Jeremiah 22:5 - Easy To Read Version5 But if you don’t obey these commands, this is what the Lord says: I, the Lord, promise that this king’s palace {\cf2\super [174]} will be destroyed—it will become a pile of rocks.’” Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17695 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition5 But if you will not hear these words, I swear by Myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a desolation. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible5 But if you ignore these words, I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that this palace will become a ruin. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version5 But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by myself, says the Lord, that this house will be in desolation. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version5 But if you will not hearken to these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation. Féach an chaibidil |
Then people will answer, ‘Because the people of Israel refused to obey the Lord, the God their ancestors {\cf2\super [131]} obeyed. He is the God that led them out of the country of Egypt. But the people of Israel accepted other gods. They worshiped and served idol gods. That is the reason the Lord made all these terrible things happen to the people of Israel.”
“But if you don’t listen to me and obey me, then bad things will happen. If you carry loads into Jerusalem on the Sabbath {\cf2\super [148]} day, then you are not keeping it a holy day. So I will start a fire that can’t be put out. That fire will start at the gates of Jerusalem, and it will burn until it burns even the palaces. {\cf2\super [149]} ”
But, listen to the message from the Lord, all you people of Judah that are living in Egypt: ‘I use my great name and make this promise: I promise none of the people of Judah that are now living in Egypt will ever again use my name to make promises. They will never again say, “As surely as the Lord lives,”
God wanted to prove that his promise was true. God wanted to prove this to those people who would get what he promised. God wanted those people to understand clearly that his purposes (plans) never change. So God said something would happen, and he proved what he said by also making a vow (promise).