Jeremiah 22:5

In 11 translations

BSB

But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”

KJV

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

WEB

But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says Yahweh, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”

ASV

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.

LSV

And if you do not hear these words, || I have sworn by Myself,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “That this house is for a desolation.”

YLT

And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn — an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for a desolation.

DBY

But if ye will not hear these words, I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a waste.

DRC

But if you will not hearken to these words: I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

GNV

But if ye will not heare these wordes, I sweare by my selfe, saith the Lord, that this House shalbe waste.

JPS

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by Myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

LXXE

But if ye will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, that this house shall be brought to desolation.

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WLC

וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תִשְׁמְע֔וּ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה בִּ֤י נִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה כִּי־לְחָרְבָּ֥ה יִֽהְיֶ֖ה הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ποιήσητε τοὺς λόγους τούτους, κατʼ ἐμαυτοῦ ὤμοσα, λέγει Κύριος, ὅτι εἰς ἐρήμωσιν ἔσται ὁ οἶκος οὗτος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Amos 6:8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
• Hebrews 6:13When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
• Genesis 22:16saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
• Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels…
• Deuteronomy 32:40–42For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. I will…
• Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 26:6–9then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’” Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the…
• Isaiah 1:20But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
• Jeremiah 7:13–14And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer, therefore what I did to…
• Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
• Hebrews 6:17So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
• Amos 8:7–8The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds. Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like…
• Hebrews 3:18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.
• 2 Chronicles 7:22And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has…
• 2 Chronicles 7:19But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,

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