Jeremiah 22:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ For thus said יהוה  to the house of the sovereign of Yehuḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah: [If you will not listen to Me, though] you are [as valuable] to Me as [the fat pastures of] Gilead [east of the Jordan] or as the [plentiful] summit of Lebanon [west of the Jordan], yet surely I will make you a wilderness and uninhabited cities.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ The LORD proclaims concerning the palace of the king of Judah: Though you are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, I will turn you into a desert—uninhabited cities.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ For thus says the Lord about the house of the king of Judah: You are to me like Gilead, the head of Lebanon. Certainly, I will make you desolate, with uninhabitable cities.

Jeremiah 22:6 Cross References

Genesis 37:25

And they sat down to eat a meal. And they lifted their eyes and looked and saw a company of Yishmaʽ

Psalm 107:34

A land of fruit becomes a salty desert, For the evil of those who dwell in it.

Song of Solomon 4:1

See, you are fair, my love! See, you are fair! Your eyes are as doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, Going down from Mount Gilʽ

Song of Solomon 5:15

His legs are columns of marble Founded on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Leḇ

Isaiah 27:10

For the city of defence is lonely, a home forsaken and left like a wilderness – there the calf feeds, and there it lies down, and shall consume its branches.

Isaiah 37:24

“By the hand of your servants you have reproached יהוה, and said, ‘With my many chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the limits of Leḇ

Isaiah 6:11

Then I said, “יהוה, until when?” And He answered, “Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, and the houses are without a man, and the land is laid waste, a ruin,

Jeremiah 21:11

“And to the house of the sovereign of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 21:14

“And I shall punish you according to the fruit of your deeds,” declares יהוה. “And I shall kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall consume all that is around her.” ’ ”

Jeremiah 22:24

“As I live,” declares יהוה, “though Konyahu son of Yehoyaqim, sovereign of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 26:18

“Miḵ

Jeremiah 4:20

Destruction upon destruction is cried, for all the land is ravaged. Suddenly my tents are ravaged – my curtains in a moment.

Jeremiah 4:7

“A lion has come up from his bush, and the destroyer of nations is on his way. He has set out from his place to make your land a ruin. Your cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 50:12

your mother shall be greatly ashamed. She who bore you shall be humiliated. Look, the last of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land and a desert.

Jeremiah 7:34

“And in the cities of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilʽ

Jeremiah 9:11

“And I shall make Yerushalayim a heap of ruins, a habitation for jackals; and the cities of Yehuḏ

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you, Tsiyon is ploughed like a field, and Yerushalayim becomes heaps, and the mountain of the House like a wooded height.

Zechariah 11:1

Open your doors, O Leḇ

Numbers 32:1

And the children of Re’uḇ

Deuteronomy 3:25

‘I pray, let me pass over and see the good land beyond the Yardĕ