Jeremiah 22:1 Thus saith559 the LORD;3068 Go down3381 to the house1004 of the king4428 of Judah,3063 and speak1696 there this word,1697 cr 2 And say,559 Hear8085 the word1697 of the LORD,3068 O king4428 of Judah,3063 that sittest3427 upon the throne3678 of David,1732 thou, and thy servants,5650 and thy people5971 that enter935 in by these gates:8179 cr 3 Thus saith559 the LORD;3068 Execute6213 ye judgment4941 and righteousness,6666 and deliver5337 the spoiled1497 out of the hand3027 of the oppressor:6216 and do no wrong,3238 do no violence2554 to the stranger,1616 the fatherless,3490 nor the widow,490 neither shed8210 innocent5355 blood1818 in this place.4725 cr 4 For if ye do6213 this thing1697 indeed,6213 then shall there enter in935 by the gates8179 of this house1004 kings4428 sitting3427 upon the throne3678 of David,1732{Heb. for David upon his throne} riding7392 in chariots7393 and on horses,5483 he, and his servants,5650 and his people.5971 cr 5 But if ye will not hear8085 these words,1697 I swear7650 by myself, saith5002 the LORD,3068 that this house1004 shall become a desolation.2723 cr 6 For thus saith559 the LORD3068 unto the king's4428 house1004 of Judah;3063 Thou art Gilead1568 unto me, and the head7218 of Lebanon:3844 yet surely I will make7896 thee a wilderness,4057 and cities5892 which are not inhabited.3427 3427 cr 7 And I will prepare6942 destroyers7843 against thee, every one376 with his weapons:3627 and they shall cut down3772 thy choice4005 cedars,730 and cast5307 them into the fire.784 cr 8 And many7227 nations1471 shall pass5674 by this city,5892 and they shall say559 every man376 to his neighbour,7453 Wherefore hath the LORD3068 done6213 thus unto this great1419 city?5892 cr 9 Then they shall answer,559 Because they have forsaken5800 the covenant1285 of the LORD3068 their God,430 and worshipped7812 other312 gods,430 and served5647 them. cr

Jeremiah 22:10 Weep1058 ye not for the dead,4191 neither bemoan5110 him: but weep1058 sore1058 for him that goeth away:1980 for he shall return7725 no more, nor see7200 his native4138 country.776 cr 11 For thus saith559 the LORD3068 touching413 Shallum7967 the son1121 of Josiah2977 king4428 of Judah,3063 which reigned4427 instead of Josiah2977 his father,1 which went forth3318 out of this place;4725 He shall not return7725 thither any more: cr 12 But he shall die4191 in the place4725 whither they have led him captive,1540 and shall see7200 this land776 no more. cr

Jeremiah 22:13 Woe1945 unto him that buildeth1129 his house1004 by3808 unrighteousness,6664 and his chambers5944 by wrong;4941 that useth his neighbour's7453 service5647 without wages,2600 and giveth5414 him not for his work;6467 cr 14 That saith,559 I will build1129 me a wide4060 house1004 and large7304{Heb. through aired} chambers,5944 and cutteth him out7167 windows;2474{Or, my windows} and it is cieled5603 with cedar,730 and painted4886 with vermilion.8350 cr 15 Shalt thou reign,4427 because thou closest8474 thyself in cedar?730 did not thy father1 eat398 and drink,8354 and do6213 judgment4941 and justice,6666 and then it was well2896 with him? cr 16 He judged1777 the cause1779 of the poor6041 and needy;34 then it was well2896 with him: was not this to know1847 me? saith5002 the LORD.3068 cr 17 But thine eyes5869 and thine heart3820 are not but for thy covetousness,1215 and for to shed8210 innocent5355 blood,1818 and for oppression,6233 and for violence,4835{Or, incursion} to do6213 it. cr 18 Therefore thus saith559 the LORD3068 concerning Jehoiakim3079 the son1121 of Josiah2977 king4428 of Judah;3063 They shall not lament5594 for him, saying, Ah1945 my brother!251 or, Ah1945 sister!269 they shall not lament5594 for him, saying, Ah1945 lord!113 or, Ah1945 his glory!1935 cr 19 He shall be buried6912 with the burial6900 of an ass,2543 drawn5498 and cast forth7993 beyond1973 the gates8179 of Jerusalem.3389 cr

Jeremiah 22:20 Go up5927 to Lebanon,3844 and cry;6817 and lift up5414 thy voice6963 in Bashan,1316 and cry6817 from the passages:5676 for all thy lovers157 are destroyed.7665 cr 21 I spake1696 unto thee in thy prosperity;7962{Heb. prosperities} but thou saidst,559 I will not hear.8085 This hath been thy manner1870 from thy youth,5271 that thou obeyedst8085 not my voice.6963 cr 22 The wind7307 shall eat up7462 all thy pastors,7462 and thy lovers157 shall go3212 into captivity:7628 surely then shalt thou be ashamed954 and confounded3637 for all thy wickedness.7451 cr 23 O inhabitant3427{Heb. inhabitress} of Lebanon,3844 that makest thy nest7077 in the cedars,730 how gracious2603 shalt thou be when pangs2256 come935 upon thee, the pain2427 as of a woman in travail!3205 cr 24 As I live,2416 saith5002 the LORD,3068 though Coniah3659 the son1121 of Jehoiakim3079 king4428 of Judah3063 were the signet2368 upon my right3225 hand,3027 yet would I pluck5423 thee thence; cr 25 And I will give5414 thee into the hand3027 of them that seek1245 thy life,5315 and into the hand3027 of them whose face6440 thou fearest,3016 even into the hand3027 of Nebuchadrezzar5019 king4428 of Babylon,894 and into the hand3027 of the Chaldeans.3778 cr 26 And I will cast thee out,2904 and thy mother517 that bare3205 thee, into another312 country,776 where ye were not born;3205 and there shall ye die.4191 cr 27 But to the land776 whereunto they desire5375 5315{Heb. lift up their mind} to return,7725 thither shall they not return.7725 cr 28 Is this man376 Coniah3659 a despised959 broken5310 idol?6089 is he a vessel3627 wherein is no pleasure?2656 wherefore are they cast out,7993 he and his seed,2233 and are cast2904 into a land776 which they know3045 not? cr 29 O earth,776 earth,776 earth,776 hear8085 the word1697 of the LORD.3068 cr 30 Thus saith559 the LORD,3068 Write3789 ye this man376 childless,6185 a man1397 that shall not prosper6743 in his days:3117 for no man376 of his seed2233 shall prosper,6743 sitting3427 upon the throne3678 of David,1732 and ruling4910 any more in Judah.3063 cr