Bible verse
“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
Jeremiah 49:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 49.
23 Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
24 Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.
25 How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?
26 For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
27 “I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”
28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!
29 They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’
30 Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
31 Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
KJV
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
ASV
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
ERV
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
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