Jeremiah 22:6 “For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Jud…”

Jeremiah 22:6

For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

For thus hath the Lord spoken vpon the Kings house of Iudah, Thou art Gilead vnto me, and the head of Lebanon, yet surely I wil make thee a wildernes and as cities not inhabited,

Darby Translation

For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art a Gilead unto me, the summit of Lebanon: verily I will make thee a wilderness, cities not inhabited.

Young's Literal Translation

For thus said Jehovah, Concerning the house of the king of Judah: Gilead [art] thou to Me — head of Lebanon, If not — I make thee a wilderness, Cities not inhabited.

Bible in Basic English

For this is what the Lord has said about the family of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon: but, truly, I will make you waste, with towns unpeopled.

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Cross references

“unto”

Genesis 37:25 Jeremiah 22:24 Jeremiah 21:11 Deuteronomy 3:25 Song of Solomon 5:15

Genesis 37:25 · BSB

And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

Jeremiah 22:24 · BSB

“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

Jeremiah 21:11 · BSB

Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 3:25 · BSB

Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”

Song of Solomon 5:15 · BSB

His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.

“surely”

Psalm 107:34 Isaiah 6:11 Jeremiah 9:11 Isaiah 27:10 Jeremiah 7:34 Jeremiah 26:18

Psalm 107:34 · BSB

and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

Isaiah 6:11 · BSB

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

Jeremiah 9:11 · BSB

“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Isaiah 27:10 · BSB

For the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

Jeremiah 7:34 · BSB

I will remove from the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem the sounds of joy and gladness and the voices of the bride and bridegroom, for the land will become a wasteland.”

Jeremiah 26:18 · BSB

“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,…

Also

Micah 3:12

Micah 3:12 · BSB

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’”

7I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.

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