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Jeremiah 22:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 22:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 But if ye will not hear these words, I [a]swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this House shall be waste.
6 For thus hath the Lord spoken upon the king’s house of Judah, Thou art [b]Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon, yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and as cities not inhabited.
7 And I will [c]prepare destroyers against thee, everyone with his weapons, and they shall cut down thy chief [d]cedar trees, and cast them in the fire.
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- Jeremiah 22:5 Showing that there is none greater than he is, Heb. 6:13, and that he will most certainly perform his oath.
- Jeremiah 22:6 He compareth Jerusalem to Gilead, which was beyond Jordan, and the beauty of Judea to Lebanon.
- Jeremiah 22:7 The Hebrew word signifieth to sanctify, because the Lord doth dedicate to his use and purpose such as he prepareth to execute his work, Isa. 13:3; Jer. 6:4 and 12:3.
- Jeremiah 22:7 Thy buildings made of Cedar trees.
Jeremiah 22:5-7
New International Version
Jeremiah 22:5-7
New International Version
5 But if you do not obey(A) these commands, declares the Lord, I swear(B) by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’”
6 For this is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah:
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