2 He exhorteth the King to iudgement and righteouſnes. 9 Why Ieruſalém is broght into captiuitie. 11 The death of Shallúm the ſonne of Ioſiáh is prophecied.

1.THus ſaid the Lord, Go downe to the houſe of the King of Iudáh, and ſpeake there this thing,

2.And ſay. Heare the worde of the Lord, ô King of Iudáh, that ſitteſt vpon the throne of Dauid, thou and thy ſeruants, and thy people that enter in by theſe gates.

3.Thus ſaith the Lord, ^*Execute ye iudgement and ^arighteouſnes, and deliuer the oppreſſed from the hand ot the oppreſſor, and vexe not the ſtranger, the fatherles, nor the widdowe: do no violence, nor ſhede innocent blood in this place.

4.For if ye do this thing, then ſhal the Kings ſitting vpon the throne of Dauid enter in by the gates of this houſe, ^*and ride vpon charets, and vpon horſes, bothe he and his ſeruants and his people.

5.But if ye wil not heare theſe wordes, I ^bſweare by my ſelf, ſaith y^e Lord, that this houſe ſhalbe waſte.

6.For thus hathe the Lord ſpoken vpon the Kings houſe of Iudáh, Thou art ^cGileád vnto me, and the head of Lebanón, yet ſurely I wil make thee a wildernes & as cities not inhabited,

7.And I wil ^dprepare deſtroyers againſt thee, euery one with his weapons, and thei ſhal cut downe thy chief ^ecedre trees, and caſt them in the fyre.

8.^fAnd many nacions ſhal paſſe by this citie, & thei ſhal ſay euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hathe y^e Lord done thus vnto this great citie?

9.Then ſhal they anſwer, Becauſe they haue forſaken the couenant of y^e Lord their God, and worſhiped other gods & ſerued them.

10.^gWepe not for the dead, & be not moued for them, but wepe for him that goeth out: for he ſhal returne no more, nor ſe his natiue countrey.

11.For thus ſaith the Lord, As touching ^hShallúm the ſonne of Ioſiáh King of Iudáh, which reigned for Ioſiáh his father, which wét out of this place, he ſhal not returne thether,

12.But he ſhal dye in y^e place, whether they haue led him captiue, and ſhal ſe this land no more.

13.ⁱWo vnto him y^t buyldeth his houſe by vnrighteouſnes, & his chambers without equitie: he vſeth his neighbour without wages and giueth him not for his worke.

14.He ſaith, I wil buylde me a wide houſe and large chambers: ſo he wil make him ſelf large windowes, and ſiling with cedre and painte them with vermelon.

15.Shalt thou reigne, becauſe thou cloſeſt thy ſelf in cedre? did not thy ^kfather eat and drinke and proſper, when he executed iudgement and iuſtice?

16.When he iudged the cauſe of y^e afflicted & the poore, he proſpered: was not this becauſe he knewe me, ſaith the Lord?

17.But thine eies and thine heart are but onely for thy couetouſnes, and for to ſhed innocent blood, & for oppreſsion, and for deſtruction, euen to do this.

18.Therefore thus ſaith the Lord againſt Iehoiakím, the ſonne of Ioſiáh Kĩg of Iudáh, Thei ſhal ^lnot lamẽt him, ſaying, Ah, my brother, or ah, ſiſter: nether ſhal they mourne for him, ſaying, Ah, lord, or ah, his glorie.

19.He ſhalbe buryed as an aſſe ^mis buryed, euẽ drawen and caſt forthe without the gates of Ieruſalém.

20.¶ Go vp to ⁿLebanón, & crye: ſhowte in ^oBaſhán & crye by the paſſages: for all thy louers are deſtroyed.

21.I ſpake vnto thee whẽ thou waſt in proſperitie: but thou ſaidſt, I wil not heare: this hathe bene thy maner from thy youth that thou woldeſt not obey my voyce.

22.The winde ſhal fede all thy paſtors, ^p& thy louers ſhal go into captiuitie: and then ſhalt thou be aſhamed and confounded of all thy wickednes.

23.Thou that dwelleſt in Lebanón, and makeſt thy neſt in the ^qcedres, how beautiful ſhalt thou be when ſorowes come vpon thee, as the ſorow of a woman in trauail?

24.As I liue, ſaith the Lord, thogh ^rConiáh the ſonne of Iehoiakím King of Iudáh, were the ſignet of my right hand, yet wolde I plucke thee thence.

25.And I wil giue thee into the hand of thẽ that ſeke thy life, and into the hand of them, whoſe face thou feareſt, euẽ into the hand of Nebuchad-nezzá King of Babél, and into the hand of the Caldeans.

26.And I wil cauſe them to cary thee away, and thy mother that bare thee, into another countrey, where ye were not borne, & there ſhal ye dye.

27.But to the land, whereunto they deſire to returne, they ſhal not returne thether.

28.Is not this man Coniáh as a deſpiſed and broken idole? or as a veſſel, wherein is no pleaſure? Wherefore are thei caryed away, he and his ſede, & caſt out into a land that they knowe not?

29.O ^searth, earth, earth, heare the worde of the Lord.

30.Thus ſaith the Lord, Write this ^tman deſtitute of children, a man that ſhal not proſper in his dayes: for there ſhalbe no man of his ſede that ſhal proſper and ſit vpõ the throne of Dauid, or beare rule any more in Iudáh.

Jeremiah 22

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