Jeremiah 22:7

⁵ But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

⁶ For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

⁸ And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

⁹ Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
KJV: And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
WEB: I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons, and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
ASV: And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
DARBY: And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down the choice of thy cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.
BLB: And I will prepare against you destroyers, and each man with his weapons; and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.

ÅB: Og jeg vil innvie ødeleggere mot deg, hver med sine våpen, og de skal hugge ned dine herligste sedrer og kaste dem på ilden.
OTB: Jeg vil utpeke ødeleggere mot deg, hver med sine våpen, og de vil hogge ned dine fineste sedertrær og kaste dem i ilden.
B1930: Og jeg vil innvie ødeleggere mot dig, hver med sine våben, og de skal hugge ned dine herligste sedrer og kaste dem på ilden.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 4:6–7
Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
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Isaiah 10:33–34
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
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Isaiah 37:24
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
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Ezekiel 9:1–7
He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
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Isaiah 13:3–5
I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
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Jeremiah 21:14
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
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Isaiah 27:10–11
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
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Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
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