And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, thatsittestupon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy peoplethatenter in by thesegates:
Thussaith 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, neithershedinnocentblood in thisplace.
For if ye do thisthingindeed, thenshallthereenter in by the gates of thishousekingssittingupon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
For thussaith the LORDunto the king’shouse of Judah; Thou art Gileadunto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I willmakethee a wilderness, and citieswhich are not inhabited.
For thussaith the LORDtouchingShallum the son of Josiahking of Judah, whichreignedinstead of Josiah his father, whichwentforth out of thisplace; He shall not returnthither any more:
Woe unto him thatbuildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; thatuseth his neighbour’sservicewithoutwages, and giveth him not for his work;
Thereforethussaith the LORDconcerningJehoiakim the son of Josiahking of Judah; Theyshall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! theyshall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
And I willgivetheeinto the hand of themthatseek thy life, and into the hand of themwhosefacethoufearest, eveninto the hand of Nebuchadrezzarking of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
Is this man Coniah a despisedbrokenidol? is he a vesselwherein is no pleasure? wherefore are theycast out, he and his seed, and are castinto a landwhichtheyknow not?
Thussaith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man thatshall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seedshallprosper, sittingupon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.