30;
30 This is what the Lord
says: “Record
this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for
none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah.” (3)
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25 I
will deliver you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you
fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians. (7)
26 I will hurl you and
the mother who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was
born, and there you both will die.
27 You will never come back to the
land you long to return to.”
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16 He
defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is
that not what it means to know Me?” declares the Lord.
(7)
17 “But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”
17 “But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”
18 Therefore this is
what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of
Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother!
Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his
splendor!’
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7 I
will send destroyers against you, each man with his weapons,
and they will cut up your fine cedar beams and throw them into the
fire. (7)
8 “People from many
nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’
9 And the answer will
be: ‘Because they
have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped
and served other gods.’”
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22 The
wind will drive all your shepherds away, and your allies will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced because of all your
wickedness. (4)
23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,’ who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!
23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,’ who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!
24 “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord,
“even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a
signet ring on My right hand, I would still pull you off.
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13 “Woe
to him who builds
his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their
labor. (4)
14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace with spacious upper rooms.’ So he makes large windows in it, panels it with cedar and decorates it in red.
14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace with spacious upper rooms.’ So he makes large windows in it, panels it with cedar and decorates it in red.
15 “Does it make you a
king to have more and
more cedar? Did
not your father have food and drink? He did what was
right and just, so all went well with him.
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4 For
if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s
throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on
horses, accompanied by their officials and their people. (4)
5 But
if you do not obey these commands, declares the Lord, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’”
6 For this is what the Lord
says about the palace of the king of Judah: “Though you are like Gilead to me, like the summit of
Lebanon, I
will surely make you like a wasteland, like towns not inhabited.
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28 Is
this man Jehoiachin a despised, broken pot, an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled out, cast into a land they do
not know? (1)
29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!
29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord!
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19 He
will have the burial of a donkey— dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.” (1)
20 “Go up to Lebanon
and cry out, let your voice be heard in Bashan, cry out from
Abarim, for all
your allies are crushed.
21 I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, ‘I will not listen!’ This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed Me.
21 I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, ‘I will not listen!’ This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed Me.
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10 Do
not weep for the dead king or mourn his loss; rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return nor see his native land
again.
11 For this is what
the Lord says about Shallum son
of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this
place: “He will never return.
12 He will die in the place where
they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”
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Judgment Against
Wicked Kings
22 This is what the Lord
says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message
there:
(1)
2 ‘Hear the word of
the Lord to you, king of Judah, you who
sit on David’s throne—you, your officials and your people who come through
these gates.
3 This is what the Lord
says: Do what is Just and Right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been
robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow,
and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
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