Jeremiah 22:5

5 But if you do not obey these commands, declares the LORD, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’ ”

Jeremiah 22:5 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
English Standard Version (ESV)
5 But if you will not obey these words, I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
New Living Translation (NLT)
5 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.’”
The Message Bible (MSG)
5 But if you don't obey these commands, then I swear - God's Decree! - this palace will end up a heap of rubble.'"
American Standard Version (ASV)
5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
5 But if you don't do what I say, I will take an oath on myself," declares the LORD, "that this palace will become a pile of rubble.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
5 But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself"-[this is] the Lord's declaration-"that this house will become a ruin."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
5 " ' "But suppose you do not obey those commands," announces the Lord. "Then I promise you that this palace will be destroyed. I make that promise by taking an oath in my own name." ' "

Jeremiah 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.

Jeremiah 22:5 In-Context

3 This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
4 For if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and their people.
5 But if you do not obey these commands, declares the LORD, I swear 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: “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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Jeremiah 17:27
  • 2. S Genesis 22:16; Hebrews 6:13
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