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


In Context

5 But the Babylonian army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.

6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah.

7 Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

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

9 Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him, and the rest of the people.

10 But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

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 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 Darby 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 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.