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For the LORD is about to hurl you away, mighty man. He is going to grab you,
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crumple you into a ball, and toss you away into a distant, barren land. There you will die, and your glorious chariots will be broken and useless. You are a disgrace to your master!
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“Yes, I will drive you out of office,” says the LORD . “I will pull you down from your high position.
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And then I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah to replace you.
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I will dress him in your royal robes and will give him your title and your authority. And he will be a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah.
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I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them.
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He will bring honor to his family name, for I will drive him firmly in place like a nail in the wall.
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They will give him great responsibility, and he will bring honor to even the lowliest members of his family. ”
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But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies also says: “The time will come when I will pull out the nail that seemed so firm. It will come out and fall to the ground. Everything it supports will fall with it. I, the LORD, have spoken!”
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Hebrew They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: its offspring and offshoots, all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.