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 will not obey these words, I swear by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that this house will become a desolation.”’” 6For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, Like the summit of Lebanon; Yet most assuredly I will make you like a wilderness, Like cities which are not inhabited. For I will set apart destroyers against you, Each with his weapons; And they will cut down your choicest cedars And throw them on the fire. 8“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?’ 9Then they will answer, ‘Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’”

Jeremiah 22:7 word by word

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

• For I will setקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• destroyersשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• with his weaponsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• downכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• your choicestמִבְחָרmibchâr · bestH4005
• cedarsאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• throwנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• on the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:7

• Jeremiah 4:6Lift up a standard toward Zion! Seek refuge, do not stand still, For I am bringing evil from the north, And great destruction.
• Jeremiah 5:15Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel,” declares the Lord. “It is an enduring nation, It is an ancient nation, A nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you understand what they say.
• Jeremiah 50:20In those days and at that time,’ declares the Lord, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’
• Isaiah 10:3Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth?
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded My consecrated ones, I have even called My mighty warriors, My proudly exulting ones, To execute My anger.
• Isaiah 54:16Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals And brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to ruin.
• Ezekiel 9:1Then He cried out in my hearing with a loud voice saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.”
• Matthew 22:7But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.
• Jeremiah 21:14But I will punish you according to the results of your deeds,” declares the Lord, “And I will kindle a fire in its forest That it may devour all its environs.”’”
• Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord, the God of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased.
• Isaiah 27:10For the fortified city is isolated, A homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert; There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and feed on its branches.
• Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have reproached the Lord, And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses. And I will go to its highest peak, its thickest forest.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon, That a fire may feed on your cedars.

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

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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