Jeremiah 22:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹I spoke to thee in thy properity: and thou saidst: I will not hear: this hath been thy way from thy youth, because thou hast not heard my voice.

²²The wind shall feed all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: and then shalt thou be confounded, and ashamed of all thy wickedness.

²³Thou that sittest in Libanus, and makest thy nest in the cedars, how hast thou mourned when sorrows came upon thee, as the pains of a woman in labour?

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Jeremiah 22:21-23

New International Version

²¹I warned you when you felt secure,^(A)
    but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;^(B)
    you have not obeyed^(C) me.
²²The wind^(D) will drive all your shepherds^(E) away,
    and your allies^(F) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced^(G)
    because of all your wickedness.
²³You who live in ‘Lebanon,^[a]^(H)’
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain^(I) like that of a woman in labor!

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)

Jeremiah 22:21-23

King James Version

²¹I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

²²The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

²³O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

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