Jeremiah 22:5

Good News Translation

But if you do not obey my commands, then I swear to you that this palace will fall into ruins. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Cross References

Genesis 22:16

“I make a vow by my own name—the Lord is speaking—that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me,

2 Chronicles 7:19

But if you and your people ever disobey the laws and commands I have given you and worship other gods,

2 Chronicles 7:21

“The Temple is now greatly honored, but then everyone who passes by it will be amazed and will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land and this Temple?’

2 Chronicles 7:22

People will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the Lord their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They gave their allegiance to other gods and worshiped them. That is why the Lord has brought this disaster on them.’”

Psalm 95:11

I was angry and made a solemn promise: ‘You will never enter the land where I would have given you rest.’”

Isaiah 1:20

But if you defy me, you are doomed to die. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 12:7

The Lord says, “I have abandoned Israel; I have rejected my chosen nation. I have given the people I love into the power of their enemies.

Jeremiah 17:27

But they must obey me and observe the Sabbath as a sacred day. They must not carry any load through the gates of Jerusalem on that day, for if they do, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. Fire will burn down the palaces of Jerusalem, and no one will be able to put it out.”

Jeremiah 26:4

The Lord told me to say to the people, “I, the Lord, have said that you must obey me by following the teaching that I gave you,

Jeremiah 39:8

Meanwhile, the Babylonians burned down the royal palace and the houses of the people and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 44:26

But now listen to the vow that I, the Lord, have made in my mighty name to all you Israelites in Egypt: Never again will I let any of you use my name to make a vow by saying, ‘I swear by the living Sovereign Lord!’

Amos 6:8

The Sovereign Lord Almighty has given this solemn warning: “I hate the pride of the people of Israel; I despise their luxurious mansions. I will give their capital city and everything in it to the enemy.”

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.

Matthew 23:38

And so your Temple will be abandoned and empty.

Hebrews 3:18

When God made his solemn promise, “They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest”—of whom was he speaking? Of those who rebelled.

Hebrews 6:13

When God made his promise to Abraham, he made a vow to do what he had promised. Since there was no one greater than himself, he used his own name when he made his vow.

Hebrews 6:17

To those who were to receive what he promised, God wanted to make it very clear that he would never change his purpose; so he added his vow to the promise.