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, "I have taken an oath to swear by myself," declares the LORD, "that since you have carried this out and have not withheld your only unique son,

So tell them that as long as I live consider this to be an oracle from the LORD as certainly as you've spoken right into my ears, that's how I'm going to treat you.

"I solemnly swear to heaven I say "As certainly as I'm alive and living forever,

So in my anger I declared an oath: "They are not to enter my place of rest."

"The Lord GOD has sworn by himself," declares the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, "I utterly detest the arrogance of Jacob; I hate his fortresses; and I will deliver up the city, along with everyone in it.

"The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: I will never forget anything they have done.

And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest? It was to those who disobeyed him, was it not?

For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore an oath by himself, since he had no one greater to swear by.

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Now, because you have done all these things," declares the LORD, "I spoke to you over and over again, but you didn't listen. I called to you, but you didn't answer.

then I'll make this house like Shiloh and make this city into a curse to all the nations of the earth.'"'"

The Chaldeans burned the palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

"Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the Temple Mount like a forest high place."