But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says the LORD, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Jeremiah 22:5 in context
Jeremiah 22:2–8
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‘Hear the LORD’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne—you, your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
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The LORD says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
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For if you do this thing indeed, then kings sitting on David’s throne will enter in by the gates of this house, riding in chariots and on horses—they, their servants, and their people.
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But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says the LORD, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”
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For the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah:
“You are Gilead to me,
the head of Lebanon.
Yet surely I will make you a wilderness,
cities which are not inhabited.
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I will prepare destroyers against you,
everyone with his weapons,
and they will cut down your choice cedars,
and cast them into the fire.
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“Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbor, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this great city?’
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