<vn='1'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; Go <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="8085">Hear</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, O <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, that <sn="3427">sittest</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="859">thou</s>, and thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, and thy <sn="5971">people</s> that <sn="935">enter</s> in by <sn="428">these</s><sn="8179">gates</s>: </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="6213">Execute</s> ye <sn="4941">judgment</s> and <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, and <sn="5337">deliver</s> the <sn="1497">spoiled</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6216">oppressor</s>: and do <sn="408">no</s><sn="3238">wrong</s>, do <sn="408">no</s><sn="2554">violence</s> to the <sn="1616">stranger</s>, the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>, nor the <sn="490">widow</s>, <sn="408">neither</s><sn="8210">shed</s><sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s> in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="518">if</s> ye <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s><sn="6213">indeed</s>, then shall there enter <sn="935">in</s> by the <sn="8179">gates</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s><sn="4428">kings</s><sn="3427">sitting</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="7392">riding</s> in <sn="7393">chariots</s> and on <sn="5483">horses</s>, <sn="1931">he</s>, and his <sn="5650">servants</s>, and his <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>But <sn="518">if</s> ye will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>, I <sn="7650">swear</s> by myself, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588">that</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1004">house</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s> a <sn="2723">desolation</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5921">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; <sn="859">Thou</s> art <sn="1568">Gilead</s> unto me, and the <sn="7218">head</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>: yet <sn="518 3808">surely</s> I will <sn="7896">make</s> thee a <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and <sn="5892">cities</s> which are <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3427">inhabited</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And I will <sn="6942">prepare</s><sn="7843">destroyers</s><sn="5921">against</s> thee, every <sn="376">one</s> with his <sn="3627">weapons</s>: and they shall cut <sn="3772">down</s> thy <sn="4005">choice</s><sn="730">cedars</s>, and <sn="5307">cast</s> them <sn="5921">into</s> the <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="7227">many</s><sn="1471">nations</s> shall <sn="5674">pass</s><sn="5921">by</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and they shall <sn="559">say</s> every <sn="376">man</s><sn="413">to</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s>, <sn="5921 4100">Wherefore</s> hath the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6213">done</s><sn="3602">thus</s> unto <sn="2063">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="5892">city</s>? </v>
<vn='9'>Then they shall <sn="559">answer</s>, <sn="5921 834">Because</s> they have <sn="5800">forsaken</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="7812">worshiped</s><sn="312">other</s><sn="430">gods</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s> them. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1058">Weep</s> ye <sn="408">not</s> for the <sn="4191">dead</s>, <sn="408">neither</s><sn="5110">bemoan</s> him: but weep <sn="1058 1058">sore</s> for him that goeth <sn="1980">away</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he shall <sn="7725">return</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s>, nor <sn="7200">see</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="4138">native</s><sn="776">country</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">touching</s><sn="7967">Shallum</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, which <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8478">instead</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s> his <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="834">which</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s> out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4725">place</s>; He shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">return</s><sn="8033">thither</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>: </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">But</s> he shall <sn="4191">die</s> in the <sn="4725">place</s><sn="834 8033">whither</s> they have led him <sn="1540 *853">captive</s>, and shall <sn="7200">see</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto him that <sn="1129">buildeth</s> his <sn="1004">house</s> by <sn="3808 6664">unrighteousness</s>, and his <sn="5944">chambers</s> by <sn="3808 4941">wrong</s>; that useth his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="5647">service</s> without <sn="2600">wages</s>, and <sn="5414">giveth</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> for his <sn="6467">work</s>; </v>
<vn='14'>That <sn="559">saith</s>, I will <sn="1129">build</s> me a <sn="4060">wide</s><sn="1004">house</s> and <sn="7304">large</s><sn="5944">chambers</s>, and cutteth him <sn="7167">out</s><sn="2474">windows</s>; and it is <sn="5603">ceiled</s> with <sn="730">cedar</s>, and <sn="4886">painted</s> with <sn="8350">vermilion</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Shalt thou <sn="4427">reign</s>, <sn="3588">because</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="8474">closest</s> thyself in <sn="730">cedar</s>? did <sn="3808">not</s> thy <sn="1">father</s><sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s><sn="4941">judgment</s> and <sn="6666">justice</s>, and <sn="227">then</s> it was <sn="2896">well</s> with him? </v>
<vn='16'>He <sn="1777">judged</s> the <sn="1779">cause</s> of the <sn="6041">poor</s> and <sn="34">needy</s>; <sn="227">then</s> it was <sn="2896">well</s> with him: was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1931">this</s> to <sn="1847">know</s> me? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3588">But</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> and thine <sn="3820">heart</s> are <sn="369">not</s> but <sn="3588 518 5921">for</s> thy <sn="1215">covetousness</s>, and <sn="5921">for</s> to <sn="8210">shed</s><sn="5355">innocent</s><sn="1818">blood</s>, and <sn="5921">for</s><sn="6233">oppression</s>, and <sn="5921">for</s><sn="4835">violence</s>, to <sn="6213">do</s> it. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">concerning</s><sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>; They shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5594">lament</s> for him, saying, <sn="1945">Ah</s> my <sn="251">brother</s>! or, <sn="1945">Ah</s><sn="269">sister</s>! they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5594">lament</s> for him, saying, <sn="1945">Ah</s><sn="113">lord</s>! or, <sn="1945">Ah</s> his <sn="1935">glory</s>! </v>
<vn='19'>He shall be <sn="6912">buried</s> with the <sn="6900">burial</s> of an <sn="2543">ass</s>, <sn="5498">drawn</s> and cast <sn="7993">forth</s><sn="4480 1973">beyond</s> the <sn="8179">gates</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Go <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, and <sn="6817">cry</s>; and lift <sn="5414">up</s> thy <sn="6963">voice</s> in <sn="1316">Bashan</s>, and <sn="6817">cry</s> from the <sn="4480 5676">passages</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="157">lovers</s> are <sn="7665">destroyed</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>I <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee in thy <sn="7962">prosperity</s>; but thou <sn="559">saidst</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>. <sn="2088">This</s> hath been thy <sn="1870">manner</s> from thy <sn="4480 5271">youth</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou <sn="8085">obeyedst</s><sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="6963">voice</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>The <sn="7307">wind</s> shall eat <sn="7462">up</s><sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="7462">pastors</s>, and thy <sn="157">lovers</s> shall <sn="1980">go</s> into <sn="7628">captivity</s>: <sn="3588">surely</s><sn="227">then</s> shalt thou be <sn="954">ashamed</s> and <sn="3637">confounded</s> for <sn="4480 3605">all</s> thy <sn="7451">wickedness</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>O <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, that makest thy <sn="7077">nest</s> in the <sn="730">cedars</s>, <sn="4100">how</s><sn="2603">gracious</s> shalt thou be when <sn="2256">pangs</s><sn="935">come</s> upon thee, the <sn="2427">pain</s> as of a woman in <sn="3205">travail</s>! </v>
<vn='24'> As <sn="589">I</s><sn="2416">live</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588 518">though</s><sn="3659">Coniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="1961">were</s> the <sn="2368">signet</s><sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="3225">right</s><sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">yet</s> would I <sn="5423">pluck</s> thee <sn="4480 8033">thence</s>; </v>
<vn='25'>And I will <sn="5414">give</s> thee into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of them that <sn="1245">seek</s> thy <sn="5315">life</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of them <sn="834">whose</s><sn="4480 6440">face</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="3016">fearest</s>, even into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And I will cast thee <sn="2904 *853">out</s>, and thy <sn="517">mother</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3205">bore</s> thee, <sn="5921">into</s><sn="312">another</s><sn="776">country</s>, <sn="834 8033">where</s> ye were <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3205">born</s>; and <sn="8033">there</s> shall ye <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>But <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="776">land</s><sn="834 8033">whereunto</s><sn="1992">they</s><sn="5375 *853 5315">desire</s> to <sn="7725">return</s>, <sn="8033">thither</s> shall they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7725">return</s>. </v>
<vn='28'> Is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="3659">Coniah</s> a <sn="959">despised</s><sn="5310">broken</s><sn="6089">idol</s>? is he a <sn="3627">vessel</s> wherein is <sn="369">no</s><sn="2656">pleasure</s>? <sn="4069">wherefore</s> are they cast <sn="2904">out</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> and his <sn="2233">seed</s>, and are <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="5921">into</s> a <sn="776">land</s><sn="834">which</s> they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s>? </v>
<vn='29'>O <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="776">earth</s>, <sn="8085">hear</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3789">Write</s> ye <sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="6185">childless</s>, a <sn="1397">man</s> that shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6743">prosper</s> in his <sn="3117">days</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s> of his <sn="4480 2233">seed</s> shall <sn="6743">prosper</s>, <sn="3427">sitting</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="4910">ruling</s> any <sn="5750">more</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>