Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
This
is
what
the
LORD
says
: “
Go down to the palace
of the king of Judah and proclaim
this
message
there,
Thus
said
Yahweh
: Go down to the house
of the king of Judah ,
and speak
there this
word
,
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.
Say
, Hear the word of Yahweh
, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David ,
you ,
and your servants,
and your people who enter in
by
these gates.
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.
Thus
says Yahweh
: Execute
you
justice and righteousness ,
and
deliver
him
who
is
robbed
out
of the hand of the
oppressor :
and
do no wrong ,
do
no
violence ,
to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor
the widow ;
neither
shed innocent blood in this place.
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.
For if you do
this
thing
indeed, then shall
there
enter in
by
the gates of this house
kings
sitting
on the
throne
of
David,
riding
in
chariots and on
horses ,
he,
and his
servants,
and his
people.
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
. ’”
But if you will
not hear
these words, I swear by myself, says
Yahweh
, that this house shall
become a desolation
.
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
.
For thus
says Yahweh
concerning the house of the king 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
.
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.
I will prepare
destroyers against you, everyone
with his weapons ;
and they shall
cut down your choice
cedars ,
and cast
them into the fire.
And
many nations will
pass by this city and ask
one
another
, ‘
Why has the
LORD
done such
a
thing
to this great city? ’
Many nations shall
pass by this city ,
and they
shall
say
every
man
to
his
neighbor
, Why has Yahweh
done thus
to this great city?
Then people
will
reply
, ‘
Because they have
forsaken
the covenant of the
LORD
their God and have
worshiped and
served
other gods. ’”
Then they
shall
answer
, Because they forsook
the covenant of Yahweh
their God ,
and worshiped other gods ,
and
served
them
.
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
.
Don't
you
weep for the dead ,
neither
bemoan
him
; but
weep sore
for him
who goes
away;
for he shall
return no
more,
nor
see his native country
.
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 ,
For thus
says Yahweh
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 there
any
more.
but he
will
die
in the place to
which
he was
exiled;
he will
never
see this land again
. ”
But in the place where
they
have
led
him
captive,
there
shall
he die,
and
he shall
see this land no
more
.
“
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,
Woe to him who builds his house
by unrighteousness, and his chambers
by
injustice;
who uses
his neighbor's
service
without wages, and
doesn't
give
him
his
hire;
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.
who says, I will build me
a wide
house
and
spacious chambers,
and
cuts him
out
windows ;
and
it is
ceiling
with cedar, and painted
with vermilion.
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.
Shall
you reign,
because
you
strive
to excel in cedar? Didn't
your father eat
and drink ,
and
do
justice and righteousness ?
then
it was
well with him.
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
.
He judged
the cause of the poor and needy ;
then
it was
well. Wasn't
this to know me? says
Yahweh
.
“
But your eyes and heart are set
on
nothing
except
your own
dishonest
gain
, on
shedding innocent blood, on
practicing
extortion
and oppression. ”
But your eyes and your
heart are not
but
for
your covetousness
, and
for
shedding innocent blood, and for
oppression ,
and
for
violence,
to
do
it
.
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
! ’
Therefore thus
says Yahweh
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 will
be buried like
a donkey, dragged
away
and thrown
outside
the gates of Jerusalem.
He shall
be buried with
the
burial
of
a donkey, drawn
and cast
forth
beyond
the gates of Jerusalem.
Go up to Lebanon and cry out
; raise
your voice in Bashan ;
cry out
from Abarim ,
for all your lovers have
been
crushed
.
Go up to Lebanon ,
and cry; and
lift
up
your voice in Bashan ,
and
cry from Abarim ;
for all your lovers are
destroyed
.
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.
I spoke
to
you in
your
prosperity;
but
you said, I will not hear
. This has been your manner
from your
youth, that you didn't
obey
my voice.
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.
The wind shall
feed
all your shepherds, and your lovers shall
go into captivity :
surely
then shall
you be ashamed and confounded
for
all your wickedness.
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.”
Inhabitant of Lebanon, who
makes
your
nest
in the cedars, how greatly
to
be
pitied
shall
you be
when pangs come on
you, the
pain
as
of
a woman in travail!
“
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.
As I live, says
Yahweh
, though
Coniah the
son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the
signet on my right hand, yet
would I
pluck
you there;
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 give
you into
the
hand
of
those who seek
your life ,
and
into
the
hand
of
them
of
whom
you
are
afraid,
even
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon ,
and into
the hand
of
the
Chaldeans.
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.
I will cast
you out,
and your
mother who bore
you ,
into another country
, where you were not
born ;
and there shall
you die.
You
will
never
return
to the land for
which
you
long
. ”
But
to the land whereunto
their
soul
longs
to
return,
there
shall
they
not
return
.
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?
Is this man Coniah a despised broken
vessel?
is
he
a vessel
in
which
none
delights
? why are they
cast
out,
he and his seed,
and are
cast into the
land which
they don't
know?
O land
, land
, land
, hear the word of the
LORD!
O earth
, earth
, earth
, hear the word of Yahweh.
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. ”
Thus
says Yahweh,
Write
you
this man childless, a man who shall
not prosper in his days;
for
no
more
shall
a
man
of his seed
prosper ,
sitting
on the throne of David ,
and
ruling
in Judah.
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