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, have I sworn is the oracle of Yahweh, - Because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one,

Say unto them: As I live, is the oracle of Yahweh: Surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so, will I do unto you: -

For I lift up unto the heavens my hand, - And say, Living am, I, unto times age-abiding:

And I sware in mine anger, - Verily they shall not enter into my rest.

Sworn hath the Lord, Yahweh, by his own life, Declareth Yahweh, God of hosts, abhorring am I, the grandeur of Jacob, and, his palaces, I hate, - therefore will I cast off the city and the fulness thereof.

Sworn hath Yahweh, by the Excellency of Jacob, - Surely I will never forget any of their doings!

But, unto whom, sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, - save unto them who were obstinate?

For, when to Abraham God made promise, seeing he had no one greater by whom to swear, He sware, by himself, -

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Now, therefore - Because ye have done all these deeds Declareth Yahweh, - And though I spake unto you betimes speaking, Yet ye hearkened not, And though I cried unto you Yet ye answered not,

Then I will make this house like Shiloh, - And, this city, will I make a contempt to all the nations of the earth.

And the house of the king, and the houses of the people, did the Chaldeans burn with fire, and the walls of Jerusalem, brake they down;

Wherefore, for your sake, Zion, as a field, shall be ploughed, and, Jerusalem, unto heaps of ruins, shall be turned, - and, the mountain of the house, shall be like mounds in a jungle.