Jeremiah 22
1. Thus saith * the LORD; Go down * to the house of the king of Judah,and speak * there this word,
2. 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:
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. But if ye will not hear * these words, I swear * by myself, saith * the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
6. 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 * .
7. 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.
8. 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?
9. Then they shall answer * , Because they have forsaken * the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped * other gods, and served * them.
10. 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.
11. 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:
12. But he shall die * in the place whither they have led him captive * , and shall see * this land no more.
13. 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;
14. 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.
15. 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?
16. He judged * the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith * the LORD.
17. 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.
18. 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 !
19. He shall be buried * with the burial of an ass, drawn * and cast forth * beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20. Go up * to Lebanon, and cry * ; and lift up * thy voice in Bashan, and cry * from the passages: for all thy lovers * are destroyed * .
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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 * !
24. 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;
25. 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.
26. 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 * .
27. But to the land whereunto they desire * to return * , thither shall they not return * .
28. 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?
29. O earth, earth, earth, hear * the word of the LORD.
30. 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.
