Deu 13:16, Jer 39:8, 52:13 | ESV | STEP | You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and burn the city and all its spoil with fire , as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God . It shall be a heap forever . It shall not be built again .

b Josh. 8:28; Jer. 49:2; [Isa. 17:1; 25:2; Jer. 30:18]

Deuteronomy 13:16

16 You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and ^aburn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It shall be a ^bheap forever. It shall not be built again.

Jeremiah 39:8

8 ^cThe Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the house of the people, ^dand broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:13

13 And he burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.