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 ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Yhwh, that this house shall become a desolation. 6For thus saith Yhwh unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. 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. 8And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath Yhwh done thus unto this great city? 9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Yhwh their God, and worshipped 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

• 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 4:6Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
• Jeremiah 5:15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Yhwh: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
• Jeremiah 50:20In those days, and in that time, saith Yhwh, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
• Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
• Isaiah 13:3I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
• Isaiah 54:16Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
• Ezekiel 9:1He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
• Matthew 22:7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
• Jeremiah 21:14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith Yhwh: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
• Isaiah 10:33Behold, the Lord, Yhwh of Armies, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
• Isaiah 27:10Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
• Isaiah 37:24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
• Zechariah 11:1Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy 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

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