NET Bible
"“‘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?”"
— Jeremiah 22:8, NET Bible
“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?”
“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? ”
“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?”
“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?”
“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?”
“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?”
But, if you do not obey these commands, I solemnly swear that this palace will become a pile of rubble. I, the LORD, affirm it!”
“‘For the LORD says concerning the palace of the king of Judah,“This place looks like a veritable forest of Gilead to me. It is like the wooded heights of Lebanon in my eyes. But I swear that I will make it like a wilderness whose towns have all been deserted.
I will send men against it to destroy it with their axes and hatchets. They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns and throw them into the fire.
“‘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?”
The answer will come back,“It is because they broke their covenant with the LORD their God and worshiped and served other gods.”
Judgment on Jehoahaz“‘Do not weep for the king who was killed. Do not grieve for him. But weep mournfully for the king who has gone into exile. For he will never return to see his native land again.
“‘For the LORD has spoken about Shallum son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but was carried off into exile. He has said,“He will never return to this land.