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Jeremiah 22 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:1 - Thus saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Go down H3381 to the house H1004 of the king H4428 of Judah, H3063 and speak H1696 there this word, H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:2 - And say, H559 Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 O king H4428 of Judah, H3063 that sittest H3427 upon the throne H3678 of David, H1732 thou, and thy servants, H5650 and thy people H5971 that enter H935 in by these gates: H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Execute H6213 ye judgment H4941 and righteousness, H6666 and deliver H5337 the spoiled H1497 out of the hand H3027 of the oppressor: H6216 and do no wrong, H3238 do no violence H2554 to the stranger, H1616 the fatherless, H3490 nor the widow, H490 neither shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 in this place. H4725
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4 - For if ye do H6213 this thing H1697 indeed, H6213 then shall there enter in H935 by the gates H8179 of this house H1004 kings H4428 sitting H3427 upon the throne H3678 of David, H1732 riding H7392 in chariots H7393 and on horses, H5483 he, and his servants, H5650 and his people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:5 - But if ye will not hear H8085 these words, H1697 I swear H7650 by myself, saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 that this house H1004 shall become a desolation. H2723
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:6 - For thus saith H559 the LORD H3068 unto the king's H4428 house H1004 of Judah; H3063 Thou art Gilead H1568 unto me, and the head H7218 of Lebanon: H3844 yet surely I will make H7896 thee a wilderness, H4057 and cities H5892 which are not inhabited. H3427 H3427
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:7 - And I will prepare H6942 destroyers H7843 against thee, every one H376 with his weapons: H3627 and they shall cut down H3772 thy choice H4005 cedars, H730 and cast H5307 them into the fire. H784
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:8 - And many H7227 nations H1471 shall pass H5674 by this city, H5892 and they shall say H559 every man H376 to his neighbour, H7453 Wherefore hath the LORD H3068 done H6213 thus unto this great H1419 city? H5892
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:9 - Then they shall answer, H559 Because they have forsaken H5800 the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 their God, H430 and worshipped H7812 other H312 gods, H430 and served H5647 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:10 - Weep H1058 ye not for the dead, H4191 neither bemoan H5110 him: but weep H1058 sore H1058 for him that goeth away: H1980 for he shall return H7725 no more, nor see H7200 his native H4138 country. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 - For thus saith H559 the LORD H3068 touching H413 Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 which reigned H4427 instead of Josiah H2977 his father, H1 which went forth H3318 out of this place; H4725 He shall not return H7725 thither any more:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:12 - But he shall die H4191 in the place H4725 whither they have led him captive, H1540 and shall see H7200 this land H776 no more.

Messages about the Kings

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - Woe H1945 unto him that buildeth H1129 his house H1004 by H3808 unrighteousness, H6664 and his chambers H5944 by wrong; H4941 that useth his neighbour's H7453 service H5647 without wages, H2600 and giveth H5414 him not for his work; H6467
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:14 - That saith, H559 I will build H1129 me a wide H4060 house H1004 and large H7304 chambers, H5944 and cutteth him out H7167 windows; H2474 and it is cieled H5603 with cedar, H730 and painted H4886 with vermilion. H8350
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - Shalt thou reign, H4427 because thou closest H8474 thyself in cedar? H730 did not thy father H1 eat H398 and drink, H8354 and do H6213 judgment H4941 and justice, H6666 and then it was well H2896 with him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:16 - He judged H1777 the cause H1779 of the poor H6041 and needy; H34 then it was well H2896 with him: was not this to know H1847 me? saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:17 - But thine eyes H5869 and thine heart H3820 are not but for thy covetousness, H1215 and for to shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood, H1818 and for oppression, H6233 and for violence, H4835 to do H6213 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore thus saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah; H3063 They shall not lament H5594 for him, saying, Ah H1945 my brother! H251 or, Ah H1945 sister! H269 they shall not lament H5594 for him, saying, Ah H1945 lord! H113 or, Ah H1945 his glory! H1935
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:19 - He shall be buried H6912 with the burial H6900 of an ass, H2543 drawn H5498 and cast forth H7993 beyond H1973 the gates H8179 of Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:20 - Go up H5927 to Lebanon, H3844 and cry; H6817 and lift up H5414 thy voice H6963 in Bashan, H1316 and cry H6817 from the passages: H5676 for all thy lovers H157 are destroyed. H7665
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:21 - I spake H1696 unto thee in thy prosperity; H7962 but thou saidst, H559 I will not hear. H8085 This hath been thy manner H1870 from thy youth, H5271 that thou obeyedst H8085 not my voice. H6963
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:22 - The wind H7307 shall eat up H7462 all thy pastors, H7462 and thy lovers H157 shall go H3212 into captivity: H7628 surely then shalt thou be ashamed H954 and confounded H3637 for all thy wickedness. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:23 - O inhabitant H3427 of Lebanon, H3844 that makest thy nest H7077 in the cedars, H730 how gracious H2603 shalt thou be when pangs H2256 come H935 upon thee, the pain H2427 as of a woman in travail! H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:24 - As I live, H2416 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 though Coniah H3659 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 were the signet H2368 upon my right H3225 hand, H3027 yet would I pluck H5423 thee thence;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:25 - And I will give H5414 thee into the hand H3027 of them that seek H1245 thy life, H5315 and into the hand H3027 of them whose face H6440 thou fearest, H3016 even into the hand H3027 of Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon, H894 and into the hand H3027 of the Chaldeans. H3778
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:26 - And I will cast thee out, H2904 and thy mother H517 that bare H3205 thee, into another H312 country, H776 where ye were not born; H3205 and there shall ye die. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:27 - But to the land H776 whereunto they desire H5375 H5315 to return, H7725 thither shall they not return. H7725
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - Is this man H376 Coniah H3659 a despised H959 broken H5310 idol? H6089 is he a vessel H3627 wherein is no pleasure? H2656 wherefore are they cast out, H7993 he and his seed, H2233 and are cast H2904 into a land H776 which they know H3045 not?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:29 - O earth, H776 earth, H776 earth, H776 hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:30 - Thus saith H559 the LORD, H3068 Write H3789 ye this man H376 childless, H6185 a man H1397 that shall not prosper H6743 in his days: H3117 for no man H376 of his seed H2233 shall prosper, H6743 sitting H3427 upon the throne H3678 of David, H1732 and ruling H4910 any more in Judah. H3063
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