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Judgment Against Wicked Kings
This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there:
This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there:
Prophecies Against the Kings of Judah
Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word,
Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word,
‘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.
and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates!
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.
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.
For if you indeed do this thing, then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David.
But if you do not obey these commands, declares the Lord, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’ ”
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.
“Though you are like Gilead to me,
like the summit of Lebanon,
I will surely make you like a wasteland,
like towns not inhabited.
For thus says the Lord to the house of the king of Judah:
“You are Gilead to Me,
The head of Lebanon;
Yet I surely will make you a wilderness,
Cities which are not inhabited.
“You are Gilead to Me,
The head of Lebanon;
Yet I surely will make you a wilderness,
Cities which are not inhabited.
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.
each man with his weapons,
and they will cut up your fine cedar beams
and throw them into the fire.
I will prepare destroyers against you,
Everyone with his weapons;
They shall cut down your choice cedars
And cast them into the fire.
Everyone with his weapons;
They shall cut down your choice cedars
And cast them into the fire.
“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?’
And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, ‘Why has the Lord done so to this great city?’
And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’ ”
Then they will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.’ ”
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.
rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return
nor see his native land again.
Weep not for the dead, nor bemoan him;
Weep bitterly for him who goes away,
For he shall return no more,
Nor see his native country.
Weep bitterly for him who goes away,
For he shall return no more,
Nor see his native country.
He will die in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”
but he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
“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.
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
not paying them for their labor.
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.
with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
panels it with cedar
and decorates it in red.
“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.
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.
“Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink,
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.
Did not your father eat and drink,
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.
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.
and so all went well.
Is that not what it means to know me?”
declares the Lord.
“But your eyes and your heart
are set only on dishonest gain,
on shedding innocent blood
and on oppression and extortion.”
are set only on dishonest gain,
on shedding innocent blood
and on oppression and extortion.”
“Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”
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!’
“They will not mourn for him:
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
“They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’
“They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’
He will have the burial of a donkey —
dragged away and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.”
dragged away and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.”
He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey,
Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
“Go up to Lebanon and cry out,
let your voice be heard in Bashan,
cry out from Abarim,
for all your allies are crushed.
let your voice be heard in Bashan,
cry out from Abarim,
for all your allies are crushed.
“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
And lift up your voice in Bashan;
Cry from Abarim,
For all your lovers are destroyed.
And lift up your voice in Bashan;
Cry from Abarim,
For all your lovers are destroyed.
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.
but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;
you have not obeyed me.
I spoke to you in your prosperity,
But you said, ‘I will not hear.’
This has been your manner from your youth,
That you did not obey My voice.
But you said, ‘I will not hear.’
This has been your manner from your youth,
That you did not obey My voice.
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.
and your allies will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced
because of all your wickedness.
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.
So I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country where you were not born; and there you shall die.
You will never come back to the land you long to return to.”
But to the land to which they desire to return, there they shall not return.
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?
an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled out,
cast into a land they do not know?
O land, land, land,
hear the word of the Lord!
hear the word of the Lord!
O earth, earth, earth,
Hear the word of the Lord!
Hear the word of the Lord!
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.”
“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.”
Thus says the Lord:
‘Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.’ ”
‘Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.’ ”