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, says LORD, because thou have done this thing, and have not withheld thy son, thine only son,

Say to them, As I live, says LORD, surely as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you.

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live forever,

Therefore I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Lord LORD has sworn by himself, says LORD, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces, therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is therein.

LORD has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

And to whom did he swear were not going to enter into his rest, if not to those who were disobedient?

For God who promised to Abraham, since he had none greater to swear by, swore by himself,

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And now, because ye have done all these works, says LORD. And I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not, and I called you, but ye answered not,

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

And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.