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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Jeremiah
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 22
Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak
there this word, and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that
sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that
enter in by these gates. Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and
righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the
oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless,
nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place. For if ye do this
thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings
sitting ^4 upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and
his servants, and his people. But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by
myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation. For thus
saith Jehovah ^5 concerning the house of the king 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. And I will ^6 prepare destroyers against
thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars,
and cast them into the fire. And many nations shall pass by this city, and
they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus
unto this great city? Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the
covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
[Footnote 4: Heb. for David upon his throne.]
[Footnote 5: Or, unto]
[Footnote 6: Heb. sanctify.]
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. For thus
saith Jehovah touching ^7 Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who
reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went forth out of this place: He
shall not return thither any more; but in the place whither they have led him
captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more.
[Footnote 7: In 2 K. 23. 30, Jehoahaz. Comp. 1 Chr. 3.]
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers
by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him
not his hire; that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers,
and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with
vermilion. Shalt thou reign, because thou ^8 strivest to excel in cedar? Did
not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was
well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well.
Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. But thine eyes and thy heart are not
but for thy ^1 covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for
oppression, and for violence, to do it. Therefore thus saith Jehovah
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! He shall be buried with the burial of an
ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
[Footnote 8: Or, viest with the cedar]
[Footnote 1: Or, dishonest gain]
Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from
Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed. 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. The wind shall ^2 feed all thy
shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be
ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. O ^3 inhabitant of Lebanon,
that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be
when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
[Footnote 2: Or, feed upon]
[Footnote 3: Heb. inhabitress.]
As I live, saith Jehovah, though ^4 Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of
Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; and I
will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of
them of whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 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. But to the land whereunto ^5 their soul longeth to
return, thither shall they not return. Is this man Coniah a despised broken
^6 vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast
out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not? O ^7
earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye
this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more
shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling
in Judah.
[Footnote 4: In ch. 24. 1, and 1 Chr. 3. 16, Jeconiah. In 2 K. 24. 6, 8,
Jehoiachin.]
[Footnote 5: Heb. they lift up their soul.]
[Footnote 6: Or, pot]
[Footnote 7: Or, land]