Jeremiah 49:27
And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
The kingdom of Syria lay north of Canaan, as that of Edom lay south, and thither we must now remove and take a view of the approaching fate of that kingdom, which had been often vexatious to the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
I will kindle a fire Cp. Num 21:28; Deu 32:22. Benhadad (son of Hadad) was the name of several kings of Syria.
palaces See on Jer 6:5.
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