Jeremiah 22:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But if you ignore me, I promise in my own name that this palace will lie in ruins.

Cross References

Genesis 22:16

You were willing to offer the LORD your only son, and so he makes you this solemn promise,

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you or any of the people of Israel disobey my laws or start worshipping foreign gods,

2 Chronicles 7:21

This temple is now magnificent. But when these things happen, everyone who walks by it will be shocked and will ask, “Why did the LORD do such a terrible thing to his people and to this temple?”

2 Chronicles 7:22

Then they will answer, “It was because the people of Israel rejected the LORD their God, who rescued their ancestors from Egypt, and they started worshipping other gods.”

Psalm 95:11

In his anger, God told them, “You people will never enter my place of rest.”

Isaiah 1:20

But if you turn against me, your enemies will kill you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Jeremiah 12:7

I loved my people and chose them as my very own. But now I will reject them and hand them over to their enemies.

Jeremiah 17:27

But if you keep on carrying things through the city gates on the Sabbath and keep treating it as any other day, I will set fire to these gates and burn down the whole city, including the fortresses.

Jeremiah 26:4

Tell them that I have said: You have refused to listen to me and to obey my laws and teachings.

Jeremiah 39:8

Meanwhile, the Babylonian army had burnt the houses in Jerusalem, including the royal palace, and they had broken down the city walls.

Jeremiah 44:26

Keep these promises! But let me tell you what will happen. As surely as I am the LORD God, I swear that I will never again accept any promises you make in my name.

Amos 6:8

The LORD God All-Powerful has sworn by his own name: “You descendants of Jacob make me angry by your pride, and I hate your fortresses. And so I will surrender your city and possessions to your enemies.”

Micah 3:12

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

Matthew 23:38

And now your temple will be deserted.

Hebrews 3:18

And who did God say would never enter his place of rest? Weren't they the ones that disobeyed him?

Hebrews 6:13

No one is greater than God. So he made a promise in his own name when he said to Abraham,

Hebrews 6:17

So when God wanted to prove for certain that his promise to his people could not be broken, he made a vow.