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 have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son:

Say unto them, As truly as I live, says the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:

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

Unto whom I swore in my anger that they should not enter into my rest.

The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, says the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is in it.

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

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

For when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

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And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you 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 plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins, and the mountain of the house like the high places of the forest.