Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
Parallel translations
- WEB Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”
- KJV Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
- NKJV Arise, and let us go by night, And let us destroy her palaces.”
- NASB ‘Arise, and let’s attack by night And destroy her palaces!’ ”
- NLT ‘Well then, let’s attack at night and destroy her palaces!’”
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Quick answer
Undeterred by nightfall, the enemy resolves to attack by night and burn Jerusalem's fortresses. Their relentlessness shows the judgment cannot be put off.
Overview
The besiegers press on around the clock, determined to destroy the city's strongholds. The image of palaces in flames signals the collapse of Judah's pride and security. Human defenses crumble when God has withdrawn His protection because of sin.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Jer 52:13He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
- Isa 32:14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
- Amos 3:10–11“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
- Zech 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
- Amos 2:5So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
- Jer 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- Jer 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”
- Hos 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.
- 2 Chr 36:19Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
- Ps 48:3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
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