2 Chronicles 36:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, destroying all its valuable articles.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיִּשְׂרְפוּ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַֽיְנַתְּצ֔וּ אֵ֖ת חוֹמַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְכָל־אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ שָׂרְפ֣וּ בָאֵ֔שׁ וְכָל־כְּלֵ֥י מַחֲמַדֶּ֖יהָ לְהַשְׁחִֽית׃ ס

Transliteration

And wayyiśrĕpû ʾet-bêt the-ʾĕlōhîm and waynatṣû ʾēt ḥômat yərûšālāim and-all-her-ʾarmĕnôtehā śārĕpû with-the-ʾēš and-all-kəlê her-maḥămaddehā to-hašḥît

Grammar Details

• *wayyiśrĕpû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they burned
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bêt*: masculine singular construct noun - house of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the God
• *waynatṣû*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they broke down
• *ḥômat*: feminine singular construct noun - wall of
• *yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *ʾarmĕnôtehā*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her palaces
• *śārĕpû*: Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they burned
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun with definite article and preposition - with the fire
• *kəlê*: masculine plural construct noun - vessels of
• *maḥămaddehā*: masculine plural noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her desirable things
• *hašḥît*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to destroy

Word Meanings

• *waynatṣû*: they broke down/they tore down/they demolished
• *ʾarmĕnôtehā*: her palaces/her citadels/her fortresses
• *maḥămaddehā*: her desirable things/her precious articles/her valuable objects

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And they burned the house of God, and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they burnt{H8313} the house{H1004} of God,{H430} and brake down{H5422} the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and burnt{H8313} all the palaces{H759} thereof with fire,{H784} and destroyed{H7843} all the goodly{H4261} vessels{H3627} thereof.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and brake down{H5422}{(H8762)} the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and burnt{H8313}{(H8804)} all the palaces{H759} thereof with fire{H784}, and destroyed{H7843}{(H8687)} all the goodly{H4261} vessels{H3627} thereof.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they brent the house of God, and brake downe the wall of Ierusale, and all the palaces therof brent they with fyre, so that all the costly ornamentes of it were destroyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof, to destroy all.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake downe the wal of Hierusalem, and burnt all the pallaices thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly iewels therof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces of it with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they burn the house of God, and break down the wall of Jerusalem, and all its palaces they have burnt with fire, and all its desirable vessels -- to destruction.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the house of God was burned and the wall of Jerusalem broken down; all its great houses were burned with fire and all its beautiful vessels given up to destruction.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels of it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They burned down the God’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 79:1 : 1 A psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
• Ps 79:7 : 7 For they have devoured Jacob and ruined his dwelling place.
• Isa 64:10-11 : 10 Our holy and glorious house, where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire, and all that we treasured lies in ruins. 11 For these things, will you restrain yourself, LORD? Will you remain silent and afflict us so severely?
• Jer 7:4 : 4 Do not trust deceitful words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
• Jer 7:14 : 14 So I will do to the house that bears my name, in which you trust, and to the place I gave to you and your ancestors, just as I did to Shiloh.
• Jer 52:13-15 : 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. 15 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of those who remained in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the remaining multitude.
• Lam 4:1 : 1 How the gold has grown dim, the fine gold has changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.
• 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.
• Luke 21:6 : 6 ‘As for these things you see, days are coming when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.’
• 1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And this temple, now exalted, will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss, saying, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land and this temple?'
• 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. 11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, exiled the remainder of the people who were left in the city, including the deserters who had joined the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.
• Ps 74:4-8 : 4 Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your assembly place; they have set up their signs as signs. 5 It appeared like one lifting up axes against a thick forest. 6 Now they smash all its carved work together with hatchets and hammers. 7 They set Your sanctuary on fire; they profaned the dwelling place of Your name, bringing it to the ground. 8 They said in their hearts, 'Let us completely subdue them!' They burned all the meeting places of God in the land.