Jeremiah 22:21-23
International Standard Version
21 I spoke to you when you were secure,[a]
but you said, “I won’t listen!”
This has been your way since your youth,
for you haven’t obeyed me.
22 The wind will shepherd[b] all your shepherds,[c]
and your lovers[d] will go into exile.
Indeed, you will then be ashamed and humiliated
because of all your wickedness.
23 You who live in Lebanon,
who build your nest in the cedars,
how you will groan when pains come upon you,
pain like that of a woman giving birth.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 22:21 Or prosperous
- Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. round them up and blow them away
- Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. leaders
- Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. your allies
Jeremiah 22:21-23
King James Version
21 I 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.
22 The 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.
23 O 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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