Jeremiah 32:29

29 And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

Jeremiah 32:29 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 32:29

And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come,
&c.] Or rather "shall enter", as Aquila renders it; for they were come to it already, and were fighting against it, battering the walls, and throwing in their arrows, and putting to the sword such as came out, or were within their reach: and set fire on this city;
as they did, ( Jeremiah 39:8 ) ; and burn it, with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered
incense unto Baal;
or "especially the houses" ^F7, or "even the houses"; the houses particularly mentioned in the history of the destruction as burnt; and which, very probably, are here intended; besides the Lord's house, and all the houses in Jerusalem, were the king's house, and the houses of the great men or princes; and which, Kimchi thinks, were higher than others; on which therefore they burnt incense to Baal; wherefore it was a just retaliation, upon them that they should be burnt with fire: and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to
anger;
to other gods besides the true God; to strange gods, and to other gods besides Baal; which was done as if they really designed to provoke the Lord; as if they had it in view to affront him; and, if they had, they could not have taken a more effectual method; though this is to be understood, not intentionally, but eventually; not what was their design, though it looked like it, but what was the effect of their idolatry.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Mytbh taw) "imprimis domos", Schmidt; "nempe domos", Piscator.

Jeremiah 32:29 In-Context

27 See, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?

28 So this is what the Lord has said: See, I am giving this town into the hands of the Chaldaeans and into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, and he will take it:

29 And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.

30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done nothing but evil in my eyes from their earliest years: the children of Israel have only made me angry with the work of their hands, says the Lord.

31 For this town has been to me a cause of wrath and of burning passion from the day of its building till this day, so that I put it away from before my face: