Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation I will call for wreckers, who will bring out their tools to dismantle you. They will tear out all your fine cedar beams and throw them on the fire. English Standard Version I will prepare destroyers against you, each with his weapons, and they shall cut down your choicest cedars and cast them into the fire. Berean Standard Bible I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire. King James Bible 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 King James Version I will prepare destroyers against you, Everyone with his weapons; They shall cut down your choice cedars And cast them into the fire. New American Standard Bible “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. NASB 1995 “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. NASB 1977 “For I shall set apart destroyers against you, Each with his weapons; And they will cut down your choicest cedars And throw them on the fire. Legacy Standard Bible 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. Amplified Bible “For I will prepare and appoint destroyers [to execute My judgments] against you, Each with his weapons; And they will cut down your [palaces built of] choicest cedars And throw them in the fire. Christian Standard Bible I will set apart destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire. Holman Christian Standard Bible I will appoint destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I shall prepare destroyers for you, each man and his ax in his hand, and they shall cut down the choice ones of your cedars, and they shall throw them into fire Brenton Septuagint Translation and I will bring upon thee a destroying man, and his axe: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. Contemporary English Version I'll send troops to tear it apart, and its beautiful cedar beams will be used for firewood. Douay-Rheims Bible And I will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons: and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and shall cast them headlong into the fire. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation I 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. Good News Translation I am sending men to destroy it. They will all bring their axes, cut down its beautiful cedar pillars, and throw them into the fire. International Standard Version I'll appoint people to destroy you— men with their weapons. They'll cut down some of your choice cedars and incinerate them. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version And I have separated destroyers for you, | Each with his weapons, | And they have cut down the choice of your cedars, | And have cast them on the fire.” Majority Standard Bible I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire. New American Bible Against you I will send destroyers, each with their tools: They shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. NET Bible I will send men against it to destroy it with their axes and hatchets. They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns and throw them into the fire. New Revised Standard Version I will prepare destroyers against you, all with their weapons; they shall cut down your choicest cedars and cast them into the fire. New Heart English Bible I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons, and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. Young's Literal Translation And I have separated for thee destroyers, Each with his weapons, And they have cut down the choice of thy cedars, And have cast them on the fire. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Warning about the Palace6For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited. 7I will appoint destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire. 8And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’… Cross References Isaiah 10:3 What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth? Isaiah 10:33 Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. Isaiah 10:34 He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One. Isaiah 37:24 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: "With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests. Jeremiah 4:6 Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction. Jeremiah 4:7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited. Jeremiah 15:8 I will make their widows more numerous than the sand of the sea. I will bring a destroyer at noon against the mothers of young men. I will suddenly bring upon them anguish and dismay. Treasury of Scripture And I will prepare destroyers against you, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. I. Jeremiah 4:6,7 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction… Jeremiah 5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. Jeremiah 50:20-23 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, 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… cut. Jeremiah 21:14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. Isaiah 10:33,34 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled… Isaiah 27:10,11 Yet 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… Jump to Previous Apart Armed Beams Best Cast Cedar Cedars Cedar-Trees Choice Choicest Cut Destroyers Destruction Fine Fire Prepare Ready Separated Throw War WeaponsJump to Next Apart Armed Beams Best Cast Cedar Cedars Cedar-Trees Choice Choicest Cut Destroyers Destruction Fine Fire Prepare Ready Separated Throw War WeaponsJeremiah 22 1. He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats.10. The judgment of Shallum; 13. of Jehoiakim; 20. and of Coniah. (7) I will prepare destroyers.--The verb, as in Jeremiah 6:4, implies the idea of a solemn appointment or consecration. They shall cut down thy choice cedars.--The metaphor of the preceding verse is carried further, and the "choice cedars" are the princes of the royal house of Judah, and the chief counsellors and generals, as well as the actual columns of cedar-wood. Verse 7. - I will prepare; literally, I will consecrate; the Babylonians being instruments of the Divine vengeance (see on Jeremiah 6:4).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I will appointוְקִדַּשְׁתִּ֥י (wə·qid·daš·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated destroyers מַשְׁחִתִ֖ים (maš·ḥi·ṯîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin against you, עָלֶ֛יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against each man אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person with his weapons, וְכֵלָ֑יו (wə·ḵê·lāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus and they will cut down וְכָֽרְתוּ֙ (wə·ḵā·rə·ṯū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant the choicest מִבְחַ֣ר (miḇ·ḥar) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4005: Choicest, best of your cedars אֲרָזֶ֔יךָ (’ă·rā·ze·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 730: A cedar tree and throw וְהִפִּ֖ילוּ (wə·hip·pî·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie them into עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the fire. הָאֵֽשׁ׃ (hā·’êš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire Links Jeremiah 22:7 NIVJeremiah 22:7 NLT Jeremiah 22:7 ESV Jeremiah 22:7 NASB Jeremiah 22:7 KJV Jeremiah 22:7 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 22:7 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 22:7 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 22:7 French Bible Jeremiah 22:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 22:7 I will prepare destroyers against you everyone (Jer.) |
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