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New Living Translation

Jeremiah 22:8

"People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, ‘Why did the Lord destroy such a great city?'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Forsaking;   Idolatry;   Service;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Homicide;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’
Hebrew Names Version
Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?
King James Version
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?
English Standard Version
"‘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 American Standard Bible
"Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, 'Why has the LORD done this to this great city?'
New Century Version
"People from many nations will pass by this city and ask each other, ‘Why has the Lord done such a terrible thing to Jerusalem, this great city?'
Amplified Bible
"Many nations will pass by this city; and each man will say to another, 'Why has the LORD done this to this great city?'
World English Bible
Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?
Geneva Bible (1587)
And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this great citie?
Legacy Standard Bible
"Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?'
Berean Standard Bible
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'
Contemporary English Version
People from different nations will pass by and ask, "Why did the Lord do this to such a great city as Jerusalem?"
Complete Jewish Bible
"Many nations will pass by this city, and they will say to one another, ‘Why has Adonai done such a thing to this great city?'
Darby Translation
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
Easy-to-Read Version
"People from many nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a terrible thing to Jerusalem? Jerusalem was such a great city.'
George Lamsa Translation
And many people shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?
Good News Translation
"Afterward many foreigners will pass by and ask one another why I, the Lord , have done such a thing to this great city.
Lexham English Bible
And many nations will pass by this city and they will say each one to his neighbor, ‘Why has Yahweh done in this manner to this great city?'
Literal Translation
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall each say to one another, Why has Jehovah done this to this great city?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all the people that go by this cite, shall speake one to another: Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this noble cite?
American Standard Version
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?
Bible in Basic English
And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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?'
King James Version (1611)
And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto this great citie?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the people that go by this citie, shall speake one to another: Wherfore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this noble citie?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?
English Revised Version
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?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And many folkis schulen passe bi this citee, and ech man schal seie to his neiybore, Whi dide the Lord thus to this greet citee?
Update Bible Version
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?
Webster's Bible Translation
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why hath the LORD done thus to this great city?
New English Translation
"‘People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, "Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?"
New King James Version
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?'
New Life Bible
Many nations will pass by this city, and they will say to one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?'
New Revised Standard
And many nations will pass by this city, and all of them will say one to another, "Why has the Lord dealt in this way with that great city?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shall many nations pass by this city, - and shall say, every man to his neighbour, For what cause, hath Yahweh done thus, unto this great city?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And many nations shall pass by this city: and they shall say every man to his neighbour: Why hath the Lord done so to this great city?
Revised Standard Version
"'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?"
Young's Literal Translation
And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?
THE MESSAGE
"Travelers from all over will come through here and say to one another, ‘Why would God do such a thing to this wonderful city?' They'll be told, ‘Because they walked out on the covenant of their God , took up with other gods and worshiped them.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?'

Contextual Overview

1 This is what the Lord said to me: "Go over and speak directly to the king of Judah. Say to him, 2 ‘Listen to this message from the Lord , you king of Judah, sitting on David's throne. Let your attendants and your people listen, too. 3 This is what the Lord says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent! 4 If you obey me, there will always be a descendant of David sitting on the throne here in Jerusalem. The king will ride through the palace gates in chariots and on horses, with his parade of attendants and subjects. 5 But if you refuse to pay attention to this warning, I swear by my own name, says the Lord , that this palace will become a pile of rubble.'" 6 Now this is what the Lord says concerning Judah's royal palace: "I love you as much as fruitful Gilead and the green forests of Lebanon. But I will turn you into a desert, with no one living within your walls. 7 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. 8 "People from many nations will pass by the ruins of this city and say to one another, ‘Why did the Lord destroy such a great city?' 9 And the answer will be, ‘Because they violated their covenant with the Lord their God by worshiping other gods.'"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 29:23-25, 1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9, 2 Chronicles 7:20-22, Lamentations 2:15-17, Lamentations 4:12, Daniel 9:7

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:24 - General 2 Chronicles 7:21 - Why Jeremiah 5:19 - Wherefore Jeremiah 9:12 - for Jeremiah 16:10 - Wherefore Jeremiah 40:2 - The Lord Lamentations 1:18 - hear Ezekiel 5:8 - in the Ezekiel 5:15 - an instruction Ezekiel 12:16 - and they Ezekiel 14:23 - that I have not Ezekiel 23:10 - famous Ezekiel 23:30 - thou hast Ezekiel 24:8 - I have set Ezekiel 39:23 - the heathen Amos 3:9 - and behold Hebrews 8:9 - they continued

Cross-References

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."
Genesis 22:19
Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.
Genesis 22:20
Soon after this, Abraham heard that Milcah, his brother Nahor's wife, had borne Nahor eight sons.
2 Chronicles 25:9
Amaziah asked the man of God, "But what about all that silver I paid to hire the army of Israel?" The man of God replied, "The Lord is able to give you much more than this!"
Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible."
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36
As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, "Look! There is the Lamb of God!"
Revelation 5:6
Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if it had been slaughtered, but it was now standing between the throne and the four living beings and among the twenty-four elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the sevenfold Spirit of God that is sent out into every part of the earth.
Revelation 5:12
And they sang in a mighty chorus: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slaughtered— to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing."
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, "Sir, you are the one who knows." Then he said to me, "These are the ones who died in the great tribulation. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and made them white.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And many nations shall pass by this city,.... After it is burned down and destroyed; that is, people out of many nations travelling that way:

and they shall say every man to his neighbour; as in company together, passing along the ruined walls of the city:

wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city? so fortified and so full of people; the metropolis of the whole nation; the greatest city in the east; yea, the joy of the whole earth; a city peculiarly dear to the Lord; greatly honoured by him with his presence, worship, and ordinances, and yet now in ruins; how comes this to pass? they see and acknowledge the hand of the Lord in it, having a better notion of things than the Jews themselves had.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 22:8. Many nations shall pass — These words seem borrowed from Deuteronomy 29:22, &c.


 
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