Jeremiah 22:8

World English Bible (WEB)

“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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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.

8 “Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbor, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this great city?’

9 Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God, worshiped other gods, and served them.’”

10 Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.

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Jeremiah 22:8 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: “Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbor, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this great city?’
KJV King James Version: 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?
BSB Berean Standard Bible: And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’
ASV American Standard Version: And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?
DBY Darby Translation: And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
WBS Webster Bible: And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why hath the LORD done thus to this great city?