Jeremiah 22:6 (KJV)

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For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah Thou art Gilead unto me and the head of Lebanon yet surely I will make thee a wilderness and cities which are not inhabited

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unto. Jer 22:24 Jer 21:11 Ge 37:25 De 3:25 So 5:15

surely. Jer 4:20 Jer 7:34 Jer 9:11 Jer 19:7 Jer 19:8 Jer 21:14 Jer 25:9 Jer 25:10 Jer 26:6-9 Jer 26:18 Ps 107:34 Isa 6:11 Isa 24:1-6 Isa 27:10 Eze 33:27 Eze 33:28

Thou.Gilead was the most fertile part of the country, and renowned for its rich pastures; and Lebanon was the highest mountain in Israel, celebrated for its stately cedars; and both were, therefore, proper emblems of the reigning family. "But though thou art the richest and most powerful, I, who raised thee up, can bring thee down, and make thee a wilderness."

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