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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 22:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 22:5 |
King James |
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
I swear by myself-- (Heb 6:13, Heb 6:17). God swears because it seemed to them incredible that the family of David should be cast off.
this house--the king's, where Jeremiah spake (Jer 22:4). |
4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,