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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/22.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You who live in &#8216Lebanon,&#8217 who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon, but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish— anguish like that of a woman in labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, Making your nest in the cedars, How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you, Like the pain of a woman in labor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You who live in Lebanon, Nested in the cedars, How you will groan when sharp pains come on you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You who dwell in Lebanon, Nested in the cedars, How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“You who dwell in Lebanon, Nested in the cedars, How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You who inhabit Lebanon, Nested in the cedars, How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“O inhabitant of [Jerusalem, whose palaces are made from the cedars of] Lebanon, You who nest in the cedars, How you will groan <i>and</i> how miserable you will be when pains come on you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when pains come on you, agony like a woman in labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when labor pains come on you, agony like a woman in labor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Those who live in the palace paneled with cedar will groan with pain like women giving birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You live in Lebanon and have your nest in the cedars. But you will groan when pain strikes you, pain like a woman giving birth to a child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You rest secure among the cedars brought from Lebanon; but how pitiful you'll be when pains strike you, pains like those of a woman in labor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You who live in Lebanon, who build your nest in the cedars, how you will groan when pains come upon you, pain like that of a woman giving birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly you will groan when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, "" How gracious have you been when pangs come to you, "" Pain—as of a travailing woman.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> O dweller in Lebanon, making a nest among cedars, How gracious hast thou been when pangs come to thee, Pain -- as of a travailing woman.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou dwelling in Lebanon, building a nest in the cedars, how being compassionated in pangs coming to thee the pain as of her bringing forth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou that sittest in Libanus, and makest thy nest in the cedars, how hast thou mourned when sorrows came upon thee, as the pains of a woman in labour? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You who sit in Lebanon, and who nest in the cedars, in what way did you mourn when suffering came to you, like the suffering of a woman giving birth?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You who dwell on Lebanon, who nest in the cedars, How you shall groan when pains come upon you, like the pangs of a woman in childbirth! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, nested among the cedars, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain as of a woman in labor!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes her nest in the cedars, how you shall groan when pangs come upon you and the pain as of a woman in travail!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Inhabitant in Lebanon, nesting in cedar, how you will groan when destruction and shaking like that of child birth will come upon you!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />O inhabitant of Lebanon, That art nestled in the cedars, How gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, The pain as of a woman in travail!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />O thou that dwellest in Libanus, making thy nest in the cedars, thou shalt groan heavily, when pangs as of a travailing woman are come upon thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=6499" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/22.htm">A Warning about Jehoiakim</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>The wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šaḇ·tī (V-Qal-Prtcpl-fsc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">O inhabitant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3844.htm" title="3844: bal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr. From lbab; white mountain; Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine.">of Lebanon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7077.htm" title="7077: mə·qun·nan·tī (V-Pual-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to erect; but used only as denominative from qen; to nestle, i.e. Build or occupy as a nest.">nestled</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730: bā·’ă·rā·zîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A cedar. From 'araz; a cedar tree.">in the cedars,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">how</a> <a href="/hebrew/584.htm" title="584: nê·ḥant (V-Nifal-Perf-2fs) -- To sigh, groan. A primitive root; to sigh.">you will groan</a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: ḥă·ḇā·lîm (N-mp) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">when pangs of anguish</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bə·ḇō- (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">upon you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2427.htm" title="2427: ḥîl (N-ms) -- A writhing, anguish. And chiylah; from chuwl; a throe.">agony</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: kay·yō·lê·ḏāh (Prep-k, Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">like a woman in labor.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/22-16.htm">Isaiah 22:16-19</a></span><br />What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock? / Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, / roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-14</a></span><br />Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-9.htm">Amos 2:9</a></span><br />Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12-13</a></span><br />For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled— / against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Isaiah 10:33-34</a></span><br />Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. / He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm">Ezekiel 17:22-24</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. / I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches. / Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Isaiah 37:24</a></span><br />Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Isaiah 14:8</a></span><br />Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-16.htm">Isaiah 30:16-17</a></span><br />“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster. / A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Ezekiel 31:16-18</a></span><br />I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. / They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations. / Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-15.htm">Luke 10:15</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7-8</a></span><br />As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10</a></span><br />In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">O inhabitant of Lebanon, that make your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!</p><p class="hdg">inhabitant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm">Jeremiah 22:6</a></b></br> For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou <i>art</i> Gilead unto me, <i>and</i> the head of Lebanon: <i>yet</i> surely I will make thee a wilderness, <i>and</i> cities <i>which</i> are not inhabited.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/11-1.htm">Zechariah 11:1,2</a></b></br> Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars… </p><p class="hdg">makest.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/21-13.htm">Jeremiah 21:13</a></b></br> Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, <i>and</i> rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-28.htm">Jeremiah 48:28</a></b></br> O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove <i>that</i> maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/49-16.htm">Jeremiah 49:16</a></b></br> Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, <i>and</i> the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">how.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Jeremiah 3:21</a></b></br> A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping <i>and</i> supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, <i>and</i> they have forgotten the LORD their God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Jeremiah 4:31</a></b></br> For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, <i>and</i> the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, <i>that</i> bewaileth herself, <i>that</i> spreadeth her hands, <i>saying</i>, Woe <i>is</i> me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-24.htm">Jeremiah 6:24</a></b></br> We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, <i>and</i> pain, as of a woman in travail.</p><p class="hdg">when.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-30.htm">Jeremiah 4:30,31</a></b></br> And <i>when</i> thou <i>art</i> spoiled, what wilt thou do? 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The "inhabitant of Lebanon" metaphorically represents the leaders and people who lived in luxury and security, akin to the grandeur of Lebanon's forests. Historically, Lebanon was a region north of Israel, famous for its natural resources, especially its cedars, which were highly valued in ancient construction.<p><b>nestled in the cedars</b><br>The imagery of being "nestled in the cedars" suggests a sense of comfort, security, and prosperity. The cedar trees of Lebanon were symbols of strength and durability, often used in the construction of significant buildings, including Solomon's Temple (<a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">1 Kings 5:6</a>). This phrase implies that the people felt secure in their wealth and status, much like being surrounded by the protective and prestigious cedars.<p><b>how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you</b><br>This part of the verse predicts a time of distress and suffering for those who are currently secure and complacent. The "groan" indicates a deep, involuntary response to impending disaster. In the context of Jeremiah's prophecies, this refers to the coming judgment and exile due to the people's disobedience and idolatry. The historical context includes the Babylonian invasion and the subsequent fall of Jerusalem, which brought great suffering to the inhabitants.<p><b>agony like a woman in labor</b><br>The comparison to a woman in labor is a common biblical metaphor for intense and unavoidable pain (<a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Isaiah 13:8</a>, <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a>). It signifies the inevitability and severity of the coming judgment. Labor pains are both intense and lead to a significant change, symbolizing the transformative and unavoidable nature of the judgment that Judah would face. This imagery also connects to the broader biblical theme of birth pains preceding new beginnings, hinting at the eventual hope and restoration promised by God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/inhabitant_of_lebanon.htm">Inhabitant of Lebanon</a></b><br>This refers to the people of Judah, particularly the royal family and leaders who lived in luxury and security, symbolized by the cedars of Lebanon.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/lebanon.htm">Lebanon</a></b><br>Known for its majestic cedar trees, Lebanon symbolizes strength, beauty, and prosperity. In this context, it represents the opulence and false security of Judah's leaders.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/cedars.htm">Cedars</a></b><br>The cedars of Lebanon were highly valued and used in the construction of palaces and temples. They symbolize the wealth and pride of Judah's leaders.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/pangs_and_agony.htm">Pangs and Agony</a></b><br>These terms describe the impending judgment and suffering that will come upon Judah, likened to the intense pain of childbirth.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who delivered God's message of warning and impending judgment to the people of Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/false_security_in_earthly_wealth.htm">False Security in Earthly Wealth</a></b><br>The leaders of Judah trusted in their wealth and opulence, symbolized by the cedars of Lebanon. We must be cautious not to place our security in material possessions, which can be fleeting.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inevitable_judgment.htm">Inevitable Judgment</a></b><br>Just as the inhabitants of Lebanon faced inevitable judgment, we are reminded that God's justice will prevail. It is crucial to live righteously and in accordance with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_pain_of_consequences.htm">The Pain of Consequences</a></b><br>The imagery of labor pains signifies the intense suffering that comes from turning away from God. This serves as a warning to remain faithful and obedient to avoid such consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pride_comes_before_a_fall.htm">Pride Comes Before a Fall</a></b><br>The pride of Judah's leaders led to their downfall. Humility and reliance on God are essential to avoid the pitfalls of pride.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While judgment is certain, God always offers a path to repentance and restoration. We should seek His forgiveness and strive to align our lives with His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_solomon's_temple_for.htm">What was the purpose of Solomon's Temple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_jeremiah_22_13-17.htm">Jeremiah 22:13-17 accuses the king of social injustice. Does external historical or archaeological evidence exist to support or refute these specific abuses?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_jeremiah_20_7_with_james_1_13.htm">How can Jeremiah 20:7 be reconciled with James 1:13, which states that God never tempts or deceives anyone?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_17_3-4_align_with_history.htm">In Ezekiel 17:3-4, how can the imagery of a great eagle plucking off the top of a cedar be reconciled with actual historical events or natural realities?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">O, inhabitant of Lebanon.</span>--The phrase develops the thought of <a href="/jeremiah/22-6.htm" title="For thus said the LORD to the king's house of Judah; You are Gilead to me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make you a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.">Jeremiah 22:6</a>. The king, in his cedar-palace, is as one who has made Lebanon his home, literally and figuratively (see Note on <a href="/jeremiah/22-7.htm" title="And I will prepare destroyers against you, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.">Jeremiah 22:7</a>), and is as an eagle nestling in the cedar.<p><span class= "bld">How gracious shalt thou be . . .!</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">how wilt thou sigh! </span>or, <span class= "ital">how wilt thou groan! </span>as connected with the pangs of travail. No pomp or majesty could save the royal house from the inevitable doom.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">O inhabitant</span> - rather, O <span class="accented">inhabitress - <span class="cmt_word"></span>of Lebanon</span>. It is the people of Jerusalem which is meant; the "Lebanon" are the palaces of cedar-wood which together are called" the house of the King of Judah" (ver. 6). <span class="cmt_word">How gracious shalt thou be</span>; rather, <span class="accented">How wilt thou sigh!</span> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">O inhabitant</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשַׁבְתְּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šaḇt)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Lebanon,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(bal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nestled</span><br /><span class="heb">מְקֻנַּ֖נְתְּ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·qun·nant)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7077.htm">Strong's 7077: </a> </span><span class="str2">To nestle, build, occupy as a, nest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the cedars,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּֽאֲרָזִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ă·rā·zîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_730.htm">Strong's 730: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cedar tree</span><br /><br /><span class="word">how</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will groan</span><br /><span class="heb">נֵּחַנְתְּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(nê·ḥant)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2603.htm">Strong's 2603: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when pangs of anguish</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲבָלִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·ḇā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">come upon you,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">agony</span><br /><span class="heb">חִ֖יל</span> <span class="translit">(ḥîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2427.htm">Strong's 2427: </a> </span><span class="str2">A writhing, anguish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a woman in labor.”</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּיֹּלֵדָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(kay·yō·lê·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Jeremiah 22:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/22-23.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 22:23 Inhabitant of Lebanon who makes your nest (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/22-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 22:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 22:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/22-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 22:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 22:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>