצ֔וּH5422 · na.tatsto tearאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]חוֹמַ֣תH2346 · cho.mahwallיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוְכָל־H3605 · kolallאַרְמְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙H759 · ar.moncitadel: palaceשָׂרְפ֣וּH8313 · sa.raphto burnבָאֵ֔שׁH784 · eshfireוְכָל־H3605 · kolallכְּלֵ֥יH3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilמַחֲמַדֶּ֖יהָH4261 · mach.maddesireלְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ סH7843 · sha.chatto ruin
Cross-references
Psalm 79:1A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.Psalm 79:7For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.Luke 21:6[As for] these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.Micah 3:12Therefore 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.Jeremiah 52:13-15And 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:Jeremiah 7:4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.1 Kings 9:8And at this house, [which] is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?2 Kings 25:9-11And 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.Isaiah 64:10-11Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.Jeremiah 7:14Therefore will I do unto [this] house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.Lamentations 4:1How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.Psalm 74:4-8Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
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