“But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.”
The alternative—if they do not obey these words, the palace will be made a desolation—presents the consequence of continued rebellion. The solemnity of the oath formula emphasizes that this is not mere threat but the binding word of God. The contrast between the palace in verse 4 (thriving, inhabited, full of activity) and the palace in verse 5 (desolate) emphasizes the complete reversal that judgment will bring.
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