Jeremiah 22 - New International Version (NIV)

Judgment Against Wicked Kings

22 This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the palace of the king(A) of Judah and proclaim this message there: 2 ‘Hear(B) the word of the Lord to you, king of Judah, you who sit on David’s throne(C)—you, your officials and your people who come through these gates.(D) 3 This is what the Lord says: Do what is just(E) and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor(F) the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow,(G) and do not shed innocent blood(H) in this place. 4 For if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings(I) who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and their people. 5 But if you do not obey(J) these commands, declares the Lord, I swear(K) by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’”

6 For this is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah:

“Though you are like Gilead(L) to me,
like the summit of Lebanon,(M)
I will surely make you like a wasteland,(N)
like towns not inhabited.
7 I will send destroyers(O) against you,
each man with his weapons,
and they will cut(P) up your fine cedar beams
and throw them into the fire.(Q)

8 “People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?’(R) 9 And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and have worshiped and served other gods.(S)’”

10 Do not weep for the dead(T) king or mourn(U) his loss;
rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return(V)
nor see his native land again.

11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum[a](W) son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return. 12 He will die(X) in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”

13 “Woe(Y) to him who builds(Z) his palace by unrighteousness,
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
not paying(AA) them for their labor.
14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace(AB)
with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
panels it with cedar(AC)
and decorates it in red.(AD)

15 “Does it make you a king
to have more and more cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
He did what was right and just,(AE)
so all went well(AF) with him.
16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy,(AG)
and so all went well.
Is that not what it means to know(AH) me?”
declares the Lord.
17 “But your eyes and your heart
are set only on dishonest gain,(AI)
on shedding innocent blood(AJ)
and on oppression and extortion.”(AK)

18 Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

“They will not mourn(AL) for him:
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
19 He will have the burial(AM) of a donkey—
dragged away and thrown(AN)
outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

20 “Go up to Lebanon and cry out,(AO)
let your voice be heard in Bashan,(AP)
cry out from Abarim,(AQ)
for all your allies(AR) are crushed.
21 I warned you when you felt secure,(AS)
but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;(AT)
you have not obeyed(AU) me.
22 The wind(AV) will drive all your shepherds(AW) away,
and your allies(AX) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced(AY)
because of all your wickedness.
23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[b](AZ)’
who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
pain(BA) like that of a woman in labor!

24 “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin[c](BB) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring(BC) on my right hand, I would still pull you off. 25 I will deliver(BD) you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.[d] 26 I will hurl(BE) you and the mother(BF) who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. 27 You will never come back to the land you long to return(BG) to.”

28 Is this man Jehoiachin(BH) a despised, broken pot,(BI)
an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled(BJ) out,
cast into a land(BK) they do not know?
29 O land,(BL) land, land,
hear the word of the Lord!
30 This is what the Lord says:
“Record this man as if childless,(BM)
a man who will not prosper(BN) in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring(BO) will prosper,
none will sit on the throne(BP) of David
or rule anymore in Judah.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:11 Also called Jehoahaz
  2. Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)
  3. Jeremiah 22:24 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28
  4. Jeremiah 22:25 Or Chaldeans

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 22:1 : S Jer 13:18; 34:2
  2. Jeremiah 22:2 : Am 7:16
  3. Jeremiah 22:2 : S Jer 17:25; Lk 1:32
  4. Jeremiah 22:2 : Jer 17:20
  5. Jeremiah 22:3 : S Lev 25:17; Isa 56:1; Jer 5:1; Eze 33:14; 45:9; Hos 12:6; Am 5:24; Mic 6:8; Zec 7:9
  6. Jeremiah 22:3 : Ps 72:4; Jer 21:12
  7. Jeremiah 22:3 : S Ex 22:22; S Isa 1:17; Jer 5:28
  8. Jeremiah 22:3 : S Jer 7:6
  9. Jeremiah 22:4 : S Jer 17:25
  10. Jeremiah 22:5 : S Jer 17:27
  11. Jeremiah 22:5 : S Ge 22:16; Heb 6:13
  12. Jeremiah 22:6 : S Ge 31:21; S SS 4:1
  13. Jeremiah 22:6 : S 1Ki 7:2; S Isa 33:9
  14. Jeremiah 22:6 : Mic 3:12
  15. Jeremiah 22:7 : S Jer 4:7; S 6:4
  16. Jeremiah 22:7 : Ps 74:5; Isa 10:34
  17. Jeremiah 22:7 : S 2Ch 36:19; Zec 11:1
  18. Jeremiah 22:8 : Dt 29:25-26; 1Ki 9:8-9; Jer 16:10-11
  19. Jeremiah 22:9 : S 1Ki 9:9; Jer 16:11; Eze 39:23
  20. Jeremiah 22:10 : S Ecc 4:2
  21. Jeremiah 22:10 : ver 18; Eze 24:16
  22. Jeremiah 22:10 : ver 27; Jer 24:9; 29:18; 42:18
  23. Jeremiah 22:11 : S 2Ki 23:31
  24. Jeremiah 22:12 : 2Ki 23:34
  25. Jeremiah 22:13 : S Isa 5:8
  26. Jeremiah 22:13 : Mic 3:10; Hab 2:9
  27. Jeremiah 22:13 : S Lev 19:13; Jas 5:4
  28. Jeremiah 22:14 : Isa 5:8-9
  29. Jeremiah 22:14 : S 2Sa 7:2
  30. Jeremiah 22:14 : Eze 23:14
  31. Jeremiah 22:15 : 2Ki 23:25
  32. Jeremiah 22:15 : Ps 128:2; S Isa 3:10
  33. Jeremiah 22:16 : Ps 72:1-4, 12-13; S 82:3; S Pr 24:23
  34. Jeremiah 22:16 : S Ps 36:10
  35. Jeremiah 22:17 : S Isa 56:11
  36. Jeremiah 22:17 : S 2Ki 24:4
  37. Jeremiah 22:17 : S Dt 28:33; Eze 18:12; Mic 2:2
  38. Jeremiah 22:18 : S 2Sa 1:26
  39. Jeremiah 22:19 : 2Ki 24:6
  40. Jeremiah 22:19 : Jer 8:2; 36:30
  41. Jeremiah 22:20 : S Isa 57:13
  42. Jeremiah 22:20 : S Ps 68:15
  43. Jeremiah 22:20 : S Nu 27:12
  44. Jeremiah 22:20 : ver 22; Jer 30:14; La 1:19; Eze 16:33-34; Hos 8:9
  45. Jeremiah 22:21 : Zec 7:7
  46. Jeremiah 22:21 : Dt 9:7; Ps 25:7; Isa 54:4; Jer 3:25; 31:19; 32:30
  47. Jeremiah 22:21 : S Jer 3:13; 7:23-28; Zep 3:2
  48. Jeremiah 22:22 : S Dt 28:64; S Job 27:21
  49. Jeremiah 22:22 : S Jer 10:21
  50. Jeremiah 22:22 : S ver 20
  51. Jeremiah 22:22 : S Jer 7:19
  52. Jeremiah 22:23 : S 1Ki 7:2; Eze 17:3
  53. Jeremiah 22:23 : S Jer 4:31
  54. Jeremiah 22:24 : S 2Ki 24:6, 8
  55. Jeremiah 22:24 : S Ge 38:18
  56. Jeremiah 22:25 : S 2Ki 24:16; S 2Ch 36:10
  57. Jeremiah 22:26 : S 1Sa 25:29; S 2Ki 24:8; 2Ch 36:10; S Isa 22:17; Eze 19:9-14
  58. Jeremiah 22:26 : S 1Ki 2:19
  59. Jeremiah 22:27 : S ver 10
  60. Jeremiah 22:28 : S 2Ki 24:6
  61. Jeremiah 22:28 : Ps 31:12; S Jer 19:10; 25:34; 48:38
  62. Jeremiah 22:28 : Jer 15:1
  63. Jeremiah 22:28 : S Jer 17:4
  64. Jeremiah 22:29 : S Jer 6:19
  65. Jeremiah 22:30 : 1Ch 3:18; Jer 38:23; 52:10; Mt 1:12
  66. Jeremiah 22:30 : Jer 10:21
  67. Jeremiah 22:30 : S Job 18:19
  68. Jeremiah 22:30 : S Ps 94:20

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