Jeremiah 37:8

Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God speaks to Jeremiah to deliver a message to King Zedekiah, correcting the king’s reliance on Pharaoh’s military relief. The declaration occurs after Pharaoh’s army has marched out but before it departs for Egypt.

The words — וְ/שָ֙בוּ֙ (ve./Sha.vu) = they will return and וּ/שְׂרָפֻ֥/הָ (u./se.ra.Fu./ha) = they will burn it describe the Chaldean forces reversing their withdrawal to complete the siege.

The thread — The Chaldean siege and burning of the city reappears in Jeremiah 32:29, Jeremiah 38:23, and Jeremiah 39:2.

Why it lands — The text states the Chaldeans will return, capture, and burn the city; interpreters note this demands reliance on divine warning over political alliances, confirming that human military support cannot override God’s declared judgment.

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The Hebrew words

וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ve./Sha.vuand/ they will return הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha./kas.Dimthe/ Chaldeans וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּve./nil.cha.Muand/ they will fight עַל־'al-on הָעִ֣ירha./'Irthe/ city הַזֹּ֑אתha./Zot<the>/ this וּלְכָדֻ֖הָu./le.kha.Du./haand/ they will capture/ it וּשְׂרָפֻ֥הָu./se.ra.Fu./haand/ they will burn/ it בָאֵֽשׁ׃ סva./'Eshwith <the>/ fire

King James Version

And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 38:23 All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
Jeremiah 39:2 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
Jeremiah 32:29 And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
Jeremiah 34:21 And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.