Jeremiah 22:5-7

Easy-to-Read Version

⁵But I, the Lord, tell you that if you don’t obey these commands, then I promise with an oath in my own name that this king’s palace will be destroyed—it will become a pile of rocks.’”

⁶This is what the Lord says about the palace where the king of Judah lives:

“The palace is tall like the forests of Gilead,
    like the mountains of Lebanon.
But I will make it like a desert,
    as empty as a city where no one lives.
⁷I will send men to destroy the palace,
    each armed with weapons.
They will cut up your strong, beautiful cedar beams
    and throw them into the fire.