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Jeremiah 22:5

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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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3 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.

4 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.

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

6 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.

7 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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Jeremiah 22:5 in every translation

WEB World English Bible
But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says the LORD, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”
KJV King James Version
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’”
ASV American Standard Version
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
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 Darby Translation
But if ye will not hear these words, I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a waste.
WBS Webster Bible
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.