Thussaiththe LORD; Go downto the houseof the kingof Judah, and speaktherethisword, And say, Hearthe wordof the LORD, O kingof Judah, that sittestuponthe throneof David, thou, and thy servants, and thy peoplethat enterin by thesegates: Thussaiththe LORD; Executeye judgmentand righteousness, and deliverthe spoiledout of the handof the oppressor: and do nowrong, do noviolenceto the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neithershedinnocentbloodin thisplace. Forifye dothisthingindeed, then shall there enter inby the gatesof thishousekingssittinguponthe throneof David, ridingin chariotsand on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. But ifye will nothearthesewords, I swearby myself, saiththe LORD, thatthishouseshall becomea desolation. Forthussaiththe LORDuntothe king's houseof Judah; Thou art Gileadunto me, and the headof Lebanon: yet surelyI will makethee a wilderness, and cities which are notinhabited. And I will preparedestroyersagainstthee, every onewith his weapons: and they shall cut downthy choicecedars, and cast them intothe fire. And manynationsshall passbythiscity, and they shall sayevery mantohis neighbor, Whereforehath the LORDdonethusunto thisgreatcity? Then they shall answer, Becausethey have forsakenthe covenantof the LORDtheir God, and worshipedothergods, and servedthem. Weepye notfor the dead, neitherbemoanhim: but weep sorefor him that goeth away: forhe shall returnnomore, nor seehis nativecountry. Forthussaiththe LORDtouchingShallumthe sonof Josiahkingof Judah, which reignedinsteadof Josiahhis father, whichwent forthout ofthisplace; He shall notreturnthitherany more: Buthe shall diein the placewhitherthey have led him captive, and shall seethislandnomore. Woeunto him that buildethhis houseby unrighteousness, and his chambersby wrong; that useth his neighbor's servicewithout wages, and givethhim notfor his work; That saith, I will buildme a widehouseand largechambers, and cutteth him outwindows; and it is ceiledwith cedar, and paintedwith vermilion. Shalt thou reign, becausethouclosest thyself in cedar? did notthy fathereatand drink, and dojudgmentand justice, and then it was wellwith him? He judgedthe causeof the poorand needy; then it was well with him: was notthisto knowme? saiththe LORD. Butthine eyesand thine heart are notbut forthy covetousness, and forto shedinnocentblood, and foroppression, and forviolence, to do it . Thereforethussaiththe LORDconcerningJehoiakimthe sonof Josiahkingof Judah; They shall notlamentfor him, saying , Ahmy brother! or, Ahsister! they shall notlamentfor him, saying , Ahlord! or, Ahhis glory! He shall be buriedwith the burialof an ass, drawnand cast forthbeyondthe gatesof Jerusalem. Go upto Lebanon, and cry; and lift upthy voicein Bashan, and cryfrom the passages: forallthy loversare destroyed. I spokeuntothee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will nothear. This hath been thy mannerfrom thy youth, thatthou obeyedstnotmy voice. The windshall eat upallthy pastors, and thy loversshall gointo captivity: surelythenshalt thou be ashamedand confoundedfor allthy wickedness. O inhabitantof Lebanon, that makest thy nestin the cedars, howgraciousshalt thou be when pangscomeupon thee, the painas of a woman in travail! As Ilive, saiththe LORD, thoughConiahthe sonof Jehoiakimkingof Judahwerethe signetuponmy righthand, yetwould I pluckthee thence; And I will givethee into the handof them that seekthy life, and into the hand of them whosefacethoufearest, even into the handof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon, and into the handof the Chaldeans. And I will cast thee out, and thy motherthatborethee, intoanothercountry, whereye were notborn; and thereshall ye die. But tothe landwhereuntotheydesireto return, thithershall they notreturn. Is thismanConiaha despisedbrokenidol? is he a vesselwherein is nopleasure? whereforeare they cast out, heand his seed, and are castintoa landwhichthey knownot? O earth, earth, earth, hearthe wordof the LORD. Thussaiththe LORD, Writeye thismanchildless, a man that shall notprosperin his days: fornomanof his seedshall prosper, sittinguponthe throneof David, and rulingany morein Judah.