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, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Say to them, 'As I live, declares the LORD, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:

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

Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest."

The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it."

The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,

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And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,

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

The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.