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Lexicon :: Strong's H8313 - śārap̄

Aa
שָׂרַף
Transliteration
śārap̄
Pronunciation
saw-raf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2292

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂרַף sâraph, saw-raf'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, set) on fire:—(cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, × utterly.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x

The KJV translates Strong's H8313 in the following manner: burn (112x), burn up (2x), kindled (1x), made (1x), utterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 117x
The KJV translates Strong's H8313 in the following manner: burn (112x), burn up (2x), kindled (1x), made (1x), utterly (1x).

  1. to burn

    1. (Qal) to burn

    2. (Niphal) to be burned

    3. (Piel) burner, burning (participle)

    4. (Pual) to be burnt up, be burned

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂרַף sâraph, saw-raf'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, set) on fire:—(cause to, make a) burn((-ing), up) kindle, × utterly.
STRONGS H8313: Abbreviations
שָׂרַף 117 verb burn (70 times + בָּאֵשׁ, 2 times + בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ) (Late Hebrew (rare) = Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian šarâpu; Aramaic שְׂרַף (rare); bdb097616 is absorb, consume); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׂ׳ Joshua 11:9 +, 3rd person feminine singular suffix שְׂרָפָ֫חַם Isaiah 47:14, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׂרֹף Numbers 19:5 2 times, more often וַיִּשְׂרֹף Exodus 32:20 +, 2rd person masculine plural תִּשְׂרְפוּן Deuteronomy 7:5 2 times; Infinitive absolute שָׂרוֺף 2 Samuel 23:7; construct שְׂרֹף Jeremiah 36:25 +; suffix שָׂרְפוֺ Judges 9:52; Amos 2:1; Participle active שׂרֵף Leviticus 16:28; Numbers 19:8, plural שׂרְפִים 2 Kings 17:31; passive masculine plural שְׂרֻפִים Numbers 17:4 [Numbers 16:39]; feminine singular שְׂרוּפָה 1 Samuel 30:3, שְׂרֻפָה Psalm 80:17 [Psalm 80:16], plural שְׂרוּפוֺת Nehemiah 3:24 [Nehemiah 4:2], construct שְׂרֻפוֺת Isaiah 1:7; — burn (59 times + בָּאֵשׁ, 2 times + בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ):
1. in making bricks, + לִשְׂרֵפָה Genesis 11:3 (J; object omitted).
2.
a. with accusative of thing, usually to destroy, e.g. door Judges 9:52, house Judges 12:1; 1 Kings 16:18 (both with עַל person), Jeremiah 39:8 11 times, compare passive participle Nehemiah 3:24, city Joshua 6:24; 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:14 16 times, compare passive participle 1 Samuel 30:3; Isaiah 1:7, chariots Joshua 11:6, Joshua 11:9; 2 Kings 23:11; Psalm 46:10 [Psalm 46:9] (subject י׳), idols, etc., Exodus 32:20 (accusative omitted), Deuteronomy 9:21 10 times, roll † Jeremiah 36:25, Jeremiah 36:27, Jeremiah 36:28, Jeremiah 36:29, Jeremiah 36:32, wood † Isaiah 44:16, Isaiah 44:19 (both + בְּמוֺאֵֿשׁ), compare Psalm 80:17 [Psalm 80:16] (figurative), Jeremiah 51:32, hair † Ezekiel 5:4; bones, to lime (as outrage) † Amos 2:1; upon altars (in desecration) † 1 Kings 13:2; 1Ki 23:16 [2 Kings 23:16]; 1Ki 23:20 [2 Kings 23:20] 2 Chronicles 34:5; bodies, as funeral rite 1 Samuel 31:12 (rare custom, RSSemitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; but Klo Bu read יִשְׂפְּדוּ [= יִס׳]; compare BenzArchaeology 163; Ency. Bib. DEAD NowArchaeology i. 188); שׂ׳ as funeral rite also (object omitted, probably spices, compare 2 Chronicles 16:14), with ל person dead Jeremiah 34:5, + accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׂרֵפָה 2 Chronicles 16:14 (compare שְׂרֵפָה); in ceremonial of P (never of burning sacrifice on altar, הִקְטִיר, compare הֶעְֶלֶה, but) chiefly (14 times) of consuming refuse, especially unused portions of victims, etc. (to prevent use), and infected objects, Exodus 29:14, Exodus 29:34 +, sometimes מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה Leviticus 4:12 (+ עַעֵָֿצִים), Leviticus 4:21 4 times, etc., compare Ezekiel 43:21; also of burning red heifer (to produce ashes for purification) Numbers 19:5 (twice in verse); Numbers 19:8.
† b. burn, with accusative of person,
(1) as penalty Joshua 7:25 (JE), Judges 14:15; Judges 15:6; Leviticus 20:14, compare Numbers 17:4 [Numbers 16:39] (passive participle), so, אֵשׁ subject, Isaiah 47:14, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׂרֵפָה Leviticus 10:6 (P);
(2) as sacrifice, Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; + ל dei Deuteronomy 12:31; 2 Kings 17:31.
† Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׂרֵף Joshua 7:15 +, 3rd person feminine plural תִּשָּׂרַפְנָה Proverbs 6:27, etc.; — be burned (11 times + בָּאֵשׁ): of city Jeremiah 38:17 + Jeremiah 38:23 (read תִּשָּׂרֵף for תִּשְׂרֹף Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Hi Ew Gf Gie Du), idols, etc., Micah 1:7; 1 Chronicles 14:12; ritually (compare Qal 2 a near the end) Leviticus 4:12; Leviticus 6:23 [Leviticus 6:30]; Leviticus 7:17, Leviticus 7:19; Leviticus 13:52; Leviticus 19:6; of person, as penalty Genesis 38:24 (J), Joshua 7:15 (JE), 2 Samuel 23:7 (poetry), Leviticus 21:9 (H).
† Pi. Participle suffix מְסָֽרְפוֺ [H5635 Amos 6:10] his burner, usually one burning him, but probably burning spices for him, see Dr and compare Qal above.
† Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שֹׂרָ֑ף, of goat Leviticus 10:16 it was burnt up (and gone).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3; 38:24

Exodus

29:14; 29:34; 32:20; 32:20

Leviticus

4:12; 4:12; 4:21; 6:30; 7:17; 7:19; 10:6; 10:16; 13:52; 16:28; 19:6; 20:14; 21:9

Numbers

16:39; 16:39; 19:5; 19:5; 19:8; 19:8

Deuteronomy

7:5; 9:21; 12:31

Joshua

6:24; 7:15; 7:15; 7:25; 11:6; 11:9; 11:9

Judges

9:52; 9:52; 12:1; 14:15; 15:6

1 Samuel

30:1; 30:3; 30:3; 30:14; 31:12

2 Samuel

23:7; 23:7

1 Kings

13:2; 16:18

2 Kings

17:31; 17:31; 23:11; 23:16; 23:20

1 Chronicles

14:12

2 Chronicles

16:14; 16:14; 34:5

Nehemiah

3:24; 4:2

Psalms

46:9; 80:16; 80:16

Proverbs

6:27

Isaiah

1:7; 1:7; 44:16; 44:19; 47:14; 47:14

Jeremiah

7:31; 19:5; 34:5; 36:25; 36:25; 36:27; 36:28; 36:29; 36:32; 38:17; 38:23; 39:8; 51:32

Ezekiel

5:4; 43:21

Amos

2:1; 2:1

Micah

1:7

H8313

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Strong's Number H8313 matches the Hebrew שָׂרַף (śārap̄),
which occurs 117 times in 107 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Sa 31:12–Jer 51:32)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - all the valiant men arose and traveled all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - But the man who touches them
Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 - (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire, had killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - Then he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, “O altar, altar! Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, a child, Josiah by name, shall be born to the house of David; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men’s bones shall be burned on you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - Also he removed Maachah his grandmother from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah.[fn] And Asa cut down her obscene image and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house down upon himself with fire, and died,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - And they brought the sacred pillars out of the temple of Baal and burned them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:31 - and the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the articles that were made for Baal, for Asherah,[fn] and for all the host of heaven;[fn] and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - And he brought out the wooden image[fn] from the house of the LORD, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and ground it to ashes, and threw its ashes on the graves of the common people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - Then he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-Melech, the officer who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and crushed it to powder, and burned the wooden image.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 - He executed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:12 - And when they left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - Also he removed Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, from being queen mother, because she had made an obscene image of Asherah;[fn] and Asa cut down her obscene image, then crushed and burned it by the Brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - They buried him in his own tomb, which he had made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made a very great burning for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5 - He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish—stones that are burned?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8 - They said in their hearts,
“Let us destroy them altogether.”
They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:16 - It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27 - Can a man take fire to his bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 - Your country is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire;
Strangers devour your land in your presence;
And it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - He burns half of it in the fire;
With this half he eats meat;
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
He even warms himself and says,
“Ah! I am warm,
I have seen the fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - And no one considers in his heart,
Nor is there knowledge nor understanding to say,
“I have burned half of it in the fire,
Yes, I have also baked bread on its coals;
I have roasted meat and eaten it;
And shall I make the rest of it an abomination?
Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 - Behold, they shall be as stubble,
The fire shall burn them;
They shall not deliver themselves
From the power of the flame;
It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,
Nor a fire to sit before!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - “And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - “(they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind),

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10 - “For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good,” says the LORD. “It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - ‘And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: ‘Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - ‘You shall die in peace; as in the ceremonies of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they shall burn incense for you and lament for you, saying, “Alas, lord!” For I have pronounced the word, says the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - ‘Behold, I will command,’ says the LORD, ‘and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:25 - Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah implored the king not to burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:27 - Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words which Baruch had written at the instruction of Jeremiah,[fn] the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:28 - “Take yet another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - “And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘Thus says the LORD: “You have burned this scroll, saying, ‘Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and cause man and beast to cease from here?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32 - Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the instruction of Jeremiah[fn] all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And besides, there were added to them many similar words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - “And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city, and take it and burn it with fire.” ’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - ‘For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:17 - Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If you surely surrender to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live; this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - ‘But if you do not surrender to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans; they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 - ‘So they shall surrender all your wives and children to the Chaldeans. You shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 - And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - “I[fn] will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - “He shall also break the sacred pillars of Beth Shemesh[fn] that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 - The passages are blocked,
The reeds they have burned with fire,
And the men of war are terrified.

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