Jeremiah 39:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. ”

Jeremiah 39:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.
Jeremiah 39:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Fall of Jerusalem: Jeremiah Spared. This paragraph well illustrates the growth of the OT text; cf. 2 Kings 25:1-12 (also reproduced in Jeremiah 52:4-16 , from which Jeremiah 39:1 f. and...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the Chaldeans burned, &c. On the tenth day of the fifth month. Compare Jeremiah 52:12 ; Jeremiah 52:13 . The same day as the capture of the city by the Romans in A.D. 69.
Jeremiah 39:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here also the Prophet shews that whatever he had predicted was fulfilled, so that nothing was wanting to render faith sure and fixed. He had said, as we have seen, that if Zedekiah surrendered...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 39:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. The Chaldeans burned ... the houses - a just retribution for the pro...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Capture of Jerusalem (11th year of Zedekiah) The narrative in this c., with some varieties in detail, coincides with that of Jeremiah 52 and with 2 Kings 25 . 1-7. The city taken. Zedeki...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house. — In the fuller account of Jeremiah 52:12 , we find that this was the work of Nebuzar-adan, who had been sent by Nebuchadnezzar, on hearing of the captur...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1-18 ; Jeremiah 40:1-16 ; Jeremiah 41:1-18 ; Jeremiah 52:1-34 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote with the swo...
Jeremiah 39:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the fourth month of the eleventh year, at last "a breach was ma...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a sad business Zedekiah had made of it; and what a grievous calamity followed! Zedekiah was but in the prime of life when these things took place. And here he felt the awful consequence of rejec...
Jeremiah 39:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CAPTIVE DAUGHTER OF ZION ‘The Chaldeans … brake down the walls of Jerusalem.’ Jeremiah 39:8 How Zedekiah must have repented now that he had not listened to the prophet’s word! How his ne...
Jeremiah 39:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 ; and the houses of the people, with fire ; the houses of the...
Jeremiah 39:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. Ver. 8. See on 2 Kings 25:8 .
Jeremiah 39:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They fled by the gate betwixt the two walls Betwixt the wall and the outworks, or betwixt the old wall of the city and the new one which Hezekiah built, of which mention is made 2 Chronicles 32:5...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jerusalem Taken. B. C. 588. 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Still it is observable how punctual the Holy Ghost is in recording the fulfillings of the words of the Lord. This prophet had at least four times foretold that this would be one consequent of the kin...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. — Cf . notes in loc . chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six months, not reckoning the interval during which the Chaldeans bro...
Jeremiah 39:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 39:1 . In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged Jerusalem. On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon the taking of the city. This would reconcile the captives to their lo...
Jeremiah 39:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. The downfall of Judah The siege and sacking of Jerusalem under Nebuchadrezzar is the most t...
Jeremiah 39:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah 39:1 , Jeremiah 39:2 , and Jeremiah 39:4-24 ) h...
Jeremiah 39:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jerusalem Taken
Jeremiah 39:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:19 ; 2 Kings 25:10 ; 2 Kings 25:9 ; Amos 2:5 ; Isaiah 5:9 ; Jeremiah 17:27 ; Jeremiah 21:10 ; Jeremiah 34:2 ; Jeremiah 34:22 ; Jeremiah 37:10 ; Jeremiah 38:18 ; Jeremiah 5...

Jeremiah 39:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 39:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 39:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 39:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 39:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 39:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 39:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 39:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 39:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 39:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 39:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 39:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 39:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 39:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge