Jeremías 39:8

8 Los babilonios prendieron fuego al palacio real y a las casas del pueblo, y derribaron los muros de Jerusalén.

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 y ante sus propios ojos hizo degollar a sus hijos, lo mismo que a todos los nobles de Judá.

7 Luego mandó que a Sedequías le sacaran los ojos y le pusieran cadenas de bronce, para llevarlo a Babilonia.

8 Los babilonios prendieron fuego al palacio real y a las casas del pueblo, y derribaron los muros de Jerusalén.

9 Finalmente Nabuzaradán, el comandante de la guardia, llevó cautivos a Babilonia tanto al resto de la población como a los desertores, es decir, a todos los que quedaban.

10 Nabuzaradán, comandante de la guardia, solo dejó en el territorio de Judá a algunos de los más pobres, que no poseían nada. En aquel día les asignó campos y viñedos.