Verse 8

The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

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  • Neh 1:3 : 3 They said to me, 'Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.'
  • Jer 21:10 : 10 For I have set my face against this city for disaster and not for good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will burn it with fire.
  • Jer 38:18 : 18 But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from their hands.’"
  • Jer 52:13-14 : 13 He set fire to the house of the LORD, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every significant building in the city. 14 The entire Chaldean army, under the commander of the guard, tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.
  • 2 Kgs 25:9-9 : 9 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every large house was burned down. 10 The entire Chaldean army, under the captain of the guard, tore down the walls of Jerusalem that surrounded the city.
  • Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
  • 2 Chr 36:19 : 19 They burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, destroying all its valuable articles.
  • Lam 1:10 : 10 The enemy has laid hands on all her treasures; she saw nations enter her sanctuary—those you had forbidden to enter your assembly.
  • Lam 2:2 : 2 The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob without pity. In his wrath, he has torn down the fortresses of the daughter of Judah, bringing them down to the ground. He has defiled her kingdom and its rulers.
  • Lam 2:7 : 7 The Lord has rejected his altar and disowned his sanctuary. He has delivered into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces. They raised their voices in the house of the LORD as on a day of appointed festival.
  • Amos 2:5 : 5 'So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.'
  • Jer 34:2 : 2 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell Zedekiah, king of Judah, 'This is what the Lord says: I am delivering this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.'
  • Jer 34:22 : 22 Behold, I am giving a command, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without any inhabitants.
  • Jer 37:10 : 10 Even if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.
  • Isa 5:9 : 9 The Lord of Hosts said in my hearing: Truly, many houses will become desolate—large and beautiful ones, without occupants.
  • Jer 7:20 : 20 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on people and animals, on the trees of the field and the fruits of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
  • Jer 9:10-12 : 10 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the towns of Judah desolate, without inhabitants. 11 Who is the wise person who may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been scorched like a desert with no one passing through? 12 And the Lord said, 'It is because they have forsaken my law that I set before them; they have not obeyed My voice or walked according to it.'
  • Jer 17:27 : 27 But if you do not obey Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any loads as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem and will not be extinguished.