Jeremiah 22
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Thus says the LORD: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word,
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"and say, a 'Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates!
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'Thus says the LORD: b "Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the c fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
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"For if you indeed do this thing, d then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David.
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"But if you will not hear these words, e I swear by Myself," says the LORD, "that this house shall become a desolation." ' "
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For thus says the LORD to the house of the king of Judah:
"You are f Gilead to Me,
The head of Lebanon;
Yet I surely will make you a wilderness,
Cities which are not inhabited.
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I will prepare destroyers against you,
Everyone with his weapons;
They shall cut down g your choice cedars
h And cast them into the fire.
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"And many nations will pass by this city; and everyone will say to his neighbor, i 'Why has the LORD done so to this great city?'
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"Then they will answer, j 'Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods and served them.' "
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Weep not for k the dead, nor bemoan him;
Weep bitterly for him l who goes away,
For he shall return no more,
Nor see his native country.
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For thus says the LORD concerning m Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, n who went from this place: "He shall not return here anymore,
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"but he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
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"Woe o to him who builds his house by unrighteousness
And his chambers by injustice,
p Who uses his neighbor's service without wages
And gives him nothing for his work,
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Who says, 'I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers,
And cut out windows for it,
Paneling it with cedar
And painting it with vermilion.'
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"Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink,
And do justice and righteousness?
Then q it was well with him.
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
Then it was well.
Was not this knowing Me?" says the LORD.
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"Yet r your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence."
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Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
s "They shall not lament for him,
Saying, t 'Alas, my brother!' or 'Alas, my sister!'
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, 'Alas, master!' or 'Alas, his glory!'
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u He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey,
Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
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"Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
And lift up your voice in Bashan;
Cry from Abarim,
For all your lovers are destroyed.
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I spoke to you in your prosperity,
But you said, 'I will not hear.'
v This has been your manner from your youth,
That you did not obey My voice.
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The wind shall eat up all w your rulers,
And your lovers shall go into captivity;
Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated
For all your wickedness.
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O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like x the pain of a woman in labor?
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"As I live," says the LORD, y "though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, z were the signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off;
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a "and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you fear - the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of the Chaldeans.
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b "So I will cast you out, and your mother who bore you, into another country where you were not born; and there you shall die.
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"But to the land to which they desire to return, there they shall not return.
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"Is this man Coniah a despised, broken idol -
c A vessel in which is no pleasure?
Why are they cast out, he and his descendants,
And cast into a land which they do not know?
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d O earth, earth, earth,
Hear the word of the LORD!
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Thus says the LORD:
'Write this man down as e childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For f none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.' "
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Cross References
Jeremiah 17:20
And say to them, 'Hear the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who enter by these gates.
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Cross References
Isaiah 58:6
Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loo...
Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "Execute ...
Micah 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what...
Zechariah 7:9
Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Execute true just...
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you shall do: Speak each m...
Matthew 23:23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ...
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Cross References
Jeremiah 7:6
If you do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or walk after other gods to your hurt.
Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart Against his brother.
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Jeremiah 17:25
Then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.
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Matthew 23:38
See! Your house is left to you desolate.
Hebrews 6:13
For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself.
Hebrews 6:17
Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath.
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Genesis 37:25
And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.
Numbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock.
Song of Solomon 4:1
Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove's eyes behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats, Going down from Mount Gilead.
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Cross References
Isaiah 37:24
By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, 'By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height, To its fruitful forest.
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Jeremiah 21:14
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says the LORD; "I will kindle a fire in its forest, And it shall devour all things around it." '
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Deuteronomy 29:24 - 26
"All nations would say, 'Why has the LORD done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?'
1 Kings 9:8
"And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?'
1 Kings 9:9
"Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore the LORD has brought all this calamity on them.'"
2 Chronicles 7:20 - 22
Then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house which I have sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Jeremiah 16:10
"And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'
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2 Kings 22:17
'because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this place and shall not be quenched.' "'
2 Chronicles 34:25
'because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place, and not be quenched.' "'
Jeremiah 11:3
And say to them, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant
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2 Kings 22:20
Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place." ' " So they brought back word to the king.
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Jeremiah 14:17
Therefore you shall say this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
Jeremiah 22:11
For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went from this place: "He shall not return here anymore.
Lamentations 3:48
My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 3:15
The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
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2 Kings 23:34
Then Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz and went to Egypt, and he died there.
2 Chronicles 36:4
Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.
Ezekiel 19:4
The nations also heard of him; He was trapped in their pit, And they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.
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2 Kings 23:35
So Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money according to the command of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho.
Jeremiah 17:11
" As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right; It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool."
Ezekiel 22:13
Behold, therefore, I beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
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Leviticus 19:13
You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him....
Deuteronomy 24:14
You shall not oppress a hired servant who is po...
Deuteronomy 24:15
Each day you shall give him his wages, and not ...
Micah 3:10
Who build up Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem ...
Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house, ...
James 5:4
Indeed the wages of the laborers who mowed your...
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2 Kings 23:25
Now before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him.
Psalms 128:2
When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Isaiah 3:10
Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Jeremiah 7:23
"But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.'
Jeremiah 42:6
"Whether it is pleasing or displeasing, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we send you, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God."
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Jeremiah 6:13
Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore I will give their wives to others, And their fields to those who will inherit them; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is given to covetousness; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.
Ezekiel 19:6
He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men.
Luke 12:15 - 20
And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.
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Jeremiah 16:4
"They shall die gruesome deaths; they shall not be lamented nor shall they be buried, but they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their corpses shall be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth."
Jeremiah 16:6
Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried; neither shall men lament for them, cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
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1 Kings 13:30
Then he laid the corpse in his own tomb; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!
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1 Kings 21:23
"And concerning Jezebel the LORD also spoke, saying, 'The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.'
1 Kings 21:24
"The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Ahab and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the field."
2 Chronicles 36:6
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
Jeremiah 36:30
Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: "He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.
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Jeremiah 3:24
For shame has devoured The labor of our fathers from our youth - Their flocks and their herds, Their sons and their daughters.
Jeremiah 3:25
We lie down in our shame, And our reproach covers us. For we have sinned against the LORD our God, We and our fathers, From our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
Jeremiah 32:30
Because the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only evil before Me from their youth. For the children of Israel have provoked Me only to anger with the work of their hands,' says the LORD.
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Jeremiah 23:1
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" says the LORD.
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Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the report of it; Our hands grow feeble. Anguish has taken hold of us, Pain as of a woman in labor.
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2 Kings 24:6
So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
2 Kings 24:8
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 3:16
The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
Jeremiah 37:1
Now King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
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Cross References
Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon your heart, As a seal upon your arm; For love is as strong as death, Jealousy as cruel as the grave; Its flames are flames of fire, A most vehement flame.
Isaiah 49:16
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.
Haggai 2:23
'In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel My servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says the LORD, 'and will make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you,' says the LORD of hosts."
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2 Kings 24:15
And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 Kings 24:16
All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Jeremiah 34:20
I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. Their dead bodies shall be for meat for the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the earth.
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2 Kings 24:15
And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Jeremiah 10:18
For thus says the LORD: "Behold, I will throw out at this time The inhabitants of the land, And will distress them, That they may find it so.
Jeremiah 16:13
'Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.'
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Psalms 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.
Jeremiah 48:38
A general lamentation On all the housetops of Moab, And in its streets; For I have broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure," says the LORD.
Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.
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Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: "I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against Me.
Isaiah 34:1
Come near, you nations, to hear; And heed, you people! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, The world and all things that come forth from it.
Micah 1:2
Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all that is in it! Let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple.
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1 Chronicles 3:16
The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
1 Chronicles 3:17
And the sons of Jeconiah were Assir, Shealtiel his son.
Matthew 1:12
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel.
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Psalms 94:20
Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You?
Jeremiah 36:30
Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: "He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.
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