Jeremiah 22:7

Jeremiah 22:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
• New International Version (NIV)I will send destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut up your fine cedar beams and throw them into the fire.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will prepare destroyers against you, each with his weapons, and they shall cut down your choicest cedars and cast them into the fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will prepare destroyers against you, Everyone with his weapons; They shall cut down your choice cedars And cast them into the fire.

Context of Jeremiah 22:7

5But if you do not obey these commands, I will destroy this palace. I promise you that it will become a heap of stones! That is what I, the Lord, tell you.” ’ 6The Lord says this about the palace of the king of Judah: ‘This place is as beautiful as Gilead! It is as beautiful as Lebanon's mountains. But I will cause it to become a wilderness, a place where nobody lives any more. I will send enemies to destroy this place. They will use their weapons to knock it all down. They will cut down the strong beams of cedar wood. They will throw them into the fire. 8People from many nations will see what has happened here. They will ask each other, “Why has the Lord destroyed this great city?” 9Other people will answer, “He did it because they refused to obey their covenant with the Lord their God. They worshipped other gods instead of him.” ’

Jeremiah 22:7 word by word

וְקִדַּשְׁתִּ֥י עָלֶ֛יךָ מַשְׁחִתִ֖ים אִ֣ישׁ וְכֵלָ֑יו וְכָֽרְתוּ֙ מִבְחַ֣ר אֲרָזֶ֔יךָ וְהִפִּ֖ילוּ עַל־הָאֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will prepareקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: prepareH6942
• destroyersשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• against thee, every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• with his weaponsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• and they shall cut downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• thy choiceמִבְחָרmibchâr · bestH4005
• cedarsאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• and castנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• into the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:7

• Jeremiah 4:6Lift up a flag that shows the way to Zion! Run quickly to a safe place! Do not wait! I will soon bring great trouble from the north. An enemy will destroy your country.
• Jeremiah 5:15The Lord says this: ‘Listen to me, you people of Israel. I will bring an army to attack you. They will come from a nation that is far away. It is a strong nation that started long ago. You do not know their language. You cannot understand what they say.
• Jeremiah 50:20At that time, I will forgive the sins of my people. I have let a few people of Israel and Judah remain. And they will no longer be guilty of any sins.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Isaiah 10:3It will be bad for you on the day when God comes to judge people. You will not escape the punishment that he will bring from far away. There will be nobody to help you. There will be no safe place to hide your valuable things.
• Isaiah 13:3I, the Lord, have sent my special men. I am very angry. Those men are my brave soldiers who will punish Babylon on my behalf. They are proud because I have made them strong.
• Isaiah 54:16Look! I myself created the worker who knows how to use iron to make things. He makes his fire very hot, and he makes weapons from the iron. He makes weapons that are strong to fight with. I also created the armies who use their weapons to destroy people.
• Ezekiel 9:1I heard the Lord shout loudly, ‘Bring here the men who will punish the people of this city! Tell the guards to bring their weapons with them.’
• Matthew 22:7The king was very angry. He sent his soldiers to the city where those people lived. They killed the people who killed the king's servants. They destroyed their city with fire.
• Jeremiah 21:14But I will punish you for everything that you have done. I will destroy your palace with fire. That fire will destroy everything that is around you.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Isaiah 10:33But look! The Lord Almighty is ready to use his great power to destroy Assyria's strong army. He will cut it down, like a tall tree. He will cut off all the branches and knock all the trees down to the ground.
• Isaiah 27:10The strong city will become empty. Nobody will live there any more. It will be like an empty desert. Young cows will eat the grass there, and they will lie down there. They will eat all the leaves on the branches of the tree.
• Isaiah 37:24You have sent your servants to insult the Lord God. You have said, ‘I have taken all my chariots and I have gone up high mountains, the highest mountains in Lebanon. I have cut down its tall cedar trees, and I have cut down its best pine trees. I went up to its highest places, and I went far into its forests.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your gates, Lebanon, so that the fires can burn down your cedar trees.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 22:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7They shall cut down thy choice cedars - The destruction of the country is expressed under the symbol of the destruction of a fine forest; a multitude of fellers come against it, each with his axe; and, there being no resistance, every tree is soon felled to the earth. "These destroyers," God says, "I have prepared, קדשתי kiddashti, I have sanctified - consecrated, to this work. They have their commission from me."Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Prepare - i. e., consecrate, see Jeremiah 6:4 note. Thy choice cedars - The chief members of the royal lineage and the leading officers of state.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Farmers grew valuable crops in the valleys and on the slopes of Gilead. Gilead is the highlands that rise eastward from the Jordan Valley. Lebanon is the area north of Israel along the seacoast. It includes a high mountain ridge on the country's eastern side. Lebanon was famous for its tall cedar trees.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. prepare--literally, "sanctify," or solemnly set apart for a particular work (compare Is 13:3). thy choice cedars--(Is 37:24). Thy palaces built of choice cedars (So 1:17).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 22:7

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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