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New Living Translation

Jeremiah 37:8

Then the Babylonians will come back and capture this city and burn it to the ground.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Armies;   Egyptians;   Zedekiah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Zedekiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Jubilee;   Kings, the Books of;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Egypt;   Jeremiah;   Lamentations, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Hophra;   Jeremiah;   Pharaoh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Pharaoh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zedeki'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Siege;   Zedekiah (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Chaldeans will then return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it.
Hebrew Names Version
The Kasdim shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
King James Version
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
English Standard Version
And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. They shall capture it and burn it with fire.
New American Standard Bible
"Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire."'
New Century Version
After that, the Babylonian army will return and attack Jerusalem and capture it and burn it down.'
Amplified Bible
"And the Chaldeans [of Babylon] will come again and fight against this city, and they will capture it and set it on fire."'
World English Bible
The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Caldeans shall come againe, and fight against this citie, and take it and burne it with fire.
Legacy Standard Bible
The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire."'
Berean Standard Bible
Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.'
Contemporary English Version
Then the Babylonians will return and attack Jerusalem, and this time they will capture the city and set it on fire.
Complete Jewish Bible
The Kasdim will return, attack this city, capture it and burn it to the ground.'
Darby Translation
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Easy-to-Read Version
After that the army from Babylon will come back here and attack Jerusalem. Then they will capture and burn it.'
George Lamsa Translation
And the Chaldeans shall return again and fight against this city, and they shall take it and burn it with fire.
Good News Translation
Then the Babylonians will come back, attack the city, capture it, and burn it down.
Lexham English Bible
And the Chaldeans will return, and they will fight against this city, and they will capture it, and they will burn it with fire."'
Literal Translation
And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the Caldees shall come agayne, & fight agaynst this cite, wynne it, and set fyre vpon it.
American Standard Version
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
Bible in Basic English
And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the Chaldeans shall return, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
King James Version (1611)
And the Caldeans shall come againe, and fight against this citie and take it, and burne it with fire.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the Chaldees shall come agayne, and fight agaynst this citie, winne it, and set fire vpon it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
In that day, said the Lord, I will break the yoke off their neck, and will burst their bonds, and they shall no longer serve strangers:
English Revised Version
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Caldeis schulen come ayen, and schulen fiyte ayens this citee, and schulen take it, and schulen brenne it bi fier.
Update Bible Version
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
New English Translation
Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.
New King James Version
And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it and burn it with fire."'
New Life Bible
Then the Babylonians will return and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire."'
New Revised Standard
And the Chaldeans shall return and fight against this city; they shall take it and burn it with fire.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then will the Chaldeans come back, and fight against this city, - and capture it and burn it with fire.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-7) And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Revised Standard Version
And the Chalde'ans shall come back and fight against this city; they shall take it and burn it with fire.
Young's Literal Translation
and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire."'

Contextual Overview

1 Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim as the king of Judah. He was appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 2 But neither King Zedekiah nor his attendants nor the people who were left in the land listened to what the Lord said through Jeremiah. 3 Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah, "Please pray to the Lord our God for us." 4 Jeremiah had not yet been imprisoned, so he could come and go among the people as he pleased. 5 At this time the army of Pharaoh Hophra of Egypt appeared at the southern border of Judah. When the Babylonian army heard about it, they withdrew from their siege of Jerusalem. 6 Then the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah: 7 "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: The king of Judah sent you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell him, ‘Pharaoh's army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you. 8 Then the Babylonians will come back and capture this city and burn it to the ground.' 9 "This is what the Lord says: Do not fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren't! 10 Even if you were to destroy the entire Babylonian army, leaving only a handful of wounded survivors, they would still stagger from their tents and burn this city to the ground!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 32:29, Jeremiah 34:21, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 39:2-8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:52 - General 2 Kings 25:9 - the king's Jeremiah 21:4 - Behold Jeremiah 21:10 - it shall Jeremiah 52:13 - the king's Amos 2:5 - I will Micah 6:9 - Lord's

Cross-References

Genesis 37:3
Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.
Genesis 37:4
But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn't say a kind word to him.
Genesis 37:6
"Listen to this dream," he said.
Genesis 37:27
Instead of hurting him, let's sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!" And his brothers agreed.
Genesis 37:28
So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.
Genesis 49:26
May my fatherly blessings on you surpass the blessings of my ancestors, reaching to the heights of the eternal hills. May these blessings rest on the head of Joseph, who is a prince among his brothers.
Exodus 2:14
The man replied, "Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?" Then Moses was afraid, thinking, "Everyone knows what I did."
1 Samuel 10:27
But there were some scoundrels who complained, "How can this man save us?" And they scorned him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them. [Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the people of Gad and Reuben who lived east of the Jordan River. He gouged out the right eye of each of the Israelites living there, and he didn't allow anyone to come and rescue them. In fact, of all the Israelites east of the Jordan, there wasn't a single one whose right eye Nahash had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites, and they had settled in Jabesh-gilead.]
1 Samuel 17:28
But when David's oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry. "What are you doing around here anyway?" he demanded. "What about those few sheep you're supposed to be taking care of? I know about your pride and deceit. You just want to see the battle!"
Psalms 118:22
The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Chaldeans shall come again,.... To Jerusalem, after they have defeated or drove back the Egyptian army:

and fight against this city; with fresh rigour and resolution; being exasperated by the methods taken to oblige them to raise the siege:

and take it, and burn it with fire; as they did, Jeremiah 39:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah’s answer here is even more unfavorable than that which is given in Jeremiah 21:4-7. So hopeless is resistance that the disabled men among the Chaldaeans would alone suffice to capture the city and burn it to the ground.


 
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