Jeremías 39:8

8 Y los caldeos pusieron a fuego la casa del rey y 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 degolló el rey de Babilonia a los hijos de Sedequías en su presencia en Ribla, haciendo asimismo degollar el rey de Babilonia a todos los nobles de Judá.

7 Y sacó los ojos al rey Sedequías, y le aprisionó con grillos para llevarle a Babilonia.

8 Y los caldeos pusieron a fuego la casa del rey y las casas del pueblo, y derribaron los muros de Jerusalén.

9 Y el resto del pueblo que había quedado en la ciudad, y los que se habían adherido a él, con todo el resto del pueblo que había quedado, los transportó a Babilonia Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia.

10 Pero Nabuzaradán, capitán de la guardia, hizo quedar en tierra de Judá del vulgo de los pobres que no tenían nada, y les dio entonces viñas y heredades.