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Jeremiah 22:5 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 22 · verse 5
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.Jeremiah 22:5 · King James Version
Jeremiah 22:5 in context
3Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
4For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
5But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
6For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- swearshâbaʻto seven oneselfH7650 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here we have, I. Orders given to Jeremiah to go and preach before the king. In the foregoing chapter we are told that Zedekiah sent messengers to the prophet, but here the prophet is bidden to go, in his own proper person, to the house of the king, and demand his attention to the word of the King of kings (Jer 22:2):…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9