Focused Passage

Jeremiah 22:6-9

The House of David Under Judgment for Injustice and Covenant Failure

The chapter moves from a covenant summons to the royal house, to the threatened ruin of the palace, to judgment against individual kings, and finally to the cutting off of royal confidence in Coniah.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

6 For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.

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?’

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

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References and Original Words

Verse 6

Cross-references

Isaiah 6:11 Classic cross-references Psalms 107:34 Classic cross-references Isaiah 27:10 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 9:11 Classic cross-references Micah 3:12 Classic cross-references

Original words

For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction this is what כֹ֣ה׀ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular concerning עַל־ H5921 Preposition the house בֵּית֙ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of the king מֶ֣לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֔ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular You אַתָּ֛ה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular are like Gilead גִּלְעָ֥ד H1568 Noun - proper - feminine singular to Me לִ֖י Preposition | first person common singular like the summit רֹ֣אשׁ H7218 Noun - masculine singular construct of Lebanon הַלְּבָנ֑וֹן H3844 Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular but I will surely אִם־ H518 Conjunction . . . לֹ֤א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle turn you אֲשִֽׁיתְךָ֙ H7896 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular into a desert מִדְבָּ֔ר H4057 Noun - masculine singular like cities עָרִ֖ים H5892 Noun - feminine plural that are uninhabited לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . נוֹשָׁבָה׃ H3427 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural

Verse 7

Cross-references

Isaiah 10:33 Classic cross-references Isaiah 37:24 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 4:6 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 9:1 Classic cross-references Isaiah 13:3 Classic cross-references

Original words

I will appoint וְקִדַּשְׁתִּ֥י H6942 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular destroyers מַשְׁחִתִ֖ים H7843 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural against you עָלֶ֛יךָ H5921 Preposition | second person masculine singular each man אִ֣ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular with his weapons וְכֵלָ֑יו H3627 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and they will cut down וְכָֽרְתוּ֙ H3772 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural the choicest מִבְחַ֣ר H4005 Noun - masculine singular construct of your cedars אֲרָזֶ֔יךָ H730 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular and throw them וְהִפִּ֖ילוּ H5307 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural into עַל־ H5921 Preposition the fire הָאֵֽשׁ׃ H784 Article | Noun - common singular

Verse 8

Cross-references

1 Kings 9:8 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 5:19 Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 7:20 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 29:24 Classic cross-references Ezekiel 39:23 Classic cross-references

Original words

And many רַבִּ֔ים H7227 Adjective - masculine plural nations גּוֹיִ֣ם H1471 Noun - masculine plural will pass וְעָֽבְרוּ֙ H5674 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural by עַ֖ל H5921 Preposition this הַזֹּ֑את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular city הָעִ֣יר H5892 Article | Noun - feminine singular and ask וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural one אִ֣ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition another רֵעֵ֔הוּ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Why עַל־ H5921 Preposition . . . מֶ֨ה H4100 Interrogative has the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular done עָשָׂ֤ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular such a thing כָּ֔כָה H3602 Adverb to this הַזֹּֽאת׃ H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular great הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה H1419 Article | Adjective - feminine singular city לָעִ֥יר H5892 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular

Verse 9

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 34:25 Classic cross-references 2 Kings 22:17 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 9:13 Classic cross-references Jeremiah 16:11 Classic cross-references

Original words

Then [people] will reply וְאָ֣מְר֔וּ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Because עַ֚ל H5921 Preposition - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative they have forsaken עָֽזְב֔וּ H5800 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the covenant בְּרִ֥ית H1285 Noun - feminine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular their God אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and have worshiped וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּ H7812 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural and served וַיַּעַבְדֽוּם׃ס H5647 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural other אֲחֵרִ֖ים H312 Adjective - masculine plural gods לֵאלֹהִ֥ים H430 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural

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