Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
Parallel translations
- WEB Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.”
- BSB Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
- 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 Human defenses crumble when God has withdrawn His protection because of sin.
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Cross-references · 10
- Jer 52:13And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
- Isa 32:14Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
- Amos 3:10–11For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
- Zech 11:1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
- Amos 2:5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
- Jer 9:21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
- Jer 17:27But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
- Hos 8:14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
- 2 Chr 36:19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
- Ps 48:3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
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