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The Chaldeans burned the king`s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
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God's Word Fulfilled
Commentators like John Calvin emphasize that the burning of Jerusalem was not a random act of war but the direct fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecies. God had warned that this would happen if the king and people did not repent. This event serves as a powerful confirmation that God's word is true and will surely come to pass.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.
19th Century
Anglican
And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house. —In the fuller account of Jeremiah 52:12, we find that this was the work of Ne…
16th Century
Protestant
Here also the Prophet shows that whatever he had predicted was fulfilled, so that nothing was lacking to make faith sure and fixed. He had said, as…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house His palace: this was a month after the city was taken, as appears from ([Re…
Jerusalem was so strong, that the inhabitants believed the enemy could never enter it. But sin provoked God to withdraw his protection, and then it…
13th Century
Catholic
This section describes the ordering of the remnant of the people after they were taken captive. It is divided into three parts:
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