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Jeremiah 22:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

Jeremiah 22:6

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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.

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?’

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Jeremiah 9:11

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"“I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”"

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Jeremiah 34:22

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"Behold, I will command,” says the LORD, “and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it, take it, and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”"

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2 Kings 23:27

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"The LORD said, “I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel; and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’”"

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2 Kings 19:23

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"By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field."

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Isaiah 6:11

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"Then I said, “Lord, how long?” He answered, “Until cities are waste without inhabitant, houses without man, the land becomes utterly waste,"

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Psalms 107:34

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"and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it."

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From This Chapter

Jeremiah 22:1

"The LORD said, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there:"

Jeremiah 22:2

"‘Hear the LORD’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne—you, your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates."

Jeremiah 22:3

"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."

Jeremiah 22:4

"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."

Jeremiah 22:5

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

Jeremiah 22:7

"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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