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Jeremiah 52:13

What does Jeremiah 52:13 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 52:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and he burneth the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house he hath burned with fire,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burnt with fire.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and he burned the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; and every great [man's] house he burned with fire.

Context

v.12Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem.

v.13This passage

v.14And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 79:1

    O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.

  • Amos 3:10

    For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

  • 2 Kings 25:9

    And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.

  • Zechariah 11:1

    Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

  • Jeremiah 7:14

    therefore will I do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.

  • Ezekiel 7:20

    As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing.

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