Jeremiah 49:27
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New International Version (©2011)
"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad."

New Living Translation (©2007)
"And I will set fire to the walls of Damascus that will burn up the palaces of Ben-hadad."

English Standard Version (©2001)
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I will set fire to the wall of Damascus; it will consume Ben-hadad's citadels.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"I'll kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad."

NET Bible (©2006)
"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus and burn down Benhadad's palaces."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.

American King James Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

American Standard Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, rind it shall devour the strong holds of Benadad.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

English Revised Version
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.

World English Bible
I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

49:23-27 How easily God can dispirit those nations that have been most celebrated for valour! Damascus waxes feeble. It was a city of joy, having all the delights of the sons of men. But those deceive themselves who place their happiness in carnal joys.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 27. - And I will kindly, etc. A combination of clauses from Amos 1:14 and Amos 1:4. Three several kings of Damascus bore the name of Ben-hadad: one the contemporary of King Baasha of Samaria; another, of Ahab; a third, of Joash. (Ben-hadad, however, should rather be Ben-hadar, agreeably to the Assyrian inscriptions and the Septuagint.)

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,.... Signifying either that, a breach being made there the destruction of the city should begin, and be carried on until it was completed; or it may be understood literally, that first the houses built upon the wall should beset on fire by the Chaldeans, through the divine permission, and according to his order and wilt, and therefore ascribed to him, which should proceed further. Compare with this 2 Corinthians 11:32;

and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad; not only the houses of the common people in general, but particularly the palaces of their king and his nobles; Benhadad being a name of one of the kings of Syria, 1 Kings 20:1; and which, according to Kimchi, was the name of the king of Syria at the time of the destruction of Damascus by Nebuchadnezzar. Some think that this was a common name of the kings of Syria, as Pharaoh and Ptolemy with the Egyptians. It signifies the son of Hadad, which was the name of their idol; from whence their kings might be called, as was usual with the Assyrians and Babylonians.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

27. palaces of Ben-hadad—that palace from which so many evils and such cruelty to Israel emanated; thus implying the cause of Damascus' overthrow. Not the Ben-hadad of 2Ki 13:3; Am 1:4; it was a common name of the Syrian kings (compare 1Ki 15:18; meaning "son of Hadad," the idol).

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The Judgment on Damascus
…25How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! 26Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, said the LORD of hosts. 27And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

1 Kings 15:18 Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD's temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.
2 Kings 13:3 So the LORD's anger burned against Israel, and for a long time he kept them under the power of Hazael king of Aram and Ben-Hadad his son.
Jeremiah 43:12 He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive. As a shepherd picks his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart.
Jeremiah 50:32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her."
Amos 1:3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth,