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Jeremiah 22:8 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 22 · verse 8
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?Jeremiah 22:8 · King James Version
Jeremiah 22:8 in context
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.
8And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
10Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- neighbourrêaʻan associateH7453 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- manyrababundantH7227 →
- passʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
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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