Jeremiah 22:6
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.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah denounces the royal house: practice justice or this house will become a desolation. Shallum who was taken captive will not return. Jehoiakim who built his palace with unrighteous wages is condemned as a usurper. Coniah the son will be …
Other Translations
For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king 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.
For thus said Jehovah, Concerning the house of the king of Judah: Gilead <FI>art<Fi> thou to Me--head of Lebanon, If not--I make thee a wilderness, Cities not inhabited.
For this is what the Lord has said about the family of the king of Judah: You are Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon: but, truly, I will make you waste, with towns unpeopled.
Cross References
Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without …
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Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf …
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in …
Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of …
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, …
And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to …
And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss …
And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the Lord;