Thus said{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Go down{H3381} to the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and speak{H1696} there this word,{H1697}

And say,{H559} Hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} O king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} that sittest{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David,{H1732} thou, and thy servants,{H5650} and thy people{H5971} that enter{H935} in by these gates.{H8179}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Execute{H6213} ye justice{H4941} and righteousness,{H6666} and deliver{H5337} him that is robbed{H1497} out of the hand{H3027} of the oppressor:{H6216} and do no wrong,{H3238} do no violence,{H2554} to the sojourner,{H1616} the fatherless,{H3490} nor the widow;{H490} neither shed{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} in this place.{H4725}

For if ye do{H6213} this thing{H1697} indeed,{H6213} then shall there enter in{H935} by the gates{H8179} of this house{H1004} kings{H4428} sitting{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David,{H1732} riding{H7392} in chariots{H7393} and on horses,{H5483} he, and his servants,{H5650} and his people.{H5971}

But if ye will not hear{H8085} these words,{H1697} I swear{H7650} by myself, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} that this house{H1004} shall become a desolation.{H2723}

For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} Thou art Gilead{H1568} unto me, [and] the head{H7218} of Lebanon;{H3844} [yet] surely I will make{H7896} thee a wilderness,{H4057} [and] cities{H5892} which are not inhabited.{H3427}

And I will prepare{H6942} destroyers{H7843} against thee, every one{H376} with his weapons;{H3627} and they shall cut down{H3772} thy choice{H4005} cedars,{H730} and cast{H5307} them into the fire.{H784}

And many{H7227} nations{H1471} shall pass{H5674} by this city,{H5892} and they shall say{H559} every man{H376} to his neighbor,{H7453} Wherefore hath Jehovah{H3068} done{H6213} thus unto this great{H1419} city?{H5892}

Then they shall answer,{H559} Because they forsook{H5800} the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and worshipped{H7812} other{H312} gods,{H430} and served{H5647} them.

Weep{H1058} ye not for the dead,{H4191} neither bemoan{H5110} him; but weep{H1058} sore{H1058} for him that goeth away;{H1980} for he shall return{H7725} no more, nor see{H7200} his native{H4138} country.{H776}

For thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} touching{H413} Shallum{H7967} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} who reigned{H4427} instead of Josiah{H2977} his father,{H1} [and] who went forth{H3318} out of this place:{H4725} He shall not return{H7725} thither any more.

But in the place{H4725} whither they have led him captive,{H1540} there shall he die,{H4191} and he shall see{H7200} this land{H776} no more.

Woe{H1945} unto him that buildeth{H1129} his house{H1004} by{H3808} unrighteousness,{H6664} and his chambers{H5944} by injustice;{H4941} that useth his neighbor's{H7453} service{H5647} without wages,{H2600} and giveth{H5414} him not his hire;{H6467}

that saith,{H559} I will build{H1129} me a wide{H4060} house{H1004} and spacious{H7304} chambers,{H5944} and cutteth him out{H7167} windows;{H2474} and it is ceiled{H5603} with cedar,{H730} and painted{H4886} with vermilion.{H8350}

Shalt thou reign,{H4427} because thou strivest to excel{H8474} in cedar?{H730} Did not thy father{H1} eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and do{H6213} justice{H4941} and righteousness?{H6666} then it was well{H2896} with him.

He judged{H1777} the cause{H1779} of the poor{H6041} and needy;{H34} then it was well.{H2896} Was not this to know{H1847} me? saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

But thine eyes{H5869} and thy heart{H3820} are not but for thy covetousness,{H1215} and for shedding{H8210} innocent{H5355} blood,{H1818} and for oppression,{H6233} and for violence,{H4835} to do{H6213} it.

Therefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} concerning Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah:{H3063} they shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying], Ah{H1945} my brother!{H251} or, Ah{H1945} sister!{H269} They shall not lament{H5594} for him, [saying] Ah{H1945} lord!{H113} or, Ah{H1945} his glory!{H1935}

He shall be buried{H6912} with the burial{H6900} of an ass,{H2543} drawn{H5498} and cast forth{H7993} beyond{H1973} the gates{H8179} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

Go up{H5927} to Lebanon,{H3844} and cry;{H6817} and lift up{H5414} thy voice{H6963} in Bashan,{H1316} and cry{H6817} from Abarim;{H5676} for all thy lovers{H157} are destroyed.{H7665}

I spake{H1696} unto thee in thy prosperity;{H7962} but thou saidst,{H559} I will not hear.{H8085} This hath been thy manner{H1870} from thy youth,{H5271} that thou obeyedst{H8085} not my voice.{H6963}

The wind{H7307} shall feed{H7462} all thy shepherds,{H7462} and thy lovers{H157} shall go{H3212} into captivity:{H7628} surely then shalt thou be ashamed{H954} and confounded{H3637} for all thy wickedness.{H7451}

O inhabitant{H3427} of Lebanon,{H3844} that makest thy nest{H7077} in the cedars,{H730} how greatly to be pitied{H2603} shalt thou be when pangs{H2256} come{H935} upon thee, the pain{H2427} as of a woman in travail!{H3205}

As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} though Coniah{H3659} the son{H1121} of Jehoiakim{H3079} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063} were the signet{H2368} upon my right{H3225} hand,{H3027} yet would I pluck{H5423} thee thence;

and I will give{H5414} thee into the hand{H3027} of them that seek{H1245} thy life,{H5315} and into the hand{H3027} of them of whom{H6440} thou art afraid,{H3016} even into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and into the hand{H3027} of the Chaldeans.{H3778}

And I will cast thee out,{H2904} and thy mother{H517} that bare{H3205} thee, into another{H312} country,{H776} where ye were not born;{H3205} and there shall ye die.{H4191}

But to the land{H776} whereunto their soul longeth{H5375} to return,{H7725} thither shall they not return.{H7725}

Is this man{H376} Coniah{H3659} a despised{H959} broken{H5310} vessel?{H6089} is he a vessel{H3627} wherein none delighteth?{H2656} wherefore are they cast out,{H7993} he and his seed,{H2233} and are cast{H2904} into the land{H776} which they know{H3045} not?

O earth,{H776} earth,{H776} earth,{H776} hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Write{H3789} ye this man{H376} childless,{H6185} a man{H1397} that shall not prosper{H6743} in his days;{H3117} for no more shall a man{H376} of his seed{H2233} prosper,{H6743} sitting{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of David,{H1732} and ruling{H4910} in Judah.{H3063}