24_JER_22_01 thus saith the LORD ; go down to the house of the king of Judah , And speak there this word ,
24_JER_22_02 And say , hear the word of the LORD , O king of Judah , that sittest upon the throne of David , thou , And thy servants , And thy people that enter in by These gates :
24_JER_22_03 thus saith the LORD ; execute ye judgment And righteousness , And deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor : And do no wrong , do no violence to the stranger , the fatherless , nor the widow , neither shed innocent blood in this place .
24_JER_22_04 for if ye do this thing indeed , Then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David , riding in chariots And on horses , he , And his servants , And his people .
24_JER_22_05 but if ye will not hear These words , I swear by myself , saith the LORD , that this house shall become A desolation .
24_JER_22_06 for thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah ; thou [ art ] Gilead unto me , [ And ] the head of Lebanon : [ yet ] surely I will make thee A wilderness , [ And ] cities [ which ] are not inhabited .
24_JER_22_07 And I will prepare destroyers against thee , every one with his weapons : And they shall cut down thy choice cedars , And cast [ them ] into the fire .
24_JER_22_08 And Many nations shall pass by this city , And they shall say every man to his neighbour , Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city ?
24_JER_22_09 Then they shall answer , because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God , And worshipped other gods , And served them .
24_JER_22_10 weep ye not for the dead , neither bemoan him : [ but ] weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall Return no more , nor see his native country .
24_JER_22_11 for thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah , which reigned instead of Josiah his Father , which went forth out of this place ; he shall not Return thither any more :
24_JER_22_12 but he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive , And shall see this land no more .
24_JER_22_13 woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness , And his chambers by wrong ; [ that ] useth his neighbour's service without wages , And giveth him not for his work ;
24_JER_22_14 that saith , I will build me A wide house And large chambers , And cutteth him out windows ; And [ it Is ] ceiled with cedar , And painted with vermilion .
24_JER_22_15 shalt thou reign , because thou closest [ thyself ] in cedar ? did not thy Father eat And drink , And do judgment And justice , [ And ] Then [ it was ] Well with him ?
24_JER_22_16 he judged the cause of the poor And needy ; Then [ it was ] Well [ with him : was ] not this to know me ? saith the LORD .
24_JER_22_17 but thine eyes And thine heart [ are ] not but for thy covetousness , And for to shed innocent blood , And for oppression , And for violence , to do [ it ] .
24_JER_22_18 therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ; they shall not lament for him , [ saying ] , Ah my brother ! or , Ah sister ! they shall not lament for him , [ saying ] , Ah LORD ! or , Ah his glory !
24_JER_22_19 he shall be buried with the burial of an ass , drawn And cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem .
24_JER_22_20 go up to Lebanon , And cry ; And lift up thy voice in Bashan , And cry from the passages : for all thy lovers are destroyed .
24_JER_22_21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity ; [ but ] thou saidst , I will not hear . this [ hath been ] thy manner from thy youth , that thou obeyedst not my voice .
24_JER_22_22 the wind shall eat up all thy pastors , And thy lovers shall go into captivity : surely Then shalt thou be ashamed And confounded for all thy wickedness .
24_JER_22_23 O inhabitant of Lebanon , that makest thy nest in the cedars , how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee , the pain as of A woman in travail !
24_JER_22_24 [ as ] I live , saith the LORD , though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand , yet would I pluck thee thence ;
24_JER_22_25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life , And into the hand [ of them ] whose face thou fearest , even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon , And into the hand of the Chaldeans .
24_JER_22_26 And I will cast thee out , And thy mother that bare thee , into another country , where ye were not born ; And there shall ye die .
24_JER_22_27 but to the land whereunto they desire to Return , thither shall they not Return .
24_JER_22_28 [ Is ] this man Coniah A despised broken idol ? [ Is he ] A vessel wherein [ Is ] no pleasure ? Wherefore are they cast out , he And his seed , And are cast into A land which they know not ?
24_JER_22_29 O earth , earth , earth , hear the word of the LORD .
24_JER_22_30 thus saith the LORD , write ye this man childless , A man [ that ] shall not prosper in his days : for no man of his seed shall prosper , sitting upon the throne of David , And ruling any more in Judah .