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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Go down[H3381] to the house[H1004] of the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and speak[H1696] there this word[H1697],
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And say[H559], Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[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]:
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Execute[H6213] ye judgment[H4941] and righteousness[H6666], and deliver[H5337] the spoiled[H1497] out of the hand[H3027] of the oppressor[H6216]: and do no wrong[H3238], do no violence[H2554] to the stranger[H1616], the fatherless[H3490], nor the widow[H490], neither shed[H8210]innocent[H5355]blood[H1818] in this place[H4725].
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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[H935]chariots[H7393] and on horses[H5483], he, and his servants[H5650], and his people[H5971].
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But if ye will not hear[H8085] these words[H1697], I swear[H7650] by myself, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], that this house[H1004] shall become a desolation[H2723].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] unto the king's house[H1004] 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].
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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].
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And many[H7227]nations[H1471] shall pass[H5674] by this city[H5892], and they shall say[H559] every man[H376] to his neighbour[H7453], Wherefore hath the LORD[H3068]done[H6213] thus unto this great[H1419]city?[H5892]
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Then they shall answer[H559], Because they have forsaken[H5800] the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] their God[H430], and worshipped[H7812]other[H312]gods[H430], and served[H5647] them.
10Weep[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].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]touching[H413]Shallum[H7967] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], which reigned[H4427] instead of Josiah[H2977] his father[H1], which went forth[H3318] out of this place[H4725]; He shall not return[H7725] thither any more:
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But he shall die[H4191] in the place[H4725] whither they have led him captive[H1540], and shall see[H7200] this land[H776] no more.
13Woe[H1945] unto him that buildeth[H1129] his house[H1004]by[H3808]unrighteousness[H6664], and his chambers[H5944]by[H3808]wrong[H4941]; that useth his neighbour's service[H5647] without wages[H2600], and giveth[H5414] him not for his work[H6467];
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That saith[H559], I will build[H1129] me a wide[H4060]house[H1004] and large[H7304]chambers[H5944], and cutteth him out[H7167]windows[H2474]; and it is cieled[H5603] with cedar[H730], and painted[H4886] with vermilion[H8350].
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Shalt thou reign[H4427], because thou closest[H8474] thyself in cedar?[H730] did not thy father[H1]eat[H398] and drink[H8354], and do[H6213]judgment[H4941] and justice[H6666], and then it was well[H2896] with him?
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He judged[H1777] the cause[H1779] of the poor[H6041] and needy[H34]; then it was well[H2896] with him: was not this to know[H1847] me? saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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But thine eyes[H5869] and thine heart[H3820] are not but for thy covetousness[H1215], and for to shed[H8210]innocent[H5355]blood[H1818], and for oppression[H6233], and for violence[H4835], to do[H6213] it.
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[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]!
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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].
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Go up[H5927] to Lebanon[H3844], and cry[H6817]; and lift up[H5414] thy voice[H6963] in Bashan[H1316], and cry[H6817] from the passages[H5676]: for all thy lovers[H157] are destroyed[H7665].
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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].
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The wind[H7307] shall eat up[H7462] all thy pastors[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].
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O inhabitant[H3427] of Lebanon[H3844], that makest thy nest[H7077] in the cedars[H730], how gracious[H2603] shalt thou be when pangs[H2256]come[H935] upon thee, the pain[H2427] as of a woman in travail[H3205]!
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As I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the LORD[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;
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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 whose face[H6440] thou fearest[H3016], even into the hand[H3027] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and into the hand[H3027] of the Chaldeans[H3778].
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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].
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But to the land[H776] whereunto they desire[H5375] to return[H7725], thither shall they not return[H7725].
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Is this man[H376]Coniah[H3659] a despised[H959]broken[H5310]idol?[H6089] is he a vessel[H3627] wherein is no pleasure?[H2656] wherefore are they cast[H2904]out[H7993], he and his seed[H2233], and are cast[H2904] into a land[H776] which they know[H3045] not?
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O earth[H776], earth[H776], earth[H776], hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], Write[H3789] ye this man[H376]childless[H6185], a man[H1397] that shall not prosper[H6743] in his days[H3117]: for no man[H1397] of his seed[H2233] shall prosper[H6743], sitting[H3427] upon the throne[H3678] of David[H1732], and ruling[H4910] any more in Judah[H3063].