Jeremiah 22:5
“But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.”
King James Version
The temple's desolation sworn by God himself for disobedience, fulfilled in Nebuzaradan's burning of the temple.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 25:9 Jeremiah 52:13 Lamentations 2:6-7
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