Verse
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American Standard Version
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Thus
said
Jehovah
: Go down to the house
of the king of Judah ,
and speak
there
this word
,
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “
Go down to the palace
of the king of Judah and proclaim
this message
there
,
And
say
, Hear the word of Jehovah
, O king of Judah, that
sittest
upon
the throne of David ,
thou,
and thy
servants,
and thy
people that
enter in
by
these gates.
saying
, ‘
Hear the word of the
LORD
, O king of Judah, who
sits
on
the throne of David —you
and your
officials
and your
people who
enter these gates.
Thus
saith
Jehovah
: Execute
ye
justice and righteousness ,
and
deliver
him
that
is
robbed
out
of the hand of the
oppressor :
and
do no wrong ,
do
no
violence ,
to the sojourner
, the fatherless, nor
the widow ;
neither
shed innocent blood in this place.
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: Administer
justice and righteousness .
Rescue
the
victim
of robbery
from
the hand of his
oppressor .
Do no wrong or
violence to the foreigner
, the fatherless, or
the widow .
Do
not
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.
For if you
will
indeed carry
out
these
commands
, then kings
who
sit
on
David’s
throne
will
enter through
the gates of this palace
riding on
chariots and horses —they
and their
officials
and their
people.
But if ye
will
not hear
these words, I swear by myself, saith
Jehovah
, that this house shall
become a desolation
.
But if you
do
not obey
these words, then
I swear by Myself, declares
the
LORD
, that this house will
become a pile
of
rubble
. ’”
For thus
saith
Jehovah
concerning the house of the king 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
.
For this
is
what
the
LORD
says
concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You
are
like
Gilead to
Me, like
the summit
of Lebanon; but
I will surely
turn
you
into
a desert
, like
cities that
are uninhabited
.
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.
I will appoint
destroyers against you
, each
man
with his weapons ,
and they will
cut down the
choicest
of
your
cedars and throw
them into the fire.
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?
And many nations will
pass by this city and ask
one
another
, ‘Why
has
the
LORD
done such
a
thing
to
this great city? ’
Then they
shall
answer
, Because they forsook
the covenant of Jehovah
their God ,
and worshipped
other
gods,
and served them
.
Then people
will
reply
, ‘
Because they have
forsaken
the covenant of the
LORD
their God and have
worshiped
and served other
gods
. ’”
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
.
Do
not weep
for the dead king
; do
not
mourn
his
loss.
Weep bitterly
for the
one
who
is
exiled,
for he will
never
return to
see his native land
.
For thus
saith
Jehovah
touching
Shallum
the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned
instead
of
Josiah
his father ,
`and'
who
went
forth out
of
this place: He shall
not
return thither
any
more.
For this
is
what
the LORD
says
concerning
Shallum
son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded
his father Josiah
but
has
gone
forth from
this place: “
He will
never
return ,
But in the place whither
they
have
led
him
captive,
there
shall
he die,
and
he shall
see this land no
more
.
but he
will
die
in the place to
which
he was
exiled;
he will
never
see this land again
. ”
Woe unto
him that
buildeth
his house
by unrighteousness, and his chambers
by
injustice;
that
useth
his neighbor's
service
without wages
, and giveth
him
not
his
hire;
“
Woe to
him who
builds
his palace
by unrighteousness, and his upper
rooms
without
justice,
who
makes
his countrymen
serve
without pay
, and fails
to
pay
their
wages,
that
saith
, I will build me
a wide
house
and
spacious
chambers
, and
cutteth
him
out
windows ;
and
it is
ceiled
with cedar, and painted
with vermilion.
who
says
, ‘
I will build myself
a great
palace
, with
spacious
upper
rooms.’
So
he
cuts
windows in
it ,
panels
it
with cedar, and paints
it
with vermilion.
Shalt
thou
reign,
because
thou
strivest
to excel in cedar? Did not thy
father eat
and drink ,
and
do
justice and righteousness ?
then
it was
well with him.
Does
it
make
you
a
king
to excel in cedar? Did not your
father have
food
and drink ?
He
administered
justice and righteousness ,
and
so
it went
well with him.
He judged
the cause of the poor and needy ;
then
it was
well. Was
not
this to know me? saith
Jehovah
.
He took
up
the cause of the poor and needy ,
and
so
it went
well with
him
. Is
this not
what
it
means
to know Me? ”
declares
the
LORD
.
But thine
eyes and thy
heart are not
but
for
thy
covetousness
, and
for
shedding innocent blood, and for
oppression ,
and
for
violence,
to
do
it
.
“
But your
eyes and heart are set
on
nothing
except
your
own
dishonest
gain
, on
shedding innocent blood, on
practicing
extortion
and oppression. ”
Therefore thus
saith
Jehovah
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
!
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
says
concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “
They will
not mourn
for him :
‘Alas
, my brother! Alas
, my
sister! ’
They will
not mourn
for him :
‘Alas
, my
master
! Alas
, his splendor
! ’
He shall
be buried with
the
burial
of
an
ass
, drawn
and cast
forth
beyond
the gates of Jerusalem.
He will
be buried like
a
donkey
, dragged
away
and thrown
outside
the gates of Jerusalem.
Go up to Lebanon ,
and cry; and
lift
up
thy
voice in Bashan ,
and
cry from Abarim ;
for all thy
lovers are
destroyed
.
Go up to Lebanon and cry out
; raise
your
voice in Bashan ;
cry out
from Abarim ,
for all your
lovers have
been
crushed
.
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.
I warned
you
when
you
were
secure.
You
said
, ‘
I will not listen
. ’
This has
been your
way
from youth, that you
have
not obeyed
My voice.
The wind shall
feed
all thy
shepherds, and thy
lovers shall
go into captivity :
surely
then shalt
thou
be ashamed and confounded
for
all thy
wickedness.
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.
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!
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.”
As I live, saith
Jehovah
, though
Coniah the
son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the
signet upon
my right hand, yet
would
I pluck
thee
thence;
“
As surely
as
I live, ”
declares
the
LORD
, “even
if
you,
Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah ,
were a
signet ring
on
My right hand, I would
pull
you
off.
and
I will give
thee
into
the
hand of
them
that
seek
thy
life,
and
into
the
hand
of
them
of
whom
thou
art
afraid
, even
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon ,
and into
the
hand
of
the Chaldeans.
In
fact,
I will hand you
over
to
those
you
dread
, who
want
to
take
your
life—to
Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon and to
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.
I will hurl
you
and the
mother who
gave
you
birth
into another land
, where neither
of
you
were born —
and there you
both
will
die.
But
to the land whereunto
their
soul
longeth
to
return,
thither
shall
they
not
return
.
You
will
never
return
to the land for
which
you
long
. ”
Is this man Coniah a despised broken
vessel?
is
he
a vessel
wherein
none
delighteth
? wherefore
are they
cast
out,
he and his seed,
and are
cast into the
land which
they know
not?
Is this man Coniah a despised and
shattered
pot,
a jar
that
no
one
wants
? Why
are he and his descendants
hurled
out
and cast into a
land they do
not know
?
O earth
, earth
, earth
, hear the word of Jehovah.
O land
, land
, land
, hear the word of the
LORD!
Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Write
ye
this man childless, a man that
shall
not prosper in his days;
for
no
more
shall
a
man
of his seed
prosper ,
sitting
upon
the throne of David ,
and
ruling
in Judah.
This is
what
the
LORD
says:
“Enroll
this
man as
childless, a man who
will
not prosper in his lifetime.
None
of his descendants
will
prosper to
sit
on
the throne of David or
to
rule
again
in Judah. ”
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