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And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
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Thus saith 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, neither shedinnocentblood in this place.
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For if ye do this thingindeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this housekingssitting upon the throne of David,riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
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For thus saith the LORD unto the king'shouse of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
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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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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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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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Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiahking of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ahsister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ahlord! or, Ah his glory!
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The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
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O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangscome upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
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And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzarking of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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Is this manConiah a despisedbrokenidol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
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Thus saith the LORD,Write ye this manchildless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.