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

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

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

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

The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellence of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will deliver up the city with all its abundance.

The LORD hath sworn by the excellence 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 them that believed not?

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 ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye 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 as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.