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And afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his slaves, and the people, and those who are left in this city, from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

He that abides in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.

For if you do this thing indeed, then there shall enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his slaves, and his people.

And I will prepare destroyers against you, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?

Don't weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep intensely for him that goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

For thus says Yahweh concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, [and] who went forth out of this place: He shall not return there anymore.

Woe to him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that uses his neighbor's service without wages, and does not give him his wages;

Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, [saying] Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delights? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they don't know?

Thus says Yahweh, Write this man childless, a [prominent] man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.

In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.

Concerning the prophets. My heart inside me is broken, all my bones shake; I am like a drunk man, and like an [able-bodied] man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.

In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none returns from his wickedness: they are all of them to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

They say continually to those that despise me, Yahweh has said, You shall have peace; and to every one that walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come on you.

For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? who has marked my word, and heard it?

Look, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, has gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.

The anger of Yahweh shall not return, until he has executed, and until he has performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand it perfectly.

that think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.

Therefore, look, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.