1 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068; Go down 3381 to the house 1004 of the king 4428 of Judah 3063, and speak 1696 there this word 1697,
2 And say 559, Hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068, O king 4428 of Judah 3063, that sittest 3427 upon the throne 3678 of David 1732, thou, and thy servants 5650, and thy people 5971 that enter 935 in by these gates 8179:
3 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068; Execute 6213 ye judgment 4941 and righteousness 6666, and deliver 5337 the spoiled 1497 out of the hand 3027 of the oppressor 6216: and do no wrong 3238, do no violence 2554 to the stranger 1616, the fatherless 3490, nor the widow 490, neither shed 8210 innocent 5355 blood 1818 in this place 4725.
4 For if ye do 6213 this thing 1697 indeed 6213, then shall there enter in 935 by the gates 8179 of this house 1004 kings 4428 sitting 3427 upon the throne 3678 of David 1732, riding 7392 in chariots 7393 and on horses 5483, he, and his servants 5650, and his people 5971.
5 But if ye will not hear 8085 these words 1697, I swear 7650 by myself, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, that this house 1004 shall become a desolation 2723.
6 For thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 unto the king's 4428 house 1004 of Judah 3063; Thou art Gilead 1568 unto me, and the head 7218 of Lebanon 3844: yet surely I will make 7896 thee a wilderness 4057, and cities 5892 which are not inhabited 3427 3427.
7 And I will prepare 6942 destroyers 7843 against thee, every one 376 with his weapons 3627: and they shall cut down 3772 thy choice 4005 cedars 730, and cast 5307 them into the fire 784.
8 And many 7227 nations 1471 shall pass 5674 by this city 5892, and they shall say 559 every man 376 to his neighbour 7453, Wherefore hath the LORD 3068 done 6213 thus unto this great 1419 city 5892?
9 Then they shall answer 559, Because they have forsaken 5800 the covenant 1285 of the LORD 3068 their God 430, and worshipped 7812 other 312 gods 430, and served 5647 them.
10 Weep 1058 ye not for the dead 4191, neither bemoan 5110 him: but weep 1058 sore 1058 for him that goeth away 1980: for he shall return 7725 no more, nor see 7200 his native 4138 country 776.
11 For thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 touching 413 Shallum 7967 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977 king 4428 of Judah 3063, which reigned 4427 instead of Josiah 2977 his father 1, which went forth 3318 out of this place 4725; He shall not return 7725 thither any more:
12 But he shall die 4191 in the place 4725 whither they have led him captive 1540, and shall see 7200 this land 776 no more.
13 Woe 1945 unto him that buildeth 1129 his house 1004 by 3808 unrighteousness 6664, and his chambers 5944 by wrong 4941; that useth his neighbour's 7453 service 5647 without wages 2600, and giveth 5414 him not for his work 6467;
14 That saith 559, I will build 1129 me a wide 4060 house 1004 and large 7304 chambers 5944, and cutteth him out 7167 windows 2474; and it is cieled 5603 with cedar 730, and painted 4886 with vermilion 8350.
15 Shalt thou reign 4427, because thou closest 8474 thyself in cedar 730? did not thy father 1 eat 398 and drink 8354, and do 6213 judgment 4941 and justice 6666, and then it was well 2896 with him?
16 He judged 1777 the cause 1779 of the poor 6041 and needy 34; then it was well 2896 with him: was not this to know 1847 me? saith 5002 the LORD 3068.
17 But thine eyes 5869 and thine heart 3820 are not but for thy covetousness 1215, and for to shed 8210 innocent 5355 blood 1818, and for oppression 6233, and for violence 4835, to do 6213 it.
18 Therefore thus saith 559 the LORD 3068 concerning Jehoiakim 3079 the son 1121 of Josiah 2977 king 4428 of Judah 3063; They shall not lament 5594 for him, saying, Ah 1945 my brother 251! or, Ah 1945 sister 269! they shall not lament 5594 for him, saying, Ah 1945 lord 113! or, Ah 1945 his glory 1935!
19 He shall be buried 6912 with the burial 6900 of an ass 2543, drawn 5498 and cast forth 7993 beyond 1973 the gates 8179 of Jerusalem 3389.
20 Go up 5927 to Lebanon 3844, and cry 6817; and lift up 5414 thy voice 6963 in Bashan 1316, and cry 6817 from the passages 5676: for all thy lovers 157 are destroyed 7665.
21 I spake 1696 unto thee in thy prosperity 7962; but thou saidst 559, I will not hear 8085. This hath been thy manner 1870 from thy youth 5271, that thou obeyedst 8085 not my voice 6963.
22 The wind 7307 shall eat up 7462 all thy pastors 7462, and thy lovers 157 shall go 3212 into captivity 7628: surely then shalt thou be ashamed 954 and confounded 3637 for all thy wickedness 7451.
23 O inhabitant 3427 of Lebanon 3844, that makest thy nest 7077 in the cedars 730, how gracious 2603 shalt thou be when pangs 2256 come 935 upon thee, the pain 2427 as of a woman in travail 3205!
24 As I live 2416, saith 5002 the LORD 3068, though Coniah 3659 the son 1121 of Jehoiakim 3079 king 4428 of Judah 3063 were the signet 2368 upon my right 3225 hand 3027, yet would I pluck 5423 thee thence;
25 And I will give 5414 thee into the hand 3027 of them that seek 1245 thy life 5315, and into the hand 3027 of them whose face 6440 thou fearest 3016, even into the hand 3027 of Nebuchadrezzar 5019 king 4428 of Babylon 894, and into the hand 3027 of the Chaldeans 3778.
26 And I will cast thee out 2904, and thy mother 517 that bare 3205 thee, into another 312 country 776, where ye were not born 3205; and there shall ye die 4191.
27 But to the land 776 whereunto they desire 5375 5315 to return 7725, thither shall they not return 7725.
28 Is this man 376 Coniah 3659 a despised 959 broken 5310 idol 6089? is he a vessel 3627 wherein is no pleasure 2656? wherefore are they cast out 7993, he and his seed 2233, and are cast 2904 into a land 776 which they know 3045 not?
29 O earth 776, earth 776, earth 776, hear 8085 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068.
30 Thus saith 559 the LORD 3068, Write 3789 ye this man 376 childless 6185, a man 1397 that shall not prosper 6743 in his days 3117: for no man 376 of his seed 2233 shall prosper 6743, sitting 3427 upon the throne 3678 of David 1732, and ruling 4910 any more in Judah 3063.