Jeremiah 22:6

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4 For if you indeed do this thing, ^athen shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David.

5 But if you will not hear these words, ^aI swear by Myself,” says the Lord, “that this house shall become a desolation.” ’ ”

6 For thus says the Lord to the house of the king of Judah:
“You are ^aGilead to Me,
The head of Lebanon;
Yet I surely will make you a wilderness,
Cities which are not inhabited.

7 I will prepare destroyers against you,
Everyone with his weapons;
They shall cut down ^ayour choice cedars
^bAnd cast them into the fire.

8 And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, ^a‘Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’

9 Then they will answer, ^a‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.’ ”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Jeremiah 22:6

Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon - Perhaps in allusion, says Dahler, to the oaks of Gilead, and the cedars of Mount Lebanon, of which the palace was constructed. Lebanon was the highest mountain in Israel, and Gilead the richest and most fertile part of the country; and were, therefore, proper emblems of the reigning family. Though thou art the richest and most powerful, I, who raised thee up, can bring thee down and make thee a wilderness.

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