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Jeremiah 22:9

Judgment

7 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.

8 And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’

Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

10 Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

11 For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,

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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.

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BSB
Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
KJV
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
WEB
Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God, worshiped other gods, and served them.’”
ASV
Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
DARBY
And they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
BLB
And they will say, ‘Upon that they have forsaken the covenant of YHWH their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”
ÅB
Og de skal svare: Fordi de forlot Herrens, sin Guds pakt og tilba andre guder og dyrket dem.
OTB
Og svaret vil være: ‘Fordi de forlot Herrens, deres Guds, pakt og tilbad og tjente andre guder.’”
B1930
Og de skal svare: Fordi de forlot Herrens, sin Guds pakt og tilbad andre guder og dyrket dem.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 34:25

    because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be poured out upon this place and will not be quenched.’

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  • 2 Kings 22:17

    because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

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  • Jeremiah 40:2–3

    The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, “The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,

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  • Jeremiah 2:17–19

    Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?

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  • Deuteronomy 29:25–28

    And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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  • Jeremiah 50:7

    All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’

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