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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
Dictionary Aids

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 their mighty warriors traveled through the night to Beth-shan and took the bodies of Saul and his sons down from the wall. They brought them to Jabesh, where they burned the bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - One must use iron tools to chop them down;
they will be totally consumed by fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:16 - (Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer, killing the Canaanite population and burning it down. He gave the city to his daughter as a wedding gift when she married Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - Then at the LORD’s command, he shouted, “O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says: A child named Josiah will be born into the dynasty of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come here to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:13 - He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:18 - When Zimri saw that the city had been taken, he went into the citadel of the palace and burned it down over himself and died in the flames.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - They dragged out the sacred pillar[fn] used in the worship of Baal and burned it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:31 - The Avvites worshiped their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. And the people from Sepharvaim even burned their own children as sacrifices to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - Then the king instructed Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the Temple gatekeepers to remove from the LORD’s Temple all the articles that were used to worship Baal, Asherah, and all the powers of the heavens. The king had all these things burned outside Jerusalem on the terraces of the Kidron Valley, and he carried the ashes away to Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - The king removed the Asherah pole from the LORD’s Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. Then he ground the ashes of the pole to dust and threw the dust over the graves of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - He removed from the entrance of the LORD’s Temple the horse statues that the former kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were near the quarters of Nathan-melech the eunuch, an officer of the court.[fn] The king also burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - The king also tore down the altar at Bethel—the pagan shrine that Jeroboam son of Nebat had made when he caused Israel to sin. He burned down the shrine and ground it to dust, and he burned the Asherah pole.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - Then Josiah turned around and noticed several tombs in the side of the hill. He ordered that the bones be brought out, and he burned them on the altar at Bethel to desecrate it. (This happened just as the LORD had promised through the man of God when Jeroboam stood beside the altar at the festival.)
Then Josiah turned and looked up at the tomb of the man of God[fn] who had predicted these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 - He executed the priests of the pagan shrines on their own altars, and he burned human bones on the altars to desecrate them. Finally, he returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:9 - He burned down the Temple of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He destroyed all the important buildings[fn] in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:12 - The Philistines had abandoned their gods there, so David gave orders to burn them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:16 - King Asa even deposed his grandmother[fn] Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene Asherah pole. He cut down her obscene pole, broke it up, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:14 - He was buried in the tomb he had carved out for himself in the City of David. He was laid on a bed perfumed with sweet spices and fragrant ointments, and the people built a huge funeral fire in his honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:5 - He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their own altars, and so he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then his army burned the Temple of God, tore down the walls of Jerusalem, burned all the palaces, and completely destroyed everything of value.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:2 - saying in front of his friends and the Samarian army officers, “What does this bunch of poor, feeble Jews think they’re doing? Do they think they can build the wall in a single day by just offering a few sacrifices?[fn] Do they actually think they can make something of stones from a rubbish heap—and charred ones at that?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:9 - He causes wars to end throughout the earth.
He breaks the bow and snaps the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:8 - Then they thought, “Let’s destroy everything!”
So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:16 - For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies.
May they perish at the sight of your frown.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27 - Can a man scoop a flame into his lap
and not have his clothes catch on fire?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:7 - Your country lies in ruins,
and your towns are burned.
Foreigners plunder your fields before your eyes
and destroy everything they see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:16 - He burns part of the tree to roast his meat
and to keep himself warm.
He says, “Ah, that fire feels good.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:19 - The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,
“Why, it’s just a block of wood!
I burned half of it for heat
and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat.
How can the rest of it be a god?
Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:14 - But they are like straw burning in a fire;
they cannot save themselves from the flame.
You will get no help from them at all;
their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:31 - They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:5 - They have built pagan shrines to Baal, and there they burn their sons as sacrifices to Baal. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:10 - For I have decided to bring disaster and not good upon this city, says the LORD. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, and he will reduce it to ashes.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - The Babylonians outside the walls will come in and set fire to the city. They will burn down all these houses where the people provoked my anger by burning incense to Baal on the rooftops and by pouring out liquid offerings to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:2 - “Go to King Zedekiah of Judah, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - but will die peacefully. People will burn incense in your memory, just as they did for your ancestors, the kings who preceded you. They will mourn for you, crying, “Alas, our master is dead!” This I have decreed, says the LORD.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:22 - I will call the Babylonian armies back again. They will fight against this city and will capture it and burn it down. I will see to it that all the towns of Judah are destroyed, with no one living there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:25 - Even when Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, he wouldn’t listen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:27 - After the king had burned the scroll on which Baruch had written Jeremiah’s words, the LORD gave Jeremiah another message. He said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:28 - “Get another scroll, and write everything again just as you did on the scroll King Jehoiakim burned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - Then say to the king, ‘This is what the LORD says: You burned the scroll because it said the king of Babylon would destroy this land and empty it of people and animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:32 - So Jeremiah took another scroll and dictated again to his secretary, Baruch. He wrote everything that had been on the scroll King Jehoiakim had burned in the fire. Only this time he added much more!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - Then the Babylonians[fn] will come back and capture this city and burn it to the ground.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - Even if you were to destroy the entire Babylonian army, leaving only a handful of wounded survivors, they would still stagger from their tents and burn this city to the ground!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:17 - Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you surrender to the Babylonian officers, you and your family will live, and the city will not be burned down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:18 - But if you refuse to surrender, you will not escape! This city will be handed over to the Babylonians, and they will burn it to the ground.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:23 - All your wives and children will be led out to the Babylonians, and you will not escape. You will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:8 - Meanwhile, the Babylonians burned Jerusalem, including the palace, and tore down the walls of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - He will set fire to the temples of Egypt’s gods; he will burn the temples and carry the idols away as plunder. He will pick clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks fleas from his cloak. And he himself will leave unharmed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - He will break down the sacred pillars standing in the temple of the sun[fn] in Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of Egypt’s gods.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:32 - All the escape routes are blocked.
The marshes have been set aflame,
and the army is in a panic.

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