Jeremiah 22:5

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Summary

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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Bible References

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and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

Tell them: As surely as I live,” this is the Lord’s declaration, “I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.

I raise My hand to heaven and declare:
As surely as I live forever,

So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.”

The Lord God has sworn by Himself—this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Hosts:

I loathe Jacob’s pride
and hate his citadels,
so I will hand over the city and everything in it.

The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:

I will never forget all their deeds.

And who did He swear to that they would not enter His rest, if not those who disobeyed?

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself:

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Now, because you have done all these things”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and because I have spoken to you time and time again but you wouldn’t listen, and I have called to you, but you wouldn’t answer,

I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an object of cursing for all the nations of the earth.”

The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,
and the hill of the temple mount
will be a thicket.