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And I will preparedestroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choicecedars, and cast them into the fire.
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And manynations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORDdone thus unto this greatcity?
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Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshippedothergods, and served them.
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Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weepsore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his nativecountry.
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For thus saith the LORDtouchingShallum the son of Josiahking of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
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But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
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Woe unto him that buildeth his housebyunrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour'sservice without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
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That saith, I will build me a widehouse and large[a]chambers, and cutteth him outwindows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy fathereat and drink, and dojudgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
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But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shedinnocentblood, and for oppression, and for violence,[b] to do it.