Jeremiah 22:5
But if all of you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
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Genesis 22:16And said, By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, yours only son:
Deuteronomy 32:40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
2 Chronicles 7:21And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
Psalms 95:11Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Jeremiah 7:13And now, because all of you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, but all of you heard not; and I called you, but all of you answered not;
Jeremiah 17:27But if all of you will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:2-10
Jeremiah Preaches before Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 590.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, 2 And say, Hear the word of the Lord , O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: 3 Thus 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… Read the whole commentary →