Jeremiah 22:5

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Jeremiah 22:5

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

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and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you;

‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say, as I live forever,

“Therefore I swore in My anger,
Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”

The Lord God has sworn by Himself, the Lord God of hosts has declared:
“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And detest his citadels;
Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains.”

The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds.

And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?

For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

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And now, because you have done all these things,” declares the Lord, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer,

then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”

The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king’s palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Therefore, on account of you

Zion will be plowed as a field,

Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins,

And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest.