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

Tell them, 'As I live, says the LORD, surely 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,

Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They won't enter into my rest."

"The Lord GOD has sworn by himself," says the LORD, the God of Hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will 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.

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

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

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Now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, 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 will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.'"

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

Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.