“Nebuzaradan burned
The house of Yahweh
As well as the king’s house.
He also burned
All the houses of Jerusalem.
He burned down
Every great house.
All the army
Of the Chaldeans,
Who were with
The captain of the guard,
Broke down
All the walls
Around Jerusalem.”
This is exactly word for word like 2 Kings, chapter 25, but slightly different than the earlier chapter 39 description of Jeremiah. There was no mention about the burning of the Temple in the earlier Jeremiah description. Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard of the Babylonian king, had his Chaldean fighters burn the Temple of Yahweh and the palace of the king, as well as all the great houses of Jerusalem. They also broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.