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Jeremiah 22:5

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

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Jeremiah 22:5 in other translations

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

Jeremiah 22:5 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 22:5 in context

  1. 3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
  2. 4For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
  3. 5But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.
  4. 6For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon; yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
  5. 7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.