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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Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,

Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, as certainly as your words have come to my ears, so certainly will I do this to you:

For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,

And I made an oath in my wrath, that they might not come into my place of rest.

The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.

The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

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And now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I sent my word to you, getting up early and sending, but you did not give ear; and my voice came to you, but you gave no answer:

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

And the Chaldaeans put the king's house on fire, as well as the houses of the people, and had the walls of Jerusalem broken down.

For this reason, Zion will be ploughed like a field because of you, and Jerusalem will become a mass of broken walls, and the mountain of the house like a high place in the woods.