The Meaning of Jeremiah 49:27 Explained

Jeremiah 49:27

KJV: And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.

YLT: And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!'

Darby: And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

ASV: And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And I will kindle  a fire  in the wall  of Damascus,  and it shall consume  the palaces  of Benhadad. 

What does Jeremiah 49:27 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 49

1  The judgment of the Ammonites
6  Their restoration
7  The judgment of Edom
23  of Damascus
28  of Kedar
30  of Hazor
34  and of Elam
39  The restoration of Elam

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 49:27 mean?

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad -
וְהִצַּ֥תִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת בֶּן־ הֲדָֽד ס

וְהִצַּ֥תִּי  And  I  will  kindle 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָצַת  
Sense: to kindle, burn, set on fire.
אֵ֖שׁ  a  fire 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
בְּחוֹמַ֣ת  in  the  wall 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חֹומָה  
Sense: wall.
דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק  of  Damascus 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: דּוּמֶּשֶׂק 
Sense: an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 30 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem.
וְאָכְלָ֖ה  and  it  shall  consume 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
אַרְמְנ֥וֹת  the  palaces 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אַרְמֹון  
Sense: citadel, palace, fortress.
הֲדָֽד  Ben-hadad 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֶּן־הֲדַד  
Sense: the king of Syria, contemporary with Asa of Judah.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation