Jeremiah 39:8
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8 The Chaldeans burned with fire the king’s house and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.(A)
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Nehemiah 1:3
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3 They replied, “The remnant there in the province who escaped captivity are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”(A)
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Jeremiah 38:18
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18 But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city shall be handed over to the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand.”(A)
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Jeremiah 21:10
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10 For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good, says the Lord; it shall be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.(A)
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Micah 3:12
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12 Therefore because of you
Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
and the mountain of the temple a wooded height.(A)
Jeremiah 52:13-14
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13 He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.(A) 14 All the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.(B)
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2 Kings 25:9-10
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9 He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.(A) 10 All the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.(B)
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Amos 2:5
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5 So I will send a fire on Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.(A)
Lamentations 2:7
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7 The Lord has scorned his altar,
disowned his sanctuary;
he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
the walls of her palaces;
a clamor was raised in the house of the Lord
as on a day of festival.(A)
Lamentations 2:2
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2 The Lord has destroyed without mercy
all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has broken down
the strongholds of daughter Judah;
he has brought down to the ground in dishonor
the kingdom and its rulers.(A)
Lamentations 1:10
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10 Enemies have stretched out their hands
over all her precious things;
she has even seen the nations
invade her sanctuary,
those whom you forbade
to enter your congregation.(A)
Jeremiah 37:10
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10 Even if you defeated the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you and there remained of them only wounded men in their tents, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.(A)
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Jeremiah 34:22
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22 I am going to command, says the Lord, and will bring them back to this city, and they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. The towns of Judah I will make a desolation without inhabitant.(A)
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Jeremiah 34:2
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2 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak to King Zedekiah of Judah and say to him: Thus says the Lord: I am going to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.(A)
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Jeremiah 17:27
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27 But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy and to carry in no burden through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates; it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.(A)
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Jeremiah 9:10-12
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10 Take up[a] weeping and wailing for the mountains
and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness,
because they are laid waste so that no one passes through,
and the lowing of cattle is not heard;
both the birds of the air and the animals
have fled and are gone.(A)
11 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
a lair of jackals,
and I will make the towns of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.(B)
12 Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, so that they may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?(C)
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- 9.10 Gk Syr: Heb I will take up
Jeremiah 7:20
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20 Therefore thus says the Lord God: My anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place, on humans and animals, on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.
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Isaiah 5:9
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9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.(A)
2 Chronicles 36:19
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19 They burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious vessels.(A)
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