Concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah her glory! 19 With the burial of an ass shall he be buried, dragged along, 20 And cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. And upon Bashan lift up thy voice, And cry from the borders; Surely all that favour thee are broken. 21 I spake unto thee in the times of thy tranquillity, 1 Thou saidst, I will not hearken; Such hath been thy manner from thy youth. 22 A blast shall carry off all thy pastors, Surely then shalt thou be ashamed, And shalt be confounded because of all thy wickedness. 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, That makest thy nest in cedars, How gracious wilt thou be made, when sorrows come upon thee, The pain as of a woman in travail ! 24 As I live, saith JEHOVAH, Though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were A signet upon my right hand, Yet from thence would I pluck thee; 25 And I will deliver thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, And into the hand of them of whom thou art afraid, Even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 And I will cast thee forth, And thy mother that bare thee, Into a foreign land, Where ye were not born; And there ye shall die. 27 But unto the land whither they set their mind on returning, Thither shall they not return. 28 A contemptible broken idol Is this man Coniah? Or a vessel in which none delighteth? Wherefore are they cast forth, he and his seed, And are thrown upon a land which they knew not? 29 O Earth! earth! earth! Hear the word of JEHOVAн. 30 Thus saith JEHOVAH, Write ye this man childless, A man that shall not prosper in his days, CHAP. XXIII. 1 Ho to the shepherds that destroy And scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith JE HOVAH. 2 Therefore thus saith JEHOVAH, the God of Israel; With regard to the shepherds that feed my people, Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, 3 And have not taken care of them; Behold I am about to visit upon you But I will gather the remnant of my flock And they shall be fruitful and shall multiply. 4 And I will raise up shepherds over them, who shall feed them, So that they shall not fear any more, nor be dismayed, Nor shall they be visited, saith JEHOVAH. Behold the days are coming, saith JEHOVAH, And shall execute judgment and justice in the 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, And Israel shall dwell in security; And this is the name by which JEHOVAH shall call him, OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7 After this, behold, the days shall come, saith JEHOVAH, When they shall no more say, As JEHOVAH liveth, Who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt: 8 But, As JEHOVAH liveth, who brought up, And who conducted the seed of the house of And from all countries whither I had driven That they might dwell in their own soil. 9 CONCERNING THE PROPHETS. My heart is broken within me, I am become like a drunken man, And as a man whom wine hath overcome, And because of his sacred words. 10 Surely the land is filled with adulterers; 11 Yea both the prophet and the priest have acted perversely, Even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith JEHOVAH. 12 Therefore shall their way become as slippery plaees, Into darkness shall they be thrust, and shall fall therein: Surely I will bring upon them evil, The year of their visitation, saith JEHOVAH. 13 As in the prophets of Samaria I beheld that which was disgusting; They prophesied in the name of Baal, and caused my people Israel to err: 14 So in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing; Committing adultery and walking in falsehood; So that none will turn from his wickedness; N And her inhabitants as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus saith JEHOVAH of hosts concerning the prophets; 16 Behold I will feed them with wormwood, And I will give them water of hemlock to drink: Perverseness is gone forth into the whole land. Hearken not unto the words of the prophets, Utter a vision of their own heart, Not speaking after the mouth of JEHOVAH; 17 Saying unto those that make light of the word of JEHOVAH, Peace shall be unto you; And whilst every one goeth after the lusts of his own heart, they have said, Evil shall not come upon you. 18 For who hath stood in the privy council of JE HOVAH, And hath seen and heard the matter? Or who hath listened to and heard his words? 19 Behold the whirlwind of JEHOVAI, it goeth forth hot, Even a settling whirlwind, upon the head of the wicked it shall settle. 20 The anger of JEHOVAH shall not turn back, Until he hath wrought, and until he hath completed the purpose of his heart: In the latter days ye shall understand it clearly. 21 I sent not these prophets, but they ran of themselves; I spake not to them, but of themselves they prophesied. |