Jeremiah 22:8

8 “People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

Jeremiah 22:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
ESV
8 "'And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, "Why has the LORD dealt thus with this great city?"
NLT
8 “People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, ‘Why did the LORD destroy such a great city?’
MSG
8 "Travelers from all over will come through here and say to one another, 'Why would God do such a thing to this wonderful city?'
CSB
8 "Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another: Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?

Jeremiah 22:8 In-Context

6 For this is what the LORD says about the palace of the king of Judah: “Though you are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, I will surely make you like a wasteland, like towns not inhabited.
7 I will send destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut up your fine cedar beams and throw them into the fire.
8 “People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
9 And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’ ”
10 Do not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss; rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled, because he will never return nor see his native land again.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 29:25-26; 1 Kings 9:8-9; Jeremiah 16:10-11
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