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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and said, By myself I have sworn, said the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son;

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, according as ye have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you.

When I shall lift up my hand to the heavens and shall say, I live for ever,

unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, the LORD God of the hosts said, I abhor the grandeur of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will give the city with all that is therein over to the enemy.

The LORD has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

And to whom he swore that they should not enter into his rest, but to those that disobeyed?

For when God promised unto Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

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And now because ye have done all these works, said the LORD and I spoke well unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye did not hear; and I called you, but ye did not answer;

then I will make this house like Shiloh and will give this city as a curse to all the Gentiles 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 for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.