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

6“This is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah: This palace is like Gilead to me, like the top of Lebanon. I will certainly turn it into a desert, into cities that no one lives in. 7I will send people to destroy you. They will have their own weapons. They will cut down your finest cedar trees and throw them on a fire. “People from many nations will pass by this city and ask each other, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this important city?’ 9The answer will be: ‘They rejected the promise of the Lord their God. They worshiped other gods and served them.’ ” 10Don’t cry for the dead. Don’t shake your heads at them. Cry bitterly for those who are taken away, because they won’t come back to see their homeland.

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 29:23They will see all the soil poisoned with sulfur and salt. Nothing will be planted. Nothing will be growing. There will be no plants in sight. It will be as desolate as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, cities the Lord destroyed in fierce anger.
• 1 Kings 9:8Everyone passing by this temple, as impressive as it is, will be appalled. They will gasp and ask, ‘Why did the Lord do these things to this land and this temple?’
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.
• Lamentations 2:15Everyone who walks along the road shakes a fist at you. They hiss and shake their heads at Jerusalem’s people: ‘Is this the city they used to call absolutely beautiful, the joy of the whole world?’
• Lamentations 4:12Neither the kings of the earth nor anyone living on earth could believe that enemies or invaders would ever get through the gates of Jerusalem.
• Daniel 9:7You, Lord, are righteous. But we—the men of Judah, the citizens of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far—are still ashamed because we have been unfaithful to 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