Jeremiah 22:5
Good News Translation
But if you do not obey my commands, then I swear to you that this palace will fall into ruins. I, the LORD, have spoken.

New Revised Standard Version
But if you will not heed these words, I swear by myself, says the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

Contemporary English Version
But if you ignore me, I promise in my own name that this palace will lie in ruins.

New American Bible
But if you do not obey these commands, I swear by myself—oracle of the LORD: this house shall become rubble.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if you will not hearken to these words: I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if you will not hearken to these words: I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

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Jeremiah 17:27 But if you will not hearken to me, to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

2 Chronicles 7:19,22 But if you turn away, and forsake my justices, and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and adore them, . . .

Isaiah 1:20 But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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Genesis 22:16 By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake:

Numbers 14:28-30 Say therefore to them: As I live, saith the Lord: According as you have spoken in my hearing, so will I do to you. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:40-42 I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live for ever. . . .

Psalm 95:11 And these men have not known my ways: so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

Amos 6:8 The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.

Amos 8:7,8 That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn? . . .

Hebrews 3:18 And to whom did he swear, that they should not enter into his rest: but to them that were incredulous?

Hebrews 6:13,17 For God making promises to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself, . . .

that.

Jeremiah 7:13,15 And now, because you have done all these works, saith the Lord: and I have spoken to you rising up early, and speaking, and you have not heard: and I have called you, and you have not answered: . . .

Jeremiah 26:6-9 I will make this house like Silo: and I will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. . . .

Jeremiah 39:8 And the Chaldeans burnt the king's house, and the houses of the people with fire, and they threw down the wall of Jerusalem.

Micah 3:12 Her princes have judged for bribes: and her priests have taught for hire, and her prophets divined for money: and they leaned upon the Lord, saying: Is not the Lord in the midst of us? no evil shall come among us.

Context
A Warning for Judah's Kings
4For if you will do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house, kings of the race of David sitting upon his throne, and riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants, and their people. 5But if you will not hearken to these words: I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
Cross References
Matthew 23:38
Behold, your house shall be left to you, desolate.

Hebrews 6:13
For God making promises to Abraham, because he had no one greater by whom he might swear, swore by himself,

Genesis 22:16
By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake:

Jeremiah 17:27
But if you will not hearken to me, to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 26:4
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: If you will not hearken to me to walk in my law, which I have given you:

Jeremiah 44:26
Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Juda, you that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold I have sworn by my great name, saith the Lord: that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Juda, in the land of Egypt, saying: The Lord God liveth.

Amos 6:8
The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.

Jeremiah 22:4
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