Thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh;³⁰⁶⁸ Go down³³⁸¹ to the house¹⁰⁰⁴ of the king⁴⁴²⁸ of Judah,³⁰⁶³ and speak¹⁶⁹⁶ there this word,¹⁶⁹⁷

And say,⁵⁵⁹ Hear⁸⁰⁸⁵ the word¹⁶⁹⁷ of Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ O king⁴⁴²⁸ of Judah,³⁰⁶³ that sittest³⁴²⁷ upon the throne³⁶⁷⁸ of David,¹⁷³² thou, and thy servants,⁵⁶⁵⁰ and thy people⁵⁹⁷¹ that enter in⁹³⁵ by these gates:⁸¹⁷⁹

Thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh;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

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 riding⁷³⁹² in chariots⁷³⁹³ and on horses,⁵⁴⁸³ he, and his servants,⁵⁶⁵⁰ and his people.⁵⁹⁷¹

But if ye will not hear⁸⁰⁸⁵ these words,¹⁶⁹⁷ I swear⁷⁶⁵⁰ by myself, saith⁵⁰⁰² Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ that this house¹⁰⁰⁴ shall become a desolation.²⁷²³

For thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ 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

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

And many⁷²²⁷ nations¹⁴⁷¹ shall pass by⁵⁶⁷⁴ this city,⁵⁸⁹² and they shall say⁵⁵⁹ every man³⁷⁶ to his neighbour,⁷⁴⁵³ Wherefore hath Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ done⁶²¹³ thus unto this great¹⁴¹⁹ city?⁵⁸⁹²

Then they shall answer,⁵⁵⁹ Because they have forsaken⁵⁸⁰⁰ the covenant¹²⁸⁵ of Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ their Elohim,⁴³⁰ and worshipped⁷⁸¹² other³¹² mighty ones,⁴³⁰ and served⁵⁶⁴⁷ them.

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

For thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ 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:

But he shall die⁴¹⁹¹ in the place⁴⁷²⁵ whither they have led him captive,¹⁵⁴⁰ and shall see⁷²⁰⁰ this land⁷⁷⁶ no more.

Woe¹⁹⁴⁵ unto him that buildeth¹¹²⁹ his house¹⁰⁰⁴ by unrighteousness,³⁸⁰⁸ and his chambers⁵⁹⁴⁴ by wrong;¹⁰⁹⁷ that useth his neighbour's⁷⁴⁵³ service⁵⁶⁴⁷ without wages,²⁶⁰⁰ and giveth⁵⁴¹⁴ him not for his work;⁶⁴⁶⁷

That saith,⁵⁵⁹ I will build¹¹²⁹ me a wide⁴⁰⁶⁰ house¹⁰⁰⁴ and large⁷³⁰⁴ chambers,⁵⁹⁴⁴ and cutteth him out⁷¹⁶⁷ windows;²⁴⁷⁴ and it is cieled⁵⁶⁰³ with cedar,⁷³⁰ and painted⁴⁸⁸⁶ with vermilion.⁸³⁵⁰

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?

He judged¹⁷⁷⁷ the cause¹⁷⁷⁹ of the poor⁶⁰⁴¹ and needy;³⁴ then it was well²⁸⁹⁶ with him: was not this to know¹⁸⁴⁷ me? saith⁵⁰⁰² Yahweh.³⁰⁶⁸

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 to do⁶²¹³ it.

Therefore thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ 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 Sovereign!¹¹³ or, Ah¹⁹⁴⁵ his glory!¹⁹³⁵

He shall be buried⁶⁹¹² with the burial⁶⁹⁰⁰ of a donkey,²⁵⁴³ drawn⁵⁴⁹⁸ and cast forth⁷⁹⁹³ beyond¹⁹⁷³ the gates⁸¹⁷⁹ of Jerusalem.³³⁸⁹

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

I spake¹⁶⁹⁶ unto thee in thy prosperity;⁷⁹⁶² 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

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

O inhabitant³⁴²⁷ 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

As I live,²⁴¹⁶ saith⁵⁰⁰² Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ though Coniah³⁶⁵⁹ the son¹¹²¹ of Jehoiakim³⁰⁷⁹ king⁴⁴²⁸ of Judah³⁰⁶³ were the signet²³⁶⁸ upon my right³²²⁵ hand,³⁰²⁷ yet would I pluck⁵⁴²³ thee thence;

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

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

But to the land⁷⁷⁶ whereunto they desire⁵³⁷⁵ to return,⁷⁷²⁵ thither shall they not return.⁷⁷²⁵

Is this man³⁷⁶ Coniah³⁶⁵⁹ a despised⁹⁵⁹ broken⁵³¹⁰ idol?⁶⁰⁸⁹ is he a vessel³⁶²⁷ wherein is no pleasure?²⁶⁵⁶ wherefore are they cast out,²⁹⁰⁴ he and his seed,²²³³ and are cast⁷⁹⁹³ into a land⁷⁷⁶ which they know³⁰⁴⁵ not?

O earth,⁷⁷⁶ earth,⁷⁷⁶ earth,⁷⁷⁶ hear⁸⁰⁸⁵ the word¹⁶⁹⁷ of Yahweh.³⁰⁶⁸

Thus saith⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh,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