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the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned Dragged and cast out beyond the gates
instead of Josiah his father, who went from this of Jerusalem.
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place: “He shall not return here anymore, but 20 “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
he shall die in the place where they have led And lift up your voice in Bashan;
him captive, and shall see this land no more.
Cry from Abarim,
13 “Woe to him who builds his house by For all your lovers are destroyed.
unrighteousness 21 I spoke to you in your prosperity,
And his chambers by injustice, But you said, ‘I will not hear.’
Who uses his neighbor’s service This has been your manner from your
without wages youth,
And gives him nothing for That you did not obey My voice.
his work, 22 The wind shall eat up all your rulers,
14 Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide And your lovers shall go into captivity;
house with spacious chambers, Surely then you will be ashamed and
And cut out windows for it, humiliated
Paneling it with cedar For all your wickedness.
And painting it with vermilion.’ 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
15 “Shall you reign because you enclose
yourself in cedar? How gracious will you be when pangs
Did not your father eat and drink, come upon you,
And do justice and righteousness? Like the pain of a woman in labor?
Then it was well with him. 24 “As I live,” says the LORD, “though Coniah
16 He judged the cause of the poor and the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the
needy; signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you
Then it was well. off; and I will give you into the hand of those
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Was not this knowing Me?” says the who seek your life, and into the hand of those
LORD. whose face you fear—the hand of Nebuchadnez-
17 “Yet your eyes and your heart are for zar king of Babylon and the hand of the
nothing but your covetousness, Chaldeans. So I will cast you out, and your
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For shedding innocent blood, mother who bore you, into another country
And practicing oppression and where you were not born; and there you shall
violence.” die. But to the land to which they desire to
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18 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning return, there they shall not return.
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 28 “Is this man Coniah a despised, broken
“They shall not lament for him, idol—
Saying, ‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my A vessel in which is no pleasure?
sister!’ Why are they cast out, he and his
They shall not lament for him, descendants,
Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his And cast into a land which they do not
glory!’ know?
19 He shall be buried with the burial of a 29 O earth, earth, earth,
donkey, Hear the word of the LORD!
30 Thus says the LORD:
‘Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his
days;
For none of his descendants shall
22:18,19 Jehoiakim. Ruling from 609 to 598 prosper,
B.C., he was also wicked in taxing the people
(2 Kin.23:35) and making them build his splen- Sitting on the throne of David,
did palace without pay, violating God’s law in And ruling anymore in Judah.’ ”
Leviticus 19:13 and Deuteronomy 24:14,15. He Psalm 119:9–16
was slain in Babylon’s second siege and his
corpse dishonored, being left like a dead don- B BETH
key on the ground for scavengers to feed on. 9 How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your
word.

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