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13And 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:

Jeremiah 52:13

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 12-23)

We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard , or general of the army, in this action. In the margin he is called the chief of the slaughter-men , or executioners ; for soldiers are but slaughter-men, and God employs them as executioners of his sentence against a sinf...

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