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Wycliffe Bible

Jeremiah 22:8

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?

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?
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 Living Translation
"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?'
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 The Lord seith these thingis, Go thou doun in to the hous of the kyng of Juda, and thou schalt speke there this word, and schalt seie, 2 Thou kyng of Juda, that sittist on the seete of Dauid, here the word of the Lord, thou, and thi seruauntis, and thi puple, that entren bi these yatis. 3 The Lord seith these thingis, Do ye doom, and riytfulnesse, and delyuere ye hym that is oppressid bi violence fro the hond of the fals chalenger; and nyle ye make sori, nether oppresse ye wickidli a comelyng, and a fadirles child, and a widewe, and schede ye not out innocent blood in this place. 4 For if ye doynge don this word, kyngis of the kyn of Dauid sittynge on his trone schulen entre bi the yatis of this hous, and schulen stie on charis and horsis, thei, and the seruauntis, and the puple of hem. 5 That if ye heren not these wordis, Y swoore in my silf, seith the Lord, that this hous schal be in to wildirnesse. 6 For the Lord seith these thingis on the hous of the kyng of Juda, Galaad, thou art to me the heed of the Liban; credence be not youun to me, if Y sette not thee a wildirnesse, citees vnhabitable. 7 And Y schal halewe on thee a man sleynge, and hise armuris; and thei schulen kitte doun thi chosun cedris, and schulen caste doun in to fier. 8 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? 9 And thei schulen answere, For thei forsoken the couenaunt of her Lord God, and worschipiden alien goddis, and serueden hem.

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
whether ony thing is hard to God? Bi the biheeste Y schal turne ayen to thee in this same tyme, if Y lyue; and Sara schal haue a sone.
Genesis 22:19
Abraham turnede ayen to hise children, and thei yeden to Bersabee to gidere, and he dwellide there.
Genesis 22:20
And so whanne these thingis weren don, it was teld to Abraham that also Melcha hadde bore sones to Nachor his brother;
2 Chronicles 25:9
And Amasie seide to the man of God, What therfor schal be doon of the hundrid talentis, which Y yaf to the knyytis of Israel? And the man of God answeride to hym, The Lord hath, wherof he may yelde to thee myche mo thingis than these.
Matthew 19:26
Jhesus bihelde, and seide to hem, Anentis men this thing is impossible; but anentis God alle thingis ben possible.
John 1:29
Anothir day Joon say Jhesu comynge to hym, and he seide, Lo! the lomb of God; lo! he that doith awei the synnes of the world.
John 1:36
and he biheeld Jhesu walkinge, and seith, Lo! the lomb of God.
Revelation 5:6
And Y say, and lo! in the myddil of the trone, and of the foure beestis, and in the myddil of the eldre men, a lombe stondynge as slayn, that hadde seuene hornes, and seuene iyen, whiche ben seuene spiritis of God, sent in to al the erthe.
Revelation 5:12
The lomb that was slayn, is worthi to take vertu, and godhed, and wisdom, and strengthe, and onour, and glorie, and blessing.
Revelation 7:14
And Y seide to hym, My lord, thou woost. And he seide to me, These ben thei, that camen fro greet tribulacioun, and waischiden her stoolis, and maden hem white in the blood of the lomb.

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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