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Jeremiah 39:8

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and all the people's homes, then tore down Jerusalem's walls completely.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Everything they built, everything they called home — gone.

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He burned down the LORD's temple, the king's palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem—every important person's house was destroyed by fire.

2 Chronicles 36:17

So God allowed the king of Babylon to attack them. The Babylonian army killed their young men right inside their holy temple and showed no mercy to anyone—not to young men or women, not to the elderly or those bent over with age. God let the enemy conquer them all.

The entire Babylonian army that was with their commanding officer tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

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