KJV King James Version
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:
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Jeremiah 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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
WEB World English Bible
and he burned the house of Yahweh, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.
ASV American Standard Version
And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he hath burned with fire,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 52
10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, which [was] the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, [which] served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
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:
14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that [were] with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive [certain] of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
16 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left [certain] of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
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וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ףH8313 · sa.raphto burnאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בֵּית־H1004 · betplaceיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceהַמֶּ֑לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְאֵ֨תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallבָּתֵּ֧יH1004 · betplaceיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallבֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceהַגָּד֖וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeשָׂרַ֥ףH8313 · sa.raphto burnבָּאֵֽשׁ׃H784 · eshfire
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 36:19And 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.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.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.2 Kings 25:9And 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 6:11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.Lamentations 2:7The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.Amos 3:10-11For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.Psalm 74:6-8But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.Isaiah 64:10-11Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.Amos 2:5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.Zechariah 11:1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.Ezekiel 24:21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.Matthew 24:2And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.Jeremiah 38:23So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.Jeremiah 37:8-10And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.Ezekiel 24:1-14Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,Jeremiah 34:22Behold, 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 without an inhabitant.Jeremiah 22:14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and [it is] cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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