Jeremías 39:8

8 Mientras tanto, los babilonios quemaron Jerusalén, incluido el palacio, y derribaron las murallas de la ciudad.

Jeremías 39:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 39:8

And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house
His palace: this was a month after the city was taken, as appears from ( Jeremiah 52:12 Jeremiah 52:13 ) ; and the houses of the people, with fire;
the houses of the common people, as distinct from the king's house, and the houses of the great men, ( Jeremiah 52:13 ) ; though Jarchi interprets of the synagogues. It is in the original text in the singular number, "the house of the people"; which Abarbinel understands of the temple, called, not the house of God, he having departed from it; but the house of the people, a den of thieves; according to Adrichomius ^F11, there was a house in Jerusalem called "the house of the vulgar", or common people, where public feasts and sports were kept; but the former sense seems best: and broke down the walls of Jerusalem;
demolished all the fortifications of it, and entirely dismantled it, that it might be no more a city of force and strength, as it had been.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Theatrum Terrae Sanct. p. 154.

Jeremías 39:8 In-Context

6 Hizo que Sedequías presenciara la masacre de sus hijos y de todos los nobles de Judá.

7 Luego le sacaron los ojos, lo ataron con cadenas de bronce y lo llevaron a Babilonia.

8 Mientras tanto, los babilonios quemaron Jerusalén, incluido el palacio, y derribaron las murallas de la ciudad.

9 Luego Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, envió a Babilonia a los que habían desertado para unirse a sus filas junto con el resto del pueblo que quedaba en la ciudad.

10 Pero Nabuzaradán dejó a algunos de los más pobres en Judá, y les asignó viñedos y campos para cuidar.