And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with fire.
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile