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Jeremiah 49:27
“I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.”
Jeremiah 49:27 · World English Bible
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Jeremiah 49:27 in other translations
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
"I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad."
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In context
24 Damascus has grown feeble, she turns herself to flee, and trembling has seized her. Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not forsaken, the city of my joy?
26 Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,” says the LORD of Armies.
27 “I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.”
28 Of Kedar, and of the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck, The LORD says: “Arise, go up to Kedar, and destroy the children of the east.
29 They will take their tents and their flocks. they will carry away for themselves their curtains, all their vessels, and their camels; and they will cry to them, ‘Terror on every side!’
30 Flee! Wander far off! Dwell in the depths, you inhabitants of Hazor,” says the LORD; “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you.
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