Jeremiah 22:5
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But if you do not obey these commands, declares the LORD, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’ ”
Read Jeremiah 22:5 Using Other Translations
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
But if you refuse to pay attention to this warning, I swear by my own name, says the LORD, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.’”
What does Jeremiah 22:5 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Jeremiah 22:5
meaning not the temple, nor the city, but the king's palace.
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.
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