Yēlìmǐshū 22:5

5 Nǐmen ruò bú tīng zhèxie huà , Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe zìjǐ qǐshì , zhè chéng bì biàn wèi huāng cháng .

Yēlìmǐshū 22:5 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 22:5

But if ye will not hear these words
Will give no attention, and yield no obedience to them: I swear by myself, saith the Lord;
and by a greater he cannot swear; and that is the reason why he swears by himself, ( Hebrews 6:13 ) ; and as, when he swears to a promise, it shows the immutability of it, the certainty of its performance, and that it is irreversible, and never repented of, nor revoked; so it is when he swears to a threatening. The Targum is,

``by my word I swear:''

that this house shall become a desolation;
meaning not the temple, nor the city, but the king's palace.

Yēlìmǐshū 22:5 In-Context

3 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , nǐmen yào shīxíng gōngping hé gōngyì , zhĕngjiù beì qiǎngduó de tuōlí qīyē rén de shǒu , bùkĕ kuīfù jìjū de hé gūér guǎfu , bùkĕ yǐ qiángbào dāi tāmen , zaì zhè dìfang yĕ bùkĕ liú wúgū rén de xuè .

4 Nǐmen ruò rènzhēn xíng zhè shì , jiù bì yǒu zuò Dàwèi bǎozuò de jūnwáng hé tāde chénpú bǎixìng , huò zuò chē huò qí mǎ , cóng zhè chéng de gè mén jìnrù .

5 Nǐmen ruò bú tīng zhèxie huà , Yēhéhuá shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe zìjǐ qǐshì , zhè chéng bì biàn wèi huāng cháng .

6 Yēhéhuá lún dào Yóudà wáng de jiā rúcǐ shuō , wǒ kàn nǐ rú Jīliè , rú Lìbānèn dǐng . ránér , wǒ bì shǐ nǐ biàn wèi kuàngyĕ , wèi wú rén jūzhù de chéngyì .

7 Wǒ yào yùbeì xíng huǐmiè de rén , gĕ ná qìxiè gōngjī nǐ . tāmen yào kǎn xià nǐ jiā mĕi de xiāng bǎi shù , rēng zaì huǒ zhōng .