Jeremiah 22:6

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Listen to what I think about it: The palace of Judah's king is as glorious as Gilead or Lebanon's highest peaks. But it will be as empty as a ghost-town when I'm through with it.

Cross References

Isaiah 6:11

Then I asked the Lord, “How long will this last?” The Lord answered: Until their towns are destroyed and their houses are deserted, until their fields are empty,

Psalm 107:34

flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands.

Isaiah 27:10

Fortress cities are left like a desert where no one lives. Cattle walk through the ruins, stripping the trees bare.

Jeremiah 26:18

years ago when Hezekiah was king of Judah, a prophet named Micah from the town of Moresheth had said: “I, the Lord All-Powerful, say Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the temple now stands.”

Jeremiah 9:11

I heard the Lord reply, “When I am finished, Jerusalem and the towns of Judah will be piles of ruins where only jackals live.”

Jeremiah 7:34

When I am finished with your land, there will be deathly silence in the empty ruins of Jerusalem and the towns of Judah—no happy voices, no sounds of parties or wedding celebrations.

Genesis 37:25

As Joseph's brothers sat down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with all kinds of spices that they were taking to Egypt.

Jeremiah 22:24

King Jehoiachin, son of Jehoiakim, even if you were the ring I wear as the sign of my royal power, I would still pull you from my finger.

Jeremiah 21:14

and I will punish you as you deserve. I'll set your palace on fire, and everything around you will go up in smoke.

Jeremiah 21:11

Pay attention, you that belong to the royal family.

Jeremiah 4:20

I see the enemy defeating us time after time, leaving everything in ruins. Even my own home is destroyed in a moment.

Song of Solomon 5:15

His legs are columns of marble on feet of gold. He stands there majestic like Mount Lebanon and its choice cedar trees.

Deuteronomy 3:25

The land west of the Jordan is such good land. Please let me cross the Jordan and see the hills and the Lebanon Mountains.”

Numbers 32:1

The tribes of Reuben and Gad owned a lot of cattle and sheep, and they saw that the regions of Jazer and Gilead had good pastureland.

Song of Solomon 4:1

My darling, you are lovely, so very lovely— as you look through your veil, your eyes are those of a dove. Your hair tosses about as gracefully as goats coming down from Gilead.

Jeremiah 50:12

The city of Babylon was like a mother to you. But it will be disgraced and become nothing but a barren desert.

Zechariah 11:1

Lebanon, open your gates! Let the fire come in to destroy your cedar trees.

Isaiah 37:24

You let your officials insult me, the Lord. And here is what you have said about yourself, “I led my chariots to the highest heights of Lebanon's mountains. I went deep into its forest, cutting down the best cedar and cypress trees.

Jeremiah 4:7

An army will come out, like a lion from its den. It will destroy nations and leave your towns empty and in ruins.”

Jeremiah 8:22

If medicine and doctors may be found in Gilead, why aren't my people healed?