Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”

King James Version

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

Holman Bible

But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“that this house will become a ruin.”

International Standard Version

But if you don't listen to these words, I swear," declares the LORD, "that this house will become a ruin."'"

A Conservative Version

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

American Standard Version

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.

Amplified

But if you will not hear and obey these words, I swear [an oath] by Myself,” says the Lord, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”

Bible in Basic English

But if you do not give ear to these words, I give you my oath by myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a waste.

Darby Translation

But if ye will not hear these words, I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a waste.

Julia Smith Translation

And if ye will not bear these words, by myself I sware, says Jehovah, that this house shall be for a desolation.

King James 2000

But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But if you do not obey these words, I swear by myself," {declares} Yahweh, "that this house will become a site of ruins." '"

Modern King James verseion

But if you will not hear these Words, I swear by Myself, says Jehovah, that this house shall become a ruin.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But if ye will not be obedient unto these commandments, I swear by mine own self, sayeth the LORD, this house shall be waste.

NET Bible

But, if you do not obey these commands, I solemnly swear that this palace will become a pile of rubble. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

New Heart English Bible

But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation."

The Emphasized Bible

But if ye will not hear these words, By myself have I sworn Declareth Yahweh - That, a ruin, shall this house become.

Webster

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

World English Bible

But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.

Youngs Literal Translation

And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn -- an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for a desolation.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But if ye will not hear
שׁמע 
Shama` 
Usage: 1158

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

I swear
שׁבע 
 
Usage: 186

נאם 
N@'um 
Usage: 376

the Lord

Usage: 0

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

Context Readings

A Series Of Messages For The House Of The King Of Judah

4 For if you will indeed obey this word, then there shall enter the gates of this house kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants and their people. 5 But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that this house will become a desolation.”’” 6 For thus says the LORD concerning the house of the king of Judah: "'You are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, yet surely I will make you a desert, an uninhabited city.

Cross References

Hebrews 6:13

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,

Genesis 22:16

and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

Jeremiah 17:27

But if you do not listen to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem and shall not be quenched.'"

Amos 6:8

The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it."

Numbers 14:28-30

Say to them, 'As I live, declares the LORD, what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:

Deuteronomy 32:40-42

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

2 Chronicles 7:19

"But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,

2 Chronicles 7:22

Then they will say, 'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.'"

Psalm 95:11

Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest."

Isaiah 1:20

but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

Jeremiah 7:13-14

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and when I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,

Jeremiah 26:6-9

then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city a curse for all the nations of the earth.'"

Jeremiah 39:8

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

Amos 8:7-8

The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

Micah 3:12

Therefore because of you Zion shall be plowed as a field; Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the house a wooded height.

Hebrews 3:18

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

Hebrews 6:17

So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,

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