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.”
- KJV Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
- BSB Rise up, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses!’”
- 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 Human defenses crumble when God has withdrawn His protection because of sin.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 Yahweh’s house, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
- Isa 32:14For the palace will be forsaken. The populous city will be deserted. The hill and the watchtower will be for dens forever, a delight for wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
- Amos 3:10–11“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
- Zech 11:1Open your doors, Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars.
- Amos 2:5But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
- Jer 9:21For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
- Jer 17:27But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.”’”
- Hos 8:14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire on his cities, and it will devour its fortresses.”
- 2 Chr 36:19They burned God’s house, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels.
- Ps 48:3God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
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