Jeremiah 52 · Verse 13

Jeremiah 52:13

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:
Jeremiah 52:13, King James Version

Jeremiah 52:13 in other translations

BSBHe burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
WEBHe burned the LORD’s house, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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,
DARBYand 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.
BBEAnd 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:
WebsterAnd 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 he burned with fire:

What does Jeremiah 52:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. all the houses ... and all the houses of the great--the "and" defines what houses especially are meant, namely, the houses of the great men.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 And burned the house of the Lord - Thus perished this magnificent structure, after it had stood four hundred and twenty-four years three months and eight days. It was built A.M. 2992, and destroyed A.M. 3416.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 52:12-23

The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.

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Jeremiah 52:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ףvai.yis.Rofand he burnedH8313
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְאֵ֨תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בָּתֵּ֧יba.Tei[the] houses ofH1004
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
בֵּ֥יתbeit<the> house ofH1004
הַגָּד֖וֹלha.ga.Dol<the> great [person]H1419
שָׂרַ֥ףsa.Rafhe burnedH8313
בָּאֵֽשׁ\׃ba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784

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Cross references for Jeremiah 52:13

  • Psalms 79:1

    A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.

  • Micah 3:12

    Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:19

    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.

  • 2 Kings 25:9

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

  • Psalms 74:6-8

    But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.

  • Lamentations 2:7

    The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • Isaiah 64:10-11

    Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

  • Amos 3:10-11

    For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

  • Amos 6:11

    For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • Amos 2:5

    But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

  • Matthew 24:2

    And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

  • Jeremiah 38:23

    So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
burned.
7:14; 2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 36:19; Ps 74:6-8; 79:1; Isa 64:10,11; La 2:7
Eze 7:20-22; 24:21; Mic 3:12; Zec 11:1; Mt 24:2; Ac 6:13,14
the king's.
22:14; 34:22; 37:8-10; 38:23; 39:8,9; Eze 24:1-14; Am 2:5; 3:10,11
Am 6:11

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Context

  • Jeremiah 52:12

    Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar–adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,

  • Jeremiah 52:13

    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:

  • Jeremiah 52:14

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

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Jeremiah 52:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y quemó la casa de Jehová, y la casa del rey, y todas las casas de Jerusalem; y abrasó con fuego todo grande edificio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il brûla la maison de l’ Éternel, et la maison du roi, et toutes les maisons de Jérusalem; et il brûla par le feu toutes les grandes maisons.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und er verbrannte das Haus Jehovas und das Haus des Königs; und alle Häuser von Jerusalem und jedes große Haus verbrannte er mit Feuer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et incendit domum Domini, et domum regis, et omnes domos Jerusalem: et omnem domum magnam igni combussit: