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 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. 7For 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. “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.’” 10Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him, But weep continually for the one who goes away; For he will never return Or 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

• Manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• will passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• by thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• anotherרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• Whyעַל‛al · uponH5921
• Whyמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• has the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• thusכָּ֫כָהkâkâh · thusH3602
• greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419

Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:8

• Deuteronomy 29:23‘All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’
• 1 Kings 9:8And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
• 2 Chronicles 7:20then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
• Lamentations 2:15All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, “Is this the city of which they said, ‘The perfection of beauty, A joy to all the earth’?”
• Lamentations 4:12The kings of the earth did not believe, Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
• Daniel 9:7“Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against 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