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Jeremiah 22:1 (show verse)
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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Jeremiah 22:2 (show verse)
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.
Jeremiah 22:3 (show verse)
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 foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
Aliens » To be treated with justice
Fatherless » Admonitions in regard to
Fatherless » Do no violence to
Orphans » Admonitions in regard to
The poor » Do justice to
Social duties » Compassion » Duty to widow and fatherless
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Injustice to
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Oppression of
Widow and fatherless » Kindness to encouraged
Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Fatherless » Admonitions in regard to
Fatherless » Do no violence to
Orphans » Admonitions in regard to
The poor » Do justice to
Social duties » Compassion » Duty to widow and fatherless
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Injustice to
Strangers » Mosaic law relating to » Oppression of
Widow and fatherless » Kindness to encouraged
Widow's » Should not be » Treated with violence
Jeremiah 22:4 (show verse)
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.
Jeremiah 22:5 (show verse)
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.”
Jeremiah 22:6 (show verse)
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.
or the summit of Lebanon,
but I will certainly turn you into a wilderness,
uninhabited cities.
Jeremiah 22:7 (show verse)
each with his weapons.
They will cut down the choicest of your cedars
and throw them into the fire.
Jeremiah 22:8 (show verse)
“Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why did the Lord do such a thing to this great city?’
Jeremiah 22:9 (show verse)
They will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped and served other gods.’”
Jeremiah 22:10 (show verse)
do not mourn for him.
Weep bitterly for the one
for he will never return again
and see his native land.
Jeremiah 22:11 (show verse)
For this is what the Lord says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in place of his father Josiah: “He has left this place—he will never return here again,
Jeremiah 22:12 (show verse)
but he will die in the place where they deported him, never seeing this land again.”
Jeremiah 22:13 (show verse)
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,
Business life » Dishonesty » Condemned
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Business life » Employers » Exacting service with wages
Dishonesty » Condemned
Jehoiakim » Wicked reign and final overthrow of
Masters' » Unjust, denounced
Plans of men » Plans, examples of » The luxurious king
Presumptuous plans » Examples of » The luxurious king
Unrighteousness » The unrighteous
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Wages » Sins of employers respecting payment of wages » Exacting service with wages
Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Business life » Employers » Exacting service with wages
Dishonesty » Condemned
Jehoiakim » Wicked reign and final overthrow of
Masters' » Unjust, denounced
Plans of men » Plans, examples of » The luxurious king
Presumptuous plans » Examples of » The luxurious king
Unrighteousness » The unrighteous
Vices » Dishonesty » Condemned
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Wages » Sins of employers respecting payment of wages » Exacting service with wages
Jeremiah 22:14 (show verse)
with spacious upper rooms.”
He will cut windows
and it will be paneled with cedar
and painted with vermilion.
Jeremiah 22:15 (show verse)
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.
Jeremiah 22:16 (show verse)
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 22:17 (show verse)
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
Jeremiah 22:18 (show verse)
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!”
“Woe, my brother!” or “Woe, my sister!”
They will not mourn for him, saying,
“Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!”
Jeremiah 22:19 (show verse)
dragged off and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 22:20 (show verse)
raise your voice in Bashan;
cry out from Abarim,
for all your lovers
Jeremiah 22:21 (show verse)
You said, “I will not listen.”
This has been your way since youth;
indeed, you have never listened to Me.
Jeremiah 22:22 (show verse)
and your lovers
Then you will be ashamed and humiliated
because of all your evil.
Jeremiah 22:23 (show verse)
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan
agony like a woman in labor.
Jeremiah 22:24 (show verse)
“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.
Jeremiah 22:25 (show verse)
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.
Jeremiah 22:26 (show verse)
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.
Jeremiah 22:27 (show verse)
They will never return to the land they long to return to.”
Jeremiah 22:28 (show verse)
a jar no one wants?
Why are he and his descendants hurled out
and cast into a land they have not known?
Jeremiah 22:29 (show verse)
hear the word of the Lord!
Jeremiah 22:30 (show verse)
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.
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.