1The LORD said, “Go down to the house…
2‘Hear the LORD’s word, king of Judah, who…
3The LORD says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and…
4For if you do this thing indeed, then…
5But if you will not hear these words,…
6For the LORD says concerning the house of…
7I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with…
8“Many nations will pass by this city, and…
9Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the…
10Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him;…
11For the LORD says touching Shallum the son…
12But he will die in the place where…
13“Woe to him who builds his house by…
14who says, ‘I will build myself a wide…
15“Should you reign because you strive to excel…
16He judged the cause of the poor and…
17But your eyes and your heart are only…
18Therefore the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim the son…
19He will be buried with the burial of…
20“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out. Lift…
21I spoke to you in your prosperity, but…
22The wind will feed all your shepherds, and…
23Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in…
24“As I live,” says the LORD, “though Coniah…
25I would give you into the hand of…
26I will cast you out with your mother…
27But to the land to which their soul…
28Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel?…
29O earth, earth, earth, hear the LORD’s word!
30The LORD says, “Record this man as childless,…
