Message to the Sons of Josiah
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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
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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Cross References
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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Cross References
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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Cross References
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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Cross References
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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Cross References
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.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.