Jeremías 49:27

27 Y prenderé fuego al muro de Damasco que consumirá los palacios de Ben-adad.

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 ¿Cómo es que no ha sido abandonada la ciudad alabada, la ciudad de mi regocijo?

26 Por eso sus jóvenes caerán en sus calles, y todos los hombres de guerra serán silenciados en aquel díadeclara el SEÑOR de los ejércitos.

27 Y prenderé fuego al muro de Damasco que consumirá los palacios de Ben-adad.

28 Acerca de Cedar y de los reinos de Hazor, que derrotó Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia. Así dice el SEÑOR: Levantaos, subid a Cedar y destruid a los hijos del oriente.

29 Sus tiendas y sus rebaños serán tomados; las cortinas de sus tiendas, todos sus bienes y sus camellos se los llevarán, y gritarán el uno al otro: "¡Terror por todas partes!"