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Jeremiah 22:7

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.

KJV

Et sanctificabo super te, interficientem virum et arma ejus : et succident electas cedros tuas, et præcipitabunt in ignem.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπάξω ἐπὶ σὲ ἄνδρα ὀλεθρεύοντα καὶ τὸν πέλεκυν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκκόψουσιν τὰς ἐκλεκτὰς κέδρους σου καὶ ἐμβαλοῦσιν εἰς τὸ πῦρ.

LXX

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.

ASV

וְ/קִדַּשְׁתִּ֥י עָלֶ֛י/ךָ מַשְׁחִתִ֖ים אִ֣ישׁ וְ/כֵלָ֑י/ו וְ/כָֽרְתוּ֙ מִבְחַ֣ר אֲרָזֶ֔י/ךָ וְ/הִפִּ֖ילוּ עַל הָ/אֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָזִ֔ים
'rzym
noun · 70×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
ו
v
noun · 324×
וֹ
v
verb · 172×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
מִבְחַ֥ר
mbchr
noun · 13×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 9:1 — He 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.
  • Isa 10:33 — 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.
  • Isa 13:3 — I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness.
  • Isa 37:24 — By 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
  • Jer 4:6 — Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
  • Jer 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.