Jeremiah 22:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But I, the Lord, tell you that if you don’t obey these commands, then I promise with an oath in my own name that this king’s palace will be destroyed—it will become a pile of rocks.’”

Cross References

Amos 6:8

The Lord GOD used his own name and made an oath. The Lord God All-Powerful said, “I hate what Jacob is proud of. I hate his strong towers. So I will let an enemy take the city and everything in it.”

Hebrews 6:13

God made a promise to Abraham. And there is no one greater than God, so he made the promise with an oath in his own name—an oath that he would do what he promised.

Jeremiah 17:27

“‘But if you don’t listen to me and obey me, bad things will happen. If you carry loads into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, you are not keeping it as a holy day. So I will start a fire that cannot be put out. That fire will start at the gates of Jerusalem, and it will burn until it burns even the palaces.’”

Genesis 22:16

The angel said, “You were ready to kill your only son for me. Since you did this for me, I make you this promise: I, the Lord, promise that

Jeremiah 39:8

The army of Babylon set fire to the king’s palace and the houses of the people of Jerusalem. And they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you refuse to listen and rebel against me, your enemies will destroy you.” The Lord himself said this.

Hebrews 6:17

God wanted to prove that his promise was true. He wanted to prove this to those who would get what he promised. He wanted them to understand clearly that his purposes never change. So God said something would happen, and he proved what he said by adding an oath.

Hebrews 3:18

And which people was God talking to when he promised that they would never enter his place of rest? He was talking to those who did not obey him.

Micah 3:12

Leaders, because of you, Zion will be destroyed. It will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks. Temple Mount will be an empty hill overgrown with bushes.

Psalm 95:11

So in my anger I made this vow: ‘They will never enter my land of rest.’”

2 Chronicles 7:22

People will say, ‘This happened because they left the Lord, the God of their ancestors. He brought them out of Egypt, but they decided to follow other gods. They began to worship and to serve those gods. That is why he caused all these bad things to happen to them.’”

2 Chronicles 7:19

“But if you don’t obey my laws and commands that I gave you, and if you worship other gods and serve them,

Matthew 23:38

Now your house will be left completely empty.

Jeremiah 26:4

You will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I gave my teachings to you. You must obey me and follow my teachings.

Jeremiah 44:26

But listen to this message from the Lord, all you people of Judah who are living in Egypt: ‘I, the Lord, use my own great name to make this promise: None of the people of Judah who are now living in Egypt will ever again use my name to make promises. They will never again say, “As surely as the Lord GOD lives ….”

2 Chronicles 7:21

Everyone who sees it will be amazed. They will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this terrible thing to this land and to this temple?’

Jeremiah 12:7

“I have abandoned my house. I have left my own property. I have given Judah, the one I love, to her enemies.