13 He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
13 And 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:
13 And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.
13 He burned the Temple of God to the ground, went on to the royal palace, and then finished off the city. He burned the whole place down.
13 He burned the house of the Lord and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
13 He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings in the city.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 52:13
Commentary on Jeremiah 52:12-23
(Read Jeremiah 52:12-23)
The Chaldean army made woful havoc. But nothing is so particularly related here, as the carrying away of the articles in the temple. The remembrance of their beauty and value shows us the more the evil of sin.