Jeremiah 52:13
New International Version
He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

New Living Translation
He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.

English Standard Version
And he burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.

Berean Standard Bible
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
He burned the house of the LORD and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.

New American Standard Bible
And he burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

NASB 1995
He burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

NASB 1977
And he burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he burned the house of Yahweh, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire.

Amplified Bible
He burned down the house of the LORD and the king’s palace and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house or important structure he set on fire.

Christian Standard Bible
He burned the LORD’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He burned the LORD’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles.

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.

Contemporary English Version
and he burned down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and every important building in the city, as well as all the houses.

English Revised Version
and he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He burned down the LORD's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down.

Good News Translation
He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem;

International Standard Version
He burned the LORD's Temple, the king's house, and all the houses in Jerusalem. He also burned every public building with fire.

Majority Standard Bible
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

NET Bible
He burned down the LORD's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

New Heart English Bible
and he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 he burned with fire:

World English Bible
He burned Yahweh’s house, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he burns the house of YHWH, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem—even every great house he has burned with fire,

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,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will burn the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burnt in fire:
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burnt with fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he set fire to the house of the Lord, and to the house of the king, and to all the houses of Jerusalem. And every great house he burned with fire.

New American Bible
He burned the house of the LORD, the palace of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every large building he destroyed with fire.

New Revised Standard Version
He burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he burned the house of the LORD and the house of the king of Judah and all the houses of Jerusalem and all the houses of the princes he burned with fire;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he burned the house of LORD JEHOVAH and the house of the King of Judea, and all of the households of Jerusalem, and all of the households of the Princes they burned in fire
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
and he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great man's house, burned he with fire.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of the city, and every great house he burnt with fire.

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Context
The Temple Destroyed
12On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. 13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem— every significant building. 14And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.…

Cross References
2 Kings 25:9
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

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.

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.

Lamentations 2:9
Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

Ezekiel 24:21
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’

Ezekiel 33:21
In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

Isaiah 64:10-11
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

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.

Zechariah 7:14
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

Matthew 24:2
“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Mark 13:2
“Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Luke 19:43-44
For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. / They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”

Luke 21:6
“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

Acts 6:13-14
where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law. / For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”


Treasury of Scripture

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:

burned

Jeremiah 7:14
Therefore 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.

2 Kings 25:9
And 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.

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.

the king's

Jeremiah 22:14
That 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.

Jeremiah 34:22
Behold, 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 37:8-10
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire…

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Jeremiah 52
1. Zedekiah rebels
4. Jerusalem is besieged and taken
8. Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out,
12. Nebuzaradan burns and spoils the city
24. He carries away the captives
28. The number of Jews carried captive
31. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin














He burned down
The phrase "He burned down" refers to the deliberate act of destruction carried out by the Babylonian forces under King Nebuchadnezzar. The Hebrew root for "burned" is "שָׂרַף" (saraph), which conveys a sense of consuming fire. This act of burning was not just a military tactic but a symbolic gesture of total conquest and divine judgment. Fire, in biblical terms, often represents purification and judgment, indicating that this destruction was a fulfillment of God's warnings through the prophets.

the house of the LORD
This phrase refers to Solomon's Temple, the central place of worship for the Israelites and the dwelling place of God's presence among His people. The Hebrew term for "house" is "בַּיִת" (bayit), which can mean both a physical structure and a household or family. The destruction of the Temple signified the end of an era and the breaking of the covenant relationship due to the people's persistent idolatry and disobedience. It was a profound loss, both spiritually and culturally, for the nation of Israel.

the royal palace
The royal palace, or "בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ" (beit hamelech) in Hebrew, was the residence of the kings of Judah. Its destruction symbolized the fall of the Davidic dynasty and the loss of political sovereignty. Historically, the palace was a symbol of national pride and stability, and its burning marked the end of Judah's independence and the beginning of exile.

and all the houses of Jerusalem
This phrase indicates the comprehensive nature of the destruction. "All the houses" suggests that the devastation was not limited to religious and royal structures but extended to the common dwellings of the people. The Hebrew word for "houses" is again "בַּיִת" (bayit), emphasizing the totality of the destruction. This act left the city desolate, fulfilling the prophetic warnings of Jerusalem's downfall due to the people's unfaithfulness.

Every significant building
The term "significant" in this context highlights the importance and value of the structures that were destroyed. These were not just ordinary buildings but those of considerable importance, possibly including administrative centers and other key infrastructures. The Hebrew word for "significant" can be understood as "גָּדוֹל" (gadol), meaning great or important. This underscores the thoroughness of the destruction, leaving nothing of value standing.

he burned down
The repetition of "he burned down" at the end of the verse emphasizes the completeness of the destruction. It serves as a literary device to reinforce the totality of the judgment executed upon Jerusalem. The act of burning, as mentioned earlier, is a powerful symbol of divine wrath and cleansing, leaving behind a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God.

(13) All the houses of the great men.--More accurately, all the great houses.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He burned down
וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (way·yiś·rōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8313: To be, on fire

the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the royal
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

palace,
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the houses
בָּתֵּ֧י (bāt·tê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Jerusalem—
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

significant
הַגָּד֖וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

building.
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house


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