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1. This is what the LORD says: "Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and announce this word there.
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1. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Go down H3381 to the house H1004 of the king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and speak H1696 there H8033 H853 this H2088 word H1697 ,
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2. You are to say: Hear the word of the LORD, king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David-- you, your officers, and your people who enter these gates.
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2. And say H559 , Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , O king H4428 of Judah H3063 , that sittest H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of David H1732 , thou H859 , and thy servants H5650 , and thy people H5971 that enter H935 in by these H428 gates H8179 :
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3. This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Don't exploit or brutalize the alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don't shed innocent blood in this place.
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3. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Execute H6213 ye judgment H4941 and righteousness H6666 , and deliver H5337 the spoiled H1497 out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the oppressor H6216 : and do no H408 wrong H3238 , do no H408 violence H2554 to the stranger H1616 , the fatherless H3490 , nor the widow H490 , neither H408 shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this H2088 place H4725 .
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4. For if you conscientiously carry out this word, then kings sitting on David's throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses-- they, their officers, and their people.
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4. For H3588 if H518 ye do H6213 H853 this H2088 thing H1697 indeed H6213 , then shall there enter in H935 by the gates H8179 of this H2088 house H1004 kings H4428 sitting H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of David H1732 , riding H7392 in chariots H7393 and on horses H5483 , he H1931 , and his servants H5650 , and his people H5971 .
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5. But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself"-- this is the LORD's declaration-- "that this house will become a ruin."
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5. But if H518 ye will not H3808 hear H8085 H853 these H428 words H1697 , I swear H7650 by myself, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that H3588 this H2088 house H1004 shall become H1961 a desolation H2723 .
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6. For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: You are like Gilead to Me, or the summit of Lebanon, but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness, uninhabited cities.
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6. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 unto H5921 the king H4428 's house H1004 of Judah H3063 ; Thou H859 art Gilead H1568 unto me, and the head H7218 of Lebanon H3844 : yet surely H518 H3808 I will make H7896 thee a wilderness H4057 , and cities H5892 which are not H3808 inhabited H3427 .
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7. I will appoint destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.
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7. And I will prepare H6942 destroyers H7843 against H5921 thee , every one H376 with his weapons H3627 : and they shall cut down H3772 thy choice H4005 cedars H730 , and cast H5307 them into H5921 the fire H784 .
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8. "Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another: Why did the LORD do such a thing to this great city?
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8. And many H7227 nations H1471 shall pass H5674 by H5921 this H2063 city H5892 , and they shall say H559 every man H376 to H413 his neighbor H7453 , Wherefore H5921 H4100 hath the LORD H3068 done H6213 thus H3602 unto this H2063 great H1419 city H5892 ?
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9. They will answer: Because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD their God and worshiped and served other gods."
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9. Then they shall answer H559 , Because H5921 H834 they have forsaken H5800 H853 the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 , and worshiped H7812 other H312 gods H430 , and served H5647 them.
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10. Do not weep for the dead; do not mourn for him. Weep bitterly for the one who has gone away, for he will never return again and see his native land.
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10. Weep H1058 ye not H408 for the dead H4191 , neither H408 bemoan H5110 him: but weep sore H1058 H1058 for him that goeth away H1980 : for H3588 he shall return H7725 no H3808 more H5750 , nor see H7200 H853 his native H4138 country H776 .
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11. For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded Josiah his father as king: "He has left this place-- he will never return here again,
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11. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 touching H413 Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , which reigned H4427 instead H8478 of Josiah H2977 his father H1 , which H834 went forth H3318 out of H4480 this H2088 place H4725 ; He shall not H3808 return H7725 thither H8033 any more H5750 :
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12. but he will die in the place where they deported him, never seeing this land again."
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12. But H3588 he shall die H4191 in the place H4725 whither H834 H8033 they have led him captive H1540 H853 , and shall see H7200 this H2063 land H776 no H3808 more H5750 .
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13. Woe for the one who builds his palace through unrighteousness, his upper rooms through injustice, who makes his fellow man serve without pay and will not give him his wages,
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13. Woe H1945 unto him that buildeth H1129 his house H1004 by unrighteousness H3808 H6664 , and his chambers H5944 by wrong H3808 H4941 ; that useth his neighbor H7453 's service H5647 without wages H2600 , and giveth H5414 him not H3808 for his work H6467 ;
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14. who says: I will build myself a massive palace, with spacious upper rooms. He will cut windows in it, and it will be paneled with cedar and painted with vermilion.
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14. 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 ceiled H5603 with cedar H730 , and painted H4886 with vermilion H8350 .
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15. Are you a king because you excel in cedar? Your own father, did he not eat and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, then it went well with him.
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15. Shalt thou reign H4427 , because H3588 thou H859 closest H8474 thyself in cedar H730 ? did not H3808 thy father H1 eat H398 and drink H8354 , and do H6213 judgment H4941 and justice H6666 , and then H227 it was well H2896 with him?
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16. He took up the case of the poor and needy, then it went well. Is this not what it means to know Me? This is the LORD's declaration.
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16. He judged H1777 the cause H1779 of the poor H6041 and needy H34 ; then H227 it was well H2896 with him: was not H3808 this H1931 to know H1847 me? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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17. But you have eyes and heart for nothing except your own unjust gain, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.
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17. But H3588 thine eyes H5869 and thine heart H3820 are not H369 but for H3588 H518 H5921 thy covetousness H1215 , and for H5921 to shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 , and for H5921 oppression H6233 , and for H5921 violence H4835 , to do H6213 it .
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18. Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him, saying, Woe, my brother! or Woe, my sister! They will not mourn for him, saying, Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!
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18. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H413 Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 ; They shall not H3808 lament H5594 for him, saying , Ah H1945 my brother H251 ! or, Ah H1945 sister H269 ! they shall not H3808 lament H5594 for him, saying , Ah H1945 lord H113 ! or, Ah H1945 his glory H1935 !
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19. He will be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
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19. He shall be buried H6912 with the burial H6900 of an ass H2543 , drawn H5498 and cast forth H7993 beyond H4480 H1973 the gates H8179 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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20. Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.
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20. 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 H4480 H5676 : for H3588 all H3605 thy lovers H157 are destroyed H7665 .
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21. I spoke to you when you were secure. You said: I will not listen. This has been your way since youth; indeed, you have never listened to Me.
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21. I spoke H1696 unto H413 thee in thy prosperity H7962 ; but thou saidst H559 , I will not H3808 hear H8085 . This H2088 hath been thy manner H1870 from thy youth H4480 H5271 , that H3588 thou obeyedst H8085 not H3808 my voice H6963 .
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22. The wind will take charge of all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your evil.
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22. The wind H7307 shall eat up H7462 all H3605 thy pastors H7462 , and thy lovers H157 shall go H1980 into captivity H7628 : surely H3588 then H227 shalt thou be ashamed H954 and confounded H3637 for all H4480 H3605 thy wickedness H7451 .
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23. You residents of Lebanon, nestled among the cedars, how you will groan when labor pains come on you, agony like a woman in labor.
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23. O inhabitant H3427 of Lebanon H3844 , that makest thy nest H7077 in the cedars H730 , how H4100 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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24. "As I live," says the LORD, "though you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would tear you from it.
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24. As I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , though H3588 H518 Coniah H3659 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 were H1961 the signet H2368 upon H5921 my right H3225 hand H3027 , yet H3588 would I pluck H5423 thee thence H4480 H8033 ;
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25. In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans.
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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 whose H834 face H4480 H6440 thou H859 fearest H3016 , even into the hand H3027 of Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 , and into the hand H3027 of the Chaldeans H3778 .
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26. I will hurl you and the mother who gave birth to you into another land, where neither of you were born, and there you will both die.
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26. And I will cast thee out H2904 H853 , and thy mother H517 that H834 bore H3205 thee, into H5921 another H312 country H776 , where H834 H8033 ye were not H3808 born H3205 ; and there H8033 shall ye die H4191 .
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27. They will never return to the land they long to return to."
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27. But to H5921 the land H776 whereunto H834 H8033 they H1992 desire H5375 H853 H5315 to return H7725 , thither H8033 shall they not H3808 return H7725 .
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28. Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered pot, a jar no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they have not known?
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28. Is this H2088 man H376 Coniah H3659 a despised H959 broken H5310 idol H6089 ? is he a vessel H3627 wherein is no H369 pleasure H2656 ? wherefore H4069 are they cast out H2904 , he H1931 and his seed H2233 , and are cast H7993 into H5921 a land H776 which H834 they know H3045 not H3808 ?
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29. Earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD!
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29. O earth H776 , earth H776 , earth H776 , hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 .
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30. This is what the LORD says: Record this man as childless, a man who will not be successful in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah.
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30. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Write H3789 ye H853 this H2088 man H376 childless H6185 , a man H1397 that shall not H3808 prosper H6743 in his days H3117 : for H3588 no H3808 man H376 of his seed H4480 H2233 shall prosper H6743 , sitting H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of David H1732 , and ruling H4910 any more H5750 in Judah H3063 .
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