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Literal Standard Version

Jeremiah 49:27

And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, || And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Damascus;   Palace;   Syria;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Walls;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Obadiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Benhadad ;   Damascus;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Benhadad;   Consume;   Jeremiah (2);   Zechariah, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ben-Hadad;  

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

23Concerning Damascus: "Hamath and Arpad have been ashamed, || For they have heard an evil report, || They have been melted, sorrow [is] in the sea, || It is not able to be quiet. 24Damascus has been feeble, || She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her, || Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman. 25How it is not left—the city of praise, || The city of My joy! 26Therefore her young men fall in her broad places, || And all the men of war are cut off in that day, || A declaration of YHWH of Hosts. 27And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, || And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!"

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
And it comes to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calls his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;
Genesis 46:21
And sons of Benjamin: Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Genesis 49:1
And Jacob calls to his sons and says, "Be gathered together, and I declare to you that which happens with you in the latter end of the days.
Genesis 49:4
Unstable as water, you are not abundant; For you have gone up your father's bed; Then you have defiled [it]: He went up my couch!
Genesis 49:7
Cursed [is] their anger, for [it is] fierce, || And their wrath, for [it is] sharp; I divide them in Jacob, || And I scatter them in Israel.
Genesis 49:8
Judah! Your brothers praise you! Your hand [is] on the neck of your enemies, || Sons of your father bow themselves to you.
Genesis 49:11
Binding to the vine his donkey, || And to the choice vine the colt of his donkey, || He has washed in wine his clothing, || And in the blood of grapes his covering;
Genesis 49:15
And he sees rest, that [it is] good, || And the land, that [it is] pleasant, || And he inclines his shoulder to bear, || And is a servant for tribute.
Genesis 49:29
And he commands them and says to them, "I am being gathered to my people; bury me by my fathers, at the cave which [is] in the field of Ephron the Hittite;
Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people rises as a lioness, || And he lifts himself up as a lion; He does not lie down until he eats prey, || And drinks blood of pierced ones."

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.


 
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