Jeremiah 22:1–8

^*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?