Jeremiah 22

22^*Thus saith the Lord; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, ²And say, ^aHear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, ^bthat sittest upon the throne of David, ^cthou, and thy servants, and thy people ^athat enter in by these gates: ³Thus saith the Lord; ^dExecute ye judgment and righteousness, ^dand deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and ^edo no wrong, do no violence ^efto the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither ^fgshed innocent blood in this place. ⁴For if ye do this thing indeed, ^hthen shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings ⁱsitting ^†upon the throne of David, ^hriding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. ⁵But if ye will not hear these words, ^jI swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house ^kshall become a desolation. ⁶For thus saith the Lord unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of ^lLebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and ^mcities which are not inhabited. ⁷And I will ⁿprepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down ^othy choice cedars, and ^pcast them into the fire. ⁸And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, ^qWherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city? ^9rThen they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, ^rand worshipped other gods, and served them.

^10sWeep ye not for ^tthe dead, neither bemoan him:

But weep sore for ^uhim that goeth away:

For he shall return no more,

Nor see his native country.

¹¹For thus saith the Lord touching ^vShallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, ^uwwhich went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: ¹²But he shall die ^win the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

^13xWoe unto ^yhim that buildeth his house by unrighteousness,

And his ^zchambers by wrong;

^aThat useth his neighbour’s service ^bwithout wages,

And giveth him not for his work;

¹⁴That saith, I will build me a wide house and ^†large ^zchambers,

And cutteth him out ^||windows;

And it is ^ccieled with cedar, and painted ^dwith vermilion.

¹⁵Shalt thou reign, because thou ^eclosest thyself in cedar?

Did not thy father eat and drink,

And ^fdo judgment and justice,

And then ^git was well with him?

¹⁶He judged ^hthe cause of the poor and needy; then ^git was well with him:

Was not this ⁱto know me? saith the Lord.

^17jBut thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy ^kcovetousness,

And ^jfor to shed innocent blood,

And ^jlfor oppression, and for ^||violence, to do it.

¹⁸Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning ^mJehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah;

^n*They shall not lament for him, saying, ^oAh my brother! or, Ah sister!

They shall not lament for him, saying, ^pAh lord! or, Ah his glory!

¹⁹He shall be buried with the burial of an ass,

^qDrawn 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 ^rthe passages:

For all ^sthy lovers are destroyed.

²¹I spake unto thee in thy ^†prosperity;

But thou saidst, I will not hear.

This hath been thy manner ^tfrom thy youth,

^uThat thou obeyedst not my voice.

²²The wind shall eat up all ^vthy pastors,

And ^sthy lovers shall go into captivity:

Surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

²³O ^†inhabitant of ^wLebanon, ^xthat makest thy nest in the cedars,

How gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee,

^yThe pain as of a woman in travail!

^24zAs I live, saith the Lord, though ^aConiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were ^bthe signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; ²⁵And ^cI will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them ^dwhose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. ^26eAnd ^fI will cast thee out, and ^gthy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. ²⁷But to the land whereunto they ^†desire to return, ^hthither shall they not return. ²⁸Is this man ^aConiah a despised broken idol? is he ⁱa vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they ^kcast out, he and his seed, and are ^ecast into ^la land which they know not? ^29mO earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord. ³⁰Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man ⁿchildless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, ^ositting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.