American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. Thus said[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Go down[H3381] to the house[H1004] of the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and speak[H1696] there this word[H1697],

2. And say[H559], Hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], O king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], that sittest[H3427] upon the throne[H3678] of David[H1732], thou[H5650], and thy servants, and thy people[H5971] that enter[H935] in by these gates[H8179].

3. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Execute[H6213] ye justice[H4941] and righteousness[H6666], and deliver[H5337] him that is robbed[H1497] out of the hand[H3027] of the oppressor[H6216]: and do no wrong[H3238], do no violence[H2554], to the sojourner[H1616], the fatherless[H3490], nor the widow[H490]; neither shed[H8210] innocent[H5355] blood[H1818] in this place[H4725].

4. For if ye do[H6213] this thing[H1697] indeed[H6213], then shall there enter in[H935] by the gates[H8179] of this house[H1004] kings[H4428] sitting[H3427] upon the throne[H3678] of David[H1732], riding[H7392] in chariots[H7393] and on horses[H5483], he[H5650], and his servants, and his people[H5971].

5. But if ye will not hear[H8085] these words[H1697], I swear[H7650] by myself[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068], that this house[H1004] shall become a desolation[H2723].

6. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] concerning the house[H1004] of the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]: Thou art Gilead[H1568] unto me[H7218], and the head of Lebanon[H3844]; yet surely I will make[H7896] thee a wilderness[H4057], and cities[H5892] which are not inhabited[H3427].

7. And I will prepare[H6942] destroyers[H7843] against thee[H376], every one with his weapons[H3627]; and they shall cut down[H3772] thy choice[H4005] cedars[H730], and cast[H5307] them into the fire[H784].

8. And many[H7227] nations[H1471] shall pass[H5674] by this city[H5892], and they shall say[H559] every man[H376] to his neighbor[H7453], Wherefore hath Jehovah[H3068] done[H6213] thus unto this great[H1419] city[H5892]?

9. Then they shall answer[H559], Because they forsook[H5800] the covenant[H1285] of Jehovah[H3068] their God[H430], and worshipped[H7812] other[H312] gods[H430], and served them[H5647].

10. Weep[H1058] ye not for the dead[H4191], neither bemoan[H5110] him[H1058]; but weep sore[H1058] for him that goeth away[H1980]; for he shall return[H7725] no more[H7200], nor see his native[H4138] country[H776].

11. For thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] touching[H413] Shallum[H7967] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977], king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], who reigned[H4427] instead of Josiah[H2977] his father[H1], and who went forth[H3318] out of this place[H4725]: He shall not return thither any more[H7725].

12. But in the place[H4725] whither they have led him captive[H1540], there shall he die[H4191], and he shall see[H7200] this land no more[H776].

13. Woe[H1945] unto him that buildeth[H1129] his house[H1004] by[H3808] unrighteousness[H6664], and his chambers[H5944] by injustice[H4941]; that useth his neighbor[H7453]'s service[H5647] without wages[H2600], and giveth[H5414] him not his hire[H6467];

14. that saith[H559], I will build[H1129] me a wide[H4060] house[H1004] and spacious[H7304] chambers[H5944], and cutteth him out[H7167] windows[H2474]; and it is ceiled[H5603] with cedar[H730], and painted[H4886] with vermilion[H8350].

15. Shalt thou reign[H4427], because thou strivest to excel[H8474] in cedar[H730]? Did not thy father[H1] eat[H398] and drink[H8354], and do[H6213] justice[H4941] and righteousness[H6666]? then it was well with him[H2896].

16. He judged[H1777] the cause[H1779] of the poor[H6041] and needy[H34]; then it was well[H2896]. Was not this to know[H1847] me[H5002]? saith Jehovah[H3068].

17. But thine eyes[H5869] and thy heart[H3820] are not but for thy covetousness[H1215], and for shedding[H8210] innocent[H5355] blood[H1818], and for oppression[H6233], and for violence[H4835], to do it[H6213].

18. Therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] concerning Jehoiakim[H3079] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977], king[H4428] of Judah[H3063]: they shall not lament[H5594] for him[H1945], saying, Ah my brother[H251]! or[H1945], Ah sister[H269]! They shall not lament[H5594] for him[H1945], saying Ah lord[H113]! or[H1945], Ah his glory[H1935]!

19. He shall be buried[H6912] with the burial[H6900] of an ass[H2543], drawn[H5498] and cast forth[H7993] beyond[H1973] the gates[H8179] of Jerusalem[H3389].

20. Go up[H5927] to Lebanon[H3844], and cry[H6817]; and lift up[H5414] thy voice[H6963] in Bashan[H1316], and cry[H6817] from Abarim[H5676]; for all thy lovers[H157] are destroyed[H7665].

21. I spake[H1696] unto thee in thy prosperity[H7962]; but thou saidst[H559], I will not hear[H8085]. This hath been thy manner[H1870] from thy youth[H5271], that thou obeyedst[H8085] not my voice[H6963].

22. The wind[H7307] shall feed[H7462] all thy shepherds[H7462], and thy lovers[H157] shall go[H3212] into captivity[H7628]: surely then shalt thou be ashamed[H954] and confounded[H3637] for all thy wickedness[H7451].

23. O inhabitant[H3427] of Lebanon[H3844], that makest thy nest[H7077] in the cedars[H730], how greatly to be pitied[H2603] shalt thou be when pangs[H2256] come[H935] upon thee[H2427], the pain as of a woman in travail[H3205]!

24. As I live[H2416], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], though Coniah[H3659] the son[H1121] of Jehoiakim[H3079] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] were the signet[H2368] upon my right[H3225] hand[H3027], yet would I pluck thee thence[H5423];

25. and I will give[H5414] thee into the hand[H3027] of them that seek[H1245] thy life[H5315], and into the hand[H3027] of them of whom[H6440] thou art afraid[H3016], even into the hand[H3027] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and into the hand[H3027] of the Chaldeans[H3778].

26. And I will cast thee out[H2904], and thy mother[H517] that bare[H3205] thee[H312], into another country[H776], where ye were not born[H3205]; and there shall ye die[H4191].

27. But to the land[H776] whereunto their soul longeth[H5375] to return[H7725], thither shall they not return[H7725].

28. Is this man[H376] Coniah[H3659] a despised[H959] broken[H5310] vessel[H6089]? is he a vessel[H3627] wherein none delighteth[H2656]? wherefore are they cast out[H7993], he and his seed[H2233], and are cast[H2904] into the land[H776] which they know not[H3045]?

29. O earth[H776], earth[H776], earth[H776], hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068].

30. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Write[H3789] ye this man[H376] childless[H6185], a man[H1397] that shall not prosper[H6743] in his days[H3117]; for no more shall a man[H376] of his seed[H2233] prosper[H6743], sitting[H3427] upon the throne[H3678] of David[H1732], and ruling[H4910] in Judah[H3063].