Jeremiah 22:1-7

Judgment against Sinful Kings

1 This is what the Lord says: "Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and announce this word there.
2 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.
3 This is what the Lord says: Administer justice and righteousness.[a] Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor.[b] Don't exploit or brutalize the alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don't shed innocent blood in this place.
4 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.
5 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."[c]
6 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.
7 I will appoint destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down the choicest of your cedars and throw them into the fire.

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