Verse 8
Jeremiah 22:8
Geneva Bible
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And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto this great citie?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עָֽבְרוּ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים עַ֖ל הָ/עִ֣יר הַ/זֹּ֑את וְ/אָֽמְרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל רֵעֵ֔/הוּ עַל מֶ֨ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ כָּ֔כָה לָ/עִ֥יר הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֖ה הַ/זֹּֽאת
English Translation
And many nations will pass over this city and they will say to each other, "Why has the LORD done this to this great city?"
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Chapter 22 Context
1
Thus said the Lord, Goe downe to the house of the King of Iudah, and speake there this thing,
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And say, Heare the worde of the Lord, O King of Iudah, that sittest vpon the throne of Dauid, thou a...
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3
Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande...
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4
For if ye do this thing, then shall the kings sitting vpon the throne of Dauid enter in by the gates...
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5
But if ye will not heare these wordes, I sweare by my selfe, saith the Lord, that this House shalbe...
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6
For thus hath the Lord spoken vpon the Kings house of Iudah, Thou art Gilead vnto me, and the head o...
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7
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, euery one with his weapons, and they shall cut downe thy...
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8
And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore...
9
Then shall they answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lord their God (Elohim), and...
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10
Weepe not for the dead, and be not moued for them, but weepe for him that goeth out: for he shall re...
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11
For thus saith ye Lord, As touching Shallum the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, which reigned for Ios...
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12
But he shall die in the place, whither they haue ledde him captiue, and shall see this lande no more...
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13
Wo vnto him that buildeth his house by vnrighteousnesse, and his chambers without equitie: he vseth...
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14
He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make him selfe large windowes,...
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15
Shalt thou reigne, because thou closest thy selfe in cedar? did not thy father eate and drinke and p...
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16
When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe...
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17
But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood,...
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18
Therefore thus saith the Lord against Iehoiakim, the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, They shall not l...
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19
He shalbe buryed, as an asse is buryed, euen drawen and cast foorth without the gates of Ierusalem.
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20
Goe vp to Lebanon, and cry: showte in Bashan and crye by the passages: for all thy louers are destro...
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21
I spake vnto thee when thou wast in prosperitie: but thou saidest, I will not heare: this hath bene...
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22
The wind shall feede all thy pastors, and thy louers shall goe into captiuitie: and then shalt thou...
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23
Thou that dwellest in Lebanon, and makest thy nest in the cedars, howe beautiful shalt thou be when...
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24
As I liue, saith the Lord, though Coniah the sonne of Iehoiakim King of Iudah, were the signet of my...
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25
And I will giue thee into the hande of them that seeke thy life, and into the hande of them, whose f...
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26
And I will cause them to cary thee away, and thy mother that bare thee, into another countrey, where...
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27
But to the lande, whereunto they desire to returne, they shall not returne thither.
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28
Is not this man Coniah as a despised and broken idole? or as a vessell, wherein is no pleasure? wher...
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29
O earth, earth, earth, heare the worde of the Lord.
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30
Thus saith the Lord, Write this man destitute of children, a man that shall not prosper in his dayes...
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