Jeremiah 22

1 ♥ 📝 T hus said^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 Go down^H3381 to the house^H1004 of the king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 and speak^H1696 there this word,^H1697

2 ♥ 📝 And say,^H559 Hear^H8085 the word^H1697 of Jehovah,^H3068 O king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 that sittest^H3427 upon the throne^H3678 of David,^H1732 thou, and thy servants,^H5650 and thy people^H5971 that enter^H935 in by these gates.^H8179

3 ♥ 📝 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah:^H3068 Execute^H6213 ye justice^H4941 and righteousness,^H6666 and deliver^H5337 him that is robbed^H1497 out of the hand^H3027 of the oppressor:^H6216 and do no wrong,^H3238 do no violence,^H2554 to the sojourner,^H1616 the fatherless,^H3490 nor the widow;^H490 neither shed^H8210 innocent^H5355 blood^H1818 in this place.^H4725

4 ♥ 📝 For if ye do^H6213 this thing^H1697 indeed,^H6213 then shall there enter in^H935 by the gates^H8179 of this house^H1004 kings^H4428 sitting^H3427 upon the throne^H3678 of David,^H1732 riding^H7392 in chariots^H7393 and on horses,^H5483 he, and his servants,^H5650 and his people.^H5971

5 ♥ 📝 But if ye will not hear^H8085 these words,^H1697 I swear^H7650 by myself, saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 that this house^H1004 shall become a desolation.^H2723

6 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 concerning the house^H1004 of the king^H4428 of Judah:^H3063 Thou art Gilead^H1568 unto me, [and] the head^H7218 of Lebanon;^H3844 [yet] surely I will make^H7896 thee a wilderness,^H4057 [and] cities^H5892 which are not inhabited.^H3427

7 ♥ 📝 And I will prepare^H6942 destroyers^H7843 against thee, every one^H376 with his weapons;^H3627 and they shall cut down^H3772 thy choice^H4005 cedars,^H730 and cast^H5307 them into the fire.^H784

8 ♥ 📝 And many^H7227 nations^H1471 shall pass^H5674 by this city,^H5892 and they shall say^H559 every man^H376 to his neighbor,^H7453 Wherefore hath Jehovah^H3068 done^H6213 thus unto this great^H1419 city?^H5892

9 ♥ 📝 Then they shall answer,^H559 Because they forsook^H5800 the covenant^H1285 of Jehovah^H3068 their God,^H430 and worshipped^H7812 other^H312 gods,^H430 and served^H5647 them.

10 ♥ 📝 Weep^H1058 ye not for the dead,^H4191 neither bemoan^H5110 him; but weep^H1058 sore^H1058 for him that goeth away;^H1980 for he shall return^H7725 no more, nor see^H7200 his native^H4138 country.^H776

11 ♥ 📝 For thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 touching^H413 Shallum^H7967 the son^H1121 of Josiah,^H2977 king^H4428 of Judah,^H3063 who reigned^H4427 instead of Josiah^H2977 his father,^H1 [and] who went forth^H3318 out of this place:^H4725 He shall not return^H7725 thither any more.

12 ♥ 📝 But in the place^H4725 whither they have led him captive,^H1540 there shall he die,^H4191 and he shall see^H7200 this land^H776 no more.

13 ♥ 📝 Woe^H1945 unto him that buildeth^H1129 his house^H1004 by^H3808 unrighteousness,^H6664 and his chambers^H5944 by injustice;^H4941 that useth his neighbor's^H7453 service^H5647 without wages,^H2600 and giveth^H5414 him not his hire;^H6467

14 ♥ 📝 that saith,^H559 I will build^H1129 me a wide^H4060 house^H1004 and spacious^H7304 chambers,^H5944 and cutteth him out^H7167 windows;^H2474 and it is ceiled^H5603 with cedar,^H730 and painted^H4886 with vermilion.^H8350

15 ♥ 📝 Shalt thou reign,^H4427 because thou strivest to excel^H8474 in cedar?^H730 Did not thy father^H1 eat^H398 and drink,^H8354 and do^H6213 justice^H4941 and righteousness?^H6666 then it was well^H2896 with him.

16 ♥ 📝 He judged^H1777 the cause^H1779 of the poor^H6041 and needy;^H34 then it was well.^H2896 Was not this to know^H1847 me? saith^H5002 Jehovah.^H3068

17 ♥ 📝 But thine eyes^H5869 and thy heart^H3820 are not but for thy covetousness,^H1215 and for shedding^H8210 innocent^H5355 blood,^H1818 and for oppression,^H6233 and for violence,^H4835 to do^H6213 it.

18 ♥ 📝 Therefore thus saith^H559 Jehovah^H3068 concerning Jehoiakim^H3079 the son^H1121 of Josiah,^H2977 king^H4428 of Judah:^H3063 they shall not lament^H5594 for him, [saying], Ah^H1945 my brother!^H251 or, Ah^H1945 sister!^H269 They shall not lament^H5594 for him, [saying] Ah^H1945 lord!^H113 or, Ah^H1945 his glory!^H1935

19 ♥ 📝 He shall be buried^H6912 with the burial^H6900 of an ass,^H2543 drawn^H5498 and cast forth^H7993 beyond^H1973 the gates^H8179 of Jerusalem.^H3389

20 ♥ 📝 Go up^H5927 to Lebanon,^H3844 and cry;^H6817 and lift up^H5414 thy voice^H6963 in Bashan,^H1316 and cry^H6817 from Abarim;^H5676 for all thy lovers^H157 are destroyed.^H7665

21 ♥ 📝 I spake^H1696 unto thee in thy prosperity;^H7962 but thou saidst,^H559 I will not hear.^H8085 This hath been thy manner^H1870 from thy youth,^H5271 that thou obeyedst^H8085 not my voice.^H6963

22 ♥ 📝 The wind^H7307 shall feed^H7462 all thy shepherds,^H7462 and thy lovers^H157 shall go^H3212 into captivity:^H7628 surely then shalt thou be ashamed^H954 and confounded^H3637 for all thy wickedness.^H7451

23 ♥ 📝 O inhabitant^H3427 of Lebanon,^H3844 that makest thy nest^H7077 in the cedars,^H730 how greatly to be pitied^H2603 shalt thou be when pangs^H2256 come^H935 upon thee, the pain^H2427 as of a woman in travail!^H3205

24 ♥ 📝 As I live,^H2416 saith^H5002 Jehovah,^H3068 though Coniah^H3659 the son^H1121 of Jehoiakim^H3079 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063 were the signet^H2368 upon my right^H3225 hand,^H3027 yet would I pluck^H5423 thee thence;

25 ♥ 📝 and I will give^H5414 thee into the hand^H3027 of them that seek^H1245 thy life,^H5315 and into the hand^H3027 of them of whom^H6440 thou art afraid,^H3016 even into the hand^H3027 of Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon,^H894 and into the hand^H3027 of the Chaldeans.^H3778

26 ♥ 📝 And I will cast thee out,^H2904 and thy mother^H517 that bare^H3205 thee, into another^H312 country,^H776 where ye were not born;^H3205 and there shall ye die.^H4191

27 ♥ 📝 But to the land^H776 whereunto their soul longeth^H5375 to return,^H7725 thither shall they not return.^H7725

28 ♥ 📝 Is this man^H376 Coniah^H3659 a despised^H959 broken^H5310 vessel?^H6089 is he a vessel^H3627 wherein none delighteth?^H2656 wherefore are they cast out,^H7993 he and his seed,^H2233 and are cast^H2904 into the land^H776 which they know^H3045 not?

29 ♥ 📝 O earth,^H776 earth,^H776 earth,^H776 hear^H8085 the word^H1697 of Jehovah.^H3068

30 ♥ 📝 Thus saith^H559 Jehovah,^H3068 Write^H3789 ye this man^H376 childless,^H6185 a man^H1397 that shall not prosper^H6743 in his days;^H3117 for no more shall a man^H376 of his seed^H2233 prosper,^H6743 sitting^H3427 upon the throne^H3678 of David,^H1732 and ruling^H4910 in Judah.^H3063