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 sworn by Myself, says Jehovah; because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only one;

Say to them, As I live, says Jehovah, as you have spoken in My ears, so I will do to you.

For I lift up My hand to Heaven and say, I live forever!

to whom I swore in My wrath that they should not enter into My rest.

The Lord Jehovah has sworn by Himself, says Jehovah, the God of Hosts: I despise the glory of Jacob, and hate his palaces; and I will shut up the city and all its fullness.

Jehovah has sworn by the Glory of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

And to whom did He swear that they should not enter into His rest, but to those who did not believe?

For when God made 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 Jehovah, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear; and I called you, but you did not answer;

then I will 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, on account of you, Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house into high places of the forest.