14And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
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And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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