8And 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?


In Context

5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.

6 For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king 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.

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.

8 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?

9 Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

Jeremiah 22:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And 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?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:8"People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, 'Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And many nations shall pass by this city: and they shall say every man to his neighbor: Why hath the Lord done so to this great city?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8And 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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8And 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?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:8And 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:8And 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?