Jeremiah 22:8

Jeremiah 22:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?
• New International Version (NIV)“People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’
• English Standard Version (ESV)"'And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, "Why has the Lord dealt thus with this great city?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, ‘Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’

Context of Jeremiah 22:8

6For this is what the Lord says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to me, or the summit of Lebanon, but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities. 7I will set apart destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire. “Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’ 9They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed in worship to other gods and served them.’” 10Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away, for he will never return again and see his native land.

Jeremiah 22:8 word by word

וְעָֽבְרוּ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים עַ֖ל הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֔הוּ עַל־מֶ֨ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ כָּ֔כָה לָעִ֥יר הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• shall passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• by this cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and they shall sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• to his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• Wherefore hath the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• thus unto this greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419

Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:8

• Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown, producing nothing, with no plant growing on it, just like the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord demolished in his fierce anger.
• 1 Kings 9:8Though this temple is now exalted, everyone who passes by will be appalled and will scoff. They will say, “Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?”
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the soil that I gave them, and this temple that I have sanctified for my name I will banish from my presence; I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass by scornfully clap their hands at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?
• Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth and all the world’s inhabitants did not believe that an enemy or adversary could enter Jerusalem’s gates.
• Daniel 9:7Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel — those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where you have banished them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 22:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Many nations shall pass - These words seem borrowed from Deuteronomy 29:22, etc.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The destruction of Jerusalem would show other nations what happens when Judah breaks their agreement with the Lord, their God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. (De 29:24, 25). The Gentile nations, more intelligent than you, shall understand that which ye do not, namely, that this city is a spectacle of God's vengeance [Calvin].Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Uriah; Uruah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings