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 swear, saith Jehovah, that, because thou hast done this, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son,

Say unto them, As surely as I live, saith Jehovah, if I do not do unto you as ye have spoken in mine ears!

For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!

So that I swore in mine anger, that they should not enter into my rest.

The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces; and I will deliver up the city with all that is therein.

Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works.

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?

For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,

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And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, and ye heard not, and I called you, and ye answered not;

then will I 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 shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.