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Jeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard and servant of the Babylonian king, acting in Jerusalem on the tenth day of the fifth month during the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign.
The words — וַ/יִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (va/i.yis.Rof) translates literally as "and he burned," and בֵּית הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ (beit ha./Me.lekh) means "the house of the king."
The thread — This destruction parallels the temple's burning in 2 Chronicles 36:19, the nations defiling the inheritance in Psalms 79:1, and Zion becoming a heap of rubble in Micah 3:12.
Why it lands — The text states that every significant building in Jerusalem was reduced to ash, demanding recognition that divine judgment operates through concrete historical conquest.
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The Hebrew words
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:
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 36:19 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.
- Psalms 79:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.
- Micah 3:12 Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
- 2 Kings 25:9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Psalms 74:6 and smashing all the carvings with hatchets and picks.
- Isaiah 64:10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
- Lamentations 2:7 The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast.
- Amos 2:5 So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
- Amos 3:10 “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
- Amos 6:11 For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”