Jeremiah 52:13

13 He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

Jeremiah 52:13 in Other Translations

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:

13 And he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.

13 He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.

13 He burned the Temple of God to the ground, went on to the royal palace, and then finished off the city. He burned the whole place down.

13 He burned the Lord's temple, the king's palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the nobles.

Jeremiah 52:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:13

And burnt the house of the Lord
The temple built by Solomon, after it had stood four hundred and seventy years, six months, and ten days, according to Josephus ^F26: but the Jews say it stood but four hundred ten years ^F1: and the king's house;
the royal palace; probably that which was built by Solomon, ( 1 Kings 7:1 ) ; and all the houses of Jerusalem:
of any note or strength: and all the houses of the great [men] burnt he with fire;
of the princes and nobles in Jerusalem; it is in the singular number, "and every house of the great one"; or "every great house" ^F2; Jarchi interprets it of the synagogue, where prayer was magnified; and others, he says, understood it of the schools, where the law was magnified.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Autiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 5.
F1 T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 3. 2. & Gloss. in ib.
F2 (lwdgh tyb lk taw) "omnem domum magnatis", Cocceius; "omnemque domum magnam", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt.

Jeremiah 52:13 In-Context

11 Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.

12 On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

13 He set fire to the temple of the LORD, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

14 The whole Babylonian army, under the commander of the imperial guard, broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

15 Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the rest of the craftsmen and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Chronicles 36:19; S Psalms 74:8; Lamentations 2:6
• 2. S Deuteronomy 29:24; Psalms 79:1; Micah 3:12
• 3. S Deuteronomy 13:16; S Jeremiah 19:13