Jeremías 49:27

27 Prenderé fuego al muro de Damasco,y los palacios de Ben Adad serán consumidos».

Jeremías 49:27 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 49:27

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus
Signifying either that, a breach being made there the destruction of the city should begin, and be carried on until it was completed; or it may be understood literally, that first the houses built upon the wall should beset on fire by the Chaldeans, through the divine permission, and according to his order and wilt, and therefore ascribed to him, which should proceed further. Compare with this ( 2 Corinthians 11:32 2 Corinthians 11:33 ) ; and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad;
not only the houses of the common people in general, but particularly the palaces of their king and his nobles; Benhadad being a name of one of the kings of Syria, ( 1 Kings 20:1 ) ; and which, according to Kimchi, was the name of the king of Syria at the time of the destruction of Damascus by Nebuchadnezzar. Some think that this was a common name of the kings of Syria, as Pharaoh and Ptolemy with the Egyptians. It signifies the son of Hadad, which was the name of their idol; from whence their kings might be called, as was usual with the Assyrians and Babylonians.

Jeremías 49:27 In-Context

25 ¿Por qué no ha sido abandonadala ciudad famosa, la que era mi delicia?

26 En aquel día sus jóvenesquedarán tendidos en las calles;¡perecerán todos sus soldados!—afirma el SEÑORTodopoderoso—.

27 Prenderé fuego al muro de Damasco,y los palacios de Ben Adad serán consumidos».

28 Así dice el SEÑOR acerca de Cedar y de los reinos de Jazor que fueron atacados por Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia:«¡Vamos, ataquen a Cedar!¡Destruyan a esa gente del oriente!

29 Sus carpas y rebaños les serán arrebatados,se llevarán sus toldos, bienes y camellos.La gente les gritará:“¡Cunde el terror por todas partes!”