King James Version
Jeremiah 22:5 in the King James Version says “But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.”
Jeremiah 22:5 · KJV
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 shed innocent blood in this place.
For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. upon: Heb. for David upon his throne
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
For 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 .
And 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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“But if ye will not hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“these words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“I swear”
H7650to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“shall become a desolation”
H2723properly, drought, i.e., (by implication) a desolation
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“that this house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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