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Jeremiah 22 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh said, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak this word there:
[2] ‘Hear Yahweh’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne—you, your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
[3] Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
[4] For if you do this thing indeed, then kings sitting on David’s throne will enter in by the gates of this house, riding in chariots and on horses—they, their servants, and their people.
[5] But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says Yahweh, “that this house will become a desolation.” ’ ”
[6] For Yahweh says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to me, the head of Lebanon. Yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.
[7] I will prepare destroyers against you, everyone with his weapons, and they will cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
[8] “Many nations will pass by this city, and they will each ask his neighbor, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this great city?’
[9] Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God, worshiped other gods, and served them.’ ”
[10] Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.
[11] For Yahweh says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: “He won’t return there any more.
[12] But he will die in the place where they have led him captive. He will see this land no more.”
[13] “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;
[14] who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself, with a cedar ceiling, and painted with red.
[15] “Should you reign because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
[16] He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says Yahweh.
[17] But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”
[18] Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They won’t lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’
[19] He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
[20] “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out. Lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers have been destroyed.
[21] I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from your youth, that you didn’t obey my voice.
[22] The wind will feed all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Surely then you will be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
[23] Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!
[24] “As I live,” says Yahweh, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there.
[25] I would give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[26] I will cast you out with your mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die.
[27] But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”
[28] Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know?
[29] O earth, earth, earth, hear Yahweh’s word!
[30] Yahweh says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne and ruling in Judah.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 22 (KJVS)

[1] Thus saith () the Lord; Go down () to the house of the king of Judah, and speak () there this word,
[2] and say, () Hear () the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest () upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter () in by these gates:
[3] Thus saith () the Lord; Execute () ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver () the spoiled () out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, () do no violence () to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed () innocent blood in this place.
[4] For if ye do () this thing indeed, () then shall there enter in () by the gates of this house kings sitting () upon the throne of David, riding () in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
[5] But if ye will not hear () these words, I swear () by myself, saith () the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
[6] For thus saith () the Lord unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make () thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. () () ()
[7] And I will prepare () destroyers () against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down () thy choice cedars, and cast () them into the fire.
[8] And many nations shall pass () by this city, and they shall say () every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done () thus unto this great city?
[9] Then they shall answer, () Because they have forsaken () the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped () other gods, and served () them.
[10] Weep () ye not for the dead, () neither bemoan () him: but weep () sore () for him that goeth away: () for he shall return () no more, nor see () his native country.
[11] For thus saith () the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned () instead of Josiah his father, which went forth () out of this place; He shall not return () thither any more:
[12] but he shall die () in the place whither they have led him captive, () and shall see () this land no more.
[13] Woe unto him that buildeth () his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service () without wages, and giveth () him not for his work;
[14] that saith, () I will build () me a wide house and large () chambers, and cutteth him out () windows; and it is cieled () with cedar, and painted () with vermilion.
[15] Shalt thou reign, () because thou closest () thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat () and drink, () and do () judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
[16] He judged () the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith () the Lord.
[17] But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed () innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do () it.
[18] Therefore thus saith () the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament () for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament () for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
[19] He shall be buried () with the burial of an ass, drawn () and cast forth () beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
[20] Go up () to Lebanon, and cry; () and lift up () thy voice in Bashan, and cry () from the passages: for all thy lovers () are destroyed. ()
[21] I spake () unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, () I will not hear. () This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst () not my voice.
[22] The wind shall eat up () all thy pastors, () and thy lovers () shall go () into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed () and confounded () for all thy wickedness.
[23] O inhabitant () of Lebanon, that makest thy nest () in the cedars, how gracious () shalt thou be when pangs come () upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! ()
[24] As I live, saith () the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck () thee thence;
[25] and I will give () thee into the hand of them that seek () thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, () even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
[26] And I will cast thee out, () and thy mother that bare () thee, into another country, where ye were not born; () and there shall ye die. ()
[27] But to the land whereunto they desire () () to return, () thither shall they not return. ()
[28] Is this man Coniah a despised () broken () idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, () he and his seed, and are cast () into a land which they know () not?
[29] O earth, earth, earth, hear () the word of the Lord.
[30] Thus saith () the Lord, Write () ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper () in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, () sitting () upon the throne of David, and ruling () any more in Judah.

Jeremiah 22:4 Heb. for David upon his throne
Jeremiah 22:14a Heb. through aired
Jeremiah 22:14b Or, my windows
Jeremiah 22:17 Or, incursion
Jeremiah 22:21 Heb. prosperities
Jeremiah 22:23 Heb. inhabitress
Jeremiah 22:27 Heb. lift up their mind

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 22 (BYZ)

[1] ταδε λεγει κυριος πορευου και καταβηθι εις τον οικον του βασιλεως ιουδα και λαλησεις εκει τον λογον τουτον
[2] και ερεις ακουε λογον κυριου βασιλευ ιουδα ο καθημενος επι θρονου δαυιδ συ και ο οικος σου και ο λαος σου και οι εισπορευομενοι ταις πυλαις ταυταις
[3] ταδε λεγει κυριος ποιειτε κρισιν και δικαιοσυνην και εξαιρεισθε διηρπασμενον εκ χειρος αδικουντος αυτον και προσηλυτον και ορφανον και χηραν μη καταδυναστευετε και μη ασεβειτε και αιμα αθωον μη εκχεητε εν τω τοπω τουτω
[4] διοτι εαν ποιουντες ποιησητε τον λογον τουτον και εισελευσονται εν ταις πυλαις του οικου τουτου βασιλεις καθημενοι επι θρονου δαυιδ και επιβεβηκοτες εφ αρματων και ιππων αυτοι και οι παιδες αυτων και ο λαος αυτων
[5] εαν δε μη ποιησητε τους λογους τουτους κατ εμαυτου ωμοσα λεγει κυριος οτι εις ερημωσιν εσται ο οικος ουτος
[6] οτι ταδε λεγει κυριος κατα του οικου βασιλεως ιουδα γαλααδ συ μοι αρχη του λιβανου εαν μη θω σε εις ερημον πολεις μη κατοικηθησομενας
[7] και επαξω επι σε ανδρα ολεθρευοντα και τον πελεκυν αυτου και εκκοψουσιν τας εκλεκτας κεδρους σου και εμβαλουσιν εις το πυρ
[8] και διελευσονται εθνη δια της πολεως ταυτης και ερουσιν εκαστος προς τον πλησιον αυτου δια τι εποιησεν κυριος ουτως τη πολει τη μεγαλη ταυτη
[9] και ερουσιν ανθ ων εγκατελιπον την διαθηκην κυριου θεου αυτων και προσεκυνησαν θεοις αλλοτριοις και εδουλευσαν αυτοις
[10] μη κλαιετε τον τεθνηκοτα μηδε θρηνειτε αυτον κλαυσατε κλαυθμω τον εκπορευομενον οτι ουκ επιστρεψει ετι και ου μη ιδη την γην πατριδος αυτου
[11] διοτι ταδε λεγει κυριος επι σελλημ υιον ιωσια τον βασιλευοντα αντι ιωσια του πατρος αυτου ος εξηλθεν εκ του τοπου τουτου ουκ αναστρεψει εκει ουκετι
[12] αλλ η εν τω τοπω ου μετωκισα αυτον εκει αποθανειται και την γην ταυτην ουκ οψεται ετι
[13] ω ο οικοδομων οικιαν αυτου ου μετα δικαιοσυνης και τα υπερωα αυτου ουκ εν κριματι παρα τω πλησιον αυτου εργαται δωρεαν και τον μισθον αυτου ου μη αποδωσει αυτω
[14] ωκοδομησας σεαυτω οικον συμμετρον υπερωα ριπιστα διεσταλμενα θυρισιν και εξυλωμενα εν κεδρω και κεχρισμενα εν μιλτω
[15] μη βασιλευσεις οτι συ παροξυνη εν αχαζ τω πατρι σου ου φαγονται και ου πιονται βελτιον ην σε ποιειν κριμα και δικαιοσυνην καλην
[16] ουκ εγνωσαν ουκ εκριναν κρισιν ταπεινω ουδε κρισιν πενητος ου τουτο εστιν το μη γνωναι σε εμε λεγει κυριος
[17] ιδου ουκ εισιν οι οφθαλμοι σου ουδε η καρδια σου καλη αλλ εις την πλεονεξιαν σου και εις το αιμα το αθωον του εκχεειν αυτο και εις αδικημα και εις φονον του ποιειν
[18] δια τουτο ταδε λεγει κυριος επι ιωακιμ υιον ιωσια βασιλεα ιουδα ουαι επι τον ανδρα τουτον ου μη κοψωνται αυτον ω αδελφε ουδε μη κλαυσονται αυτον οιμμοι κυριε
[19] ταφην ονου ταφησεται συμψησθεις ριφησεται επεκεινα της πυλης ιερουσαλημ
[20] αναβηθι εις τον λιβανον και κεκραξον και εις την βασαν δος την φωνην σου και βοησον εις το περαν της θαλασσης οτι συνετριβησαν παντες οι ερασται σου
[21] ελαλησα προς σε εν τη παραπτωσει σου και ειπας ουκ ακουσομαι αυτη η οδος σου εκ νεοτητος σου ουκ ηκουσας της φωνης μου
[22] παντας τους ποιμενας σου ποιμανει ανεμος και οι ερασται σου εν αιχμαλωσια εξελευσονται οτι τοτε αισχυνθηση και ατιμωθηση απο παντων των φιλουντων σε
[23] κατοικουσα εν τω λιβανω εννοσσευουσα εν ταις κεδροις καταστεναξεις εν τω ελθειν σοι ωδινας ως τικτουσης
[24] ζω εγω λεγει κυριος εαν γενομενος γενηται ιεχονιας υιος ιωακιμ βασιλευς ιουδα αποσφραγισμα επι της χειρος της δεξιας μου εκειθεν εκσπασω σε
[25] και παραδωσω σε εις χειρας των ζητουντων την ψυχην σου ων συ ευλαβη απο προσωπου αυτων εις χειρας των χαλδαιων
[26] και απορριψω σε και την μητερα σου την τεκουσαν σε εις γην ου ουκ ετεχθης εκει και εκει αποθανεισθε
[27] εις δε την γην ην αυτοι ευχονται ταις ψυχαις αυτων ου μη αποστρεψωσιν
[28] ητιμωθη ιεχονιας ως σκευος ου ουκ εστιν χρεια αυτου οτι εξερριφη και εξεβληθη εις γην ην ουκ ηδει
[29] γη γη ακουε λογον κυριου
[30] γραψον τον ανδρα τουτον εκκηρυκτον ανθρωπον οτι ου μη αυξηθη εκ του σπερματος αυτου ανηρ καθημενος επι θρονου δαυιδ αρχων ετι εν τω ιουδα