Jeremiah 49:27

Contemporary English Version

I will set fire to your city walls and burn down the fortresses King Benhadad built.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.

Hebrew Names Version
I will kindle a fire in the wall of Dammesek, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

King James Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

English Standard Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad."

New American Standard Bible
"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified palace of Ben-hadad."

New Century Version
"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus, and it will completely burn the strong cities of King Ben-Hadad."

Amplified Bible
"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will consume the palaces of Ben-hadad."

World English Bible
I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, which shall cosume the palaces of Benhadad.

Legacy Standard Bible
"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus,And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben‑hadad."

Berean Standard Bible
"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad."

Complete Jewish Bible
"I will light a fire inside Dammesek's walls which will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad."

Darby Translation
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

Easy-to-Read Version
"I will set the walls of Damascus on fire. The fire will completely burn up the strong forts of Ben-Hadad."

George Lamsa Translation
And I will kindle a fire in the streets of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Bar-hadad.

Good News Translation
I will set the walls of Damascus on fire and will burn down King Benhadad's palaces. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken."

Lexham English Bible
"And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Ben-hadad."

Literal Translation
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus; and it shall burn up the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I will kyndle a fyre in the walles of Damascus, which shal cosume the palace of Benadad.

American Standard Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Bible in Basic English
And I will have a fire lighted on the wall of Damascus, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

King James Version (1611)
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shal consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll kindle a fire in the walles of Damascus, whiche shall consume the palace of Benhadad.

English Revised Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal kyndle fier in the wal of Damask, and it schal deuoure the bildyngis of Benadab.

Update Bible Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.

New English Translation
"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad."

New King James Version
"I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad." Amos 1:4 ">[fn]

New Living Translation
"And I will set fire to the walls of Damascus that will burn up the palaces of Ben-hadad."

New Life Bible
"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus. And it will burn up the strong towers of Ben-hadad."

New Revised Standard
And I will kindle a fire at the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then will I kindle a fire in the walls of Damascus, - And it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad.

Revised Standard Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-ha'dad."

Young's Literal Translation
And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad."

Contextual Overview

²³ The Lord says about Damascus: The towns of Hamath and Arpad have heard your bad news. They have lost hope, and worries roll over them like ocean waves. ²⁴ You people of Damascus have lost your courage, and in panic you turn to run, gripped by fear and pain. ²⁵ I once was pleased with your famous city. But now I warn you, "Escape while you still can!" ²⁶ Soon, even your best soldiers will lie dead in your streets. I, the Lord All-Powerful, have spoken. ²⁷ I will set fire to your city walls and burn down the fortresses King Benhadad built.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Amos 1:3-5

Benhadad: 1 Kings 15:18-20, 1 Kings 20:1-22, 2 Kings 13:5

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 50:32 - kindle Amos 1:4 - I will

Cross-References

Genesis 35:18
Rachel was at the point of death, and right before dying, she said, "I'll name him Benoni." But Jacob called him Benjamin.

Genesis 49:1
Jacob called his sons together and said: My sons, I am Jacob, your father Israel.

Genesis 49:4
Uncontrollable as a flood, you slept with my wife and disgraced my bed. And so you no longer deserve the place of honor.

Genesis 49:7
Now I place a curse on you because of your fierce anger. Your descendants will be scattered among the tribes of Israel.

Genesis 49:8
Judah, you will be praised by your brothers; they will bow down to you, as you defeat your enemies.

Genesis 49:11
You will tie your donkey to a choice grapevine and wash your clothes in wine from those grapes.

Genesis 49:15
You found them so pleasant that you worked too hard and became a slave.

Genesis 49:29
Jacob told his sons: Soon I will die, and I want you to bury me in Machpelah Cave. Abraham bought this cave as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite, and it is near the town of Mamre in Canaan. Abraham and Sarah are buried there, and so are Isaac and Rebekah. I buried Leah there too.

Numbers 23:24
They are like angry lions ready to attack; and they won't rest until their victim is gobbled down."

Deuteronomy 33:12
The Lord Most High loves you, tribe of Benjamin. He will live among your hills and protect you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,.... Signifying either that, a breach being made there the destruction of the city should begin, and be carried on until it was completed; or it may be understood literally, that first the houses built upon the wall should beset on fire by the Chaldeans, through the divine permission, and according to his order and wilt, and therefore ascribed to him, which should proceed further. Compare with this 2 Corinthians 11:32;

and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad; not only the houses of the common people in general, but particularly the palaces of their king and his nobles; Benhadad being a name of one of the kings of Syria, 1 Kings 20:1; and which, according to Kimchi, was the name of the king of Syria at the time of the destruction of Damascus by Nebuchadnezzar. Some think that this was a common name of the kings of Syria, as Pharaoh and Ptolemy with the Egyptians. It signifies the son of Hadad, which was the name of their idol; from whence their kings might be called, as was usual with the Assyrians and Babylonians.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal reference and 1 Kings 11:14 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 49:27. The palaces of Ben-hadad. — Damascus was a seat of the Syrian kings, and Ben-hadad was a name common to several of its kings.