Jeremiah 49:27

New Life Version

"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus. And it will burn up the strong towers of 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 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 About Damascus, He says, "Hamath and Arpad are troubled, for they have heard bad news. Their hearts have become weak. They are troubled like the sea which cannot be quiet. ²⁴ Damascus has become weak. She has turned to run away. Fear has taken hold of her. Pain and sorrows have taken hold of her like a woman giving birth. ²⁵ Why does the city of praise, the town of My joy, still have people in it? ²⁶ For sure her young men will fall in her streets. And all the men of war will be destroyed in that day," says the Lord of All. ²⁷ "I will set fire to the wall of Damascus. And it will burn up the strong towers 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
As Rachel's soul was leaving, for she died, she gave him the name Benoni. But his father gave him the name Benjamin.

Genesis 46:21
The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.

Genesis 49:1
Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together so that I may tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.

Genesis 49:4
But because you are as wild as water, the first place will not be yours. It is because you went to your father's bed and made it unclean.

Genesis 49:7
Their anger will be punished, for it is bad. Their bad temper will be punished, for it is bad. I will divide them in Jacob and spread them apart in Israel.

Genesis 49:8
"Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of those who hate you. Your father's sons will bow down to you.

Genesis 49:11
He ties his young donkey to the vine, his donkey's young one to the best vine. He washes his clothes in wine, his coats in the blood of grapes.

Genesis 49:15
He saw that a resting place was good and that the land was pleasing. So he made his shoulder ready to carry loads. He let himself be a servant.

Genesis 49:29
Then he told them, "I will soon be with my people who have died before me. Bury me with my fathers in the grave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Numbers 23:24
See, people rise like a female lion. It lifts itself like a lion. It will not lie down until it eats the food it has killed, and drinks the blood of the kill."

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.