Thus saith the LORD
; Go down
to the house
of the king
of Judah
, and speak
there this word
,
And say, Hear
the word
of the LORD
, O king
of Judah
, that sittest
upon the throne
of David
, thou, and thy servants
, and thy people
that enter
in by these gates
:
Thus saith the LORD
; Execute
ye judgment
and righteousness
, and deliver
the spoiled
out of the hand
of the oppressor
: and do no wrong
, do no violence
to the stranger
, the fatherless
, nor the widow
, neither shed
innocent
blood
in this place
.
For if ye do this thing
indeed
, then shall there enter in
by the gates
of this house
kings
sitting
upon the throne
of David
, riding
in chariots
and on horses
, he, and his servants
, and his people
.
But if ye will not hear these words
, I swear
by myself, saith
the LORD
, that this house
shall become a desolation
.
For thus saith the LORD
unto the king's
house
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
.
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
.
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
?
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken
the covenant
of the LORD
their God
, and worshipped
other
gods
, and served
them.
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
.
For thus saith the LORD
touching
Shallum
the son
of Josiah
king
of Judah
, which reigned
instead of Josiah
his father
, which went forth
out of this place
; He shall not return
thither any more:
But he shall die in the place
whither they have led him captive
, and shall see
this land
no more.
Woe unto him that buildeth
his house
by
unrighteousness
, and his chambers
by wrong
; that useth his neighbour's
service
without wages
, and giveth
him not for his work
;
That saith, I will build
me a wide
house
and large
chambers
, and cutteth him out
windows
; and it is cieled
with cedar
, and painted
with vermilion
.
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest
thyself in cedar
? did not thy father
eat
and drink
, and do
judgment
and justice
, and then it was well
with him?
He judged the cause
of the poor
and needy
; then it was well
with him: was not this to know
me? saith
the LORD
.
But thine eyes and thine heart
are not but for thy covetousness
, and for to shed
innocent
blood
, and for oppression
, and for violence
, to do
it .
Therefore thus saith the LORD
concerning Jehoiakim
the son
of Josiah
king
of Judah
; They shall not lament
for him, saying , Ah
my brother
! or, Ah
sister
! they shall not lament
for him, saying , Ah
lord
! or, Ah
his glory
!
He shall be buried with the burial
of an ass
, drawn
and cast forth
beyond
the gates
of Jerusalem
.
Go up to Lebanon
, and cry
; and lift up
thy voice
in Bashan
, and cry
from the passages
: for all thy lovers
are destroyed
.
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity
; but thou saidst
, I will not hear
. This hath been thy manner
from thy youth
, that thou obeyedst
not my voice
.
The wind shall eat up
all thy pastors
, and thy lovers
shall go
into captivity
: surely then shalt thou be ashamed
and confounded
for all thy wickedness
.
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
!
As I live, saith
the LORD
, though Coniah
the son
of Jehoiakim
king
of Judah
were the signet
upon my right
hand
, yet would I pluck
thee thence;
And I will give thee into the hand
of them that seek
thy life
, and into the hand
of them whose face
thou fearest
, even into the hand
of Nebuchadrezzar
king
of Babylon
, and into the hand
of the Chaldeans
.
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother
that bare
thee, into another
country
, where ye were not born
; and there shall ye die
.
But to the land whereunto they desire
to return
, thither shall they not return
.
Is this man Coniah
a despised
broken
idol
? is he a vessel
wherein is no pleasure
? wherefore are they cast out
, he and his seed
, and are cast
into a land
which they know
not?
O earth, earth
, earth
, hear
the word
of the LORD
.
Thus saith the LORD
, Write
ye this man
childless
, a man
that shall not prosper
in his days
: for no man
of his seed
shall prosper
, sitting
upon the throne
of David
, and ruling
any more in Judah
.