8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.


In Context

5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment upon him.

6 And the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the nobles of Judah;

7 and he put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, to carry him to Babylon.

8 And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

9 And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had deserted to him, with the rest of the people that were left.

10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard left certain of the people, the poor who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

Jeremiah 39:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

39:8The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house, and the houses of the people with fire, and they threw down the wall of Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

39:8The Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

39:8And the house of the king, and the house of the people, have the Chaldeans burnt with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem they have broken down.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

39:8And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.