1 Assim diz o Senhor: Desce à casa do rei de Judá, e anuncia ali esta palavra, 2 e dize: Ouve a palavra do Senhor, ó rei de Judá, que te assentas no trono de Davi, tu, os teus servos e o teu povo, que entrais por estas portas. 3 Assim diz o Senhor: Executai o direito e a justiça e livrai o oprimido das mãos do opressor; não oprimais ao estrangeiro, nem ao órfão, nem à viúva; não façais violência, nem derrameis sangue inocente neste lugar. 4 Porque, se, deveras, cumprirdes esta palavra, entrarão pelas portas desta casa os reis que se assentarão no trono de Davi, em carros e montados em cavalos, eles, os seus servos e o seu povo. 5 Mas, se não derdes ouvidos a estas palavras, juro por mim mesmo, diz o Senhor, que esta casa se tornará em desolação. 6 Porque assim diz o Senhor acerca da casa do rei de Judá: Tu és para mim Gileade e a cabeça do Líbano; mas certamente farei de ti um deserto e cidades desabitadas. 7 Designarei contra ti destruidores, cada um com as suas armas; cortarão os teus cedros escolhidos e lançá-los-ão no fogo. 8 Muitas nações passarão por esta cidade, e dirá cada um ao seu companheiro: Por que procedeu o Senhor assim com esta grande cidade? 9 Então, se lhes responderá: Porque deixaram a aliança do Senhor, seu Deus, e adoraram a outros deuses, e os serviram.

10 Não choreis o morto, nem o lastimeis; chorai amargamente aquele que sai; porque nunca mais tornará, nem verá a terra onde nasceu. 11 Porque assim diz o Senhor acerca de Salum, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, que reinou em lugar de Josias, seu pai, e que saiu deste lugar: Jamais tornará para ali. 12 Mas no lugar para onde o levaram cativo morrerá e nunca mais verá esta terra.

13 Ai daquele que edifica a sua casa com injustiça e os seus aposentos, sem direito! Que se vale do serviço do seu próximo, sem paga, e não lhe dá o salário; 14 que diz: Edificarei para mim casa espaçosa e largos aposentos, e lhe abre janelas, e forra-a de cedros, e a pinta de vermelhão. 15 Reinarás tu, só porque rivalizas com outro em cedro? Acaso, teu pai não comeu, e bebeu, e não exercitou o juízo e a justiça? Por isso, tudo lhe sucedeu bem. 16 Julgou a causa do aflito e do necessitado; por isso, tudo lhe ia bem. Porventura, não é isso conhecer-me? — diz o Senhor. 17 Mas os teus olhos e o teu coração não atentam senão para a tua ganância, e para derramar o sangue inocente, e para levar a efeito a violência e a extorsão. 18 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor acerca de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá: Não o lamentarão, dizendo: Ai, meu irmão! Ou: Ai, minha irmã! Nem o lamentarão, dizendo: Ai, senhor! Ou: Ai, sua glória! 19 Como se sepulta um jumento, assim o sepultarão; arrastá-lo-ão e o lançarão para bem longe, para fora das portas de Jerusalém. 20 Sobe ao Líbano, ó Jerusalém, e clama; ergue a voz em Basã e clama desde Abarim, porque estão esmagados todos os teus amantes. 21 Falei contigo na tua prosperidade, mas tu disseste: Não ouvirei. Tem sido este o teu caminho, desde a tua mocidade, pois nunca deste ouvidos à minha voz. 22 O vento apascentará todos os teus pastores, e os teus amantes irão para o cativeiro; então, certamente ficarás envergonhada e confundida, por causa de toda a tua maldade. 23 Ó tu que habitas no Líbano e fazes o teu ninho nos cedros! Como gemerás quando te vierem as dores e as angústias como da que está de parto!

24 Tão certo como eu vivo, diz o Senhor, ainda que Jeconias, filho de Jeoaquim, rei de Judá, fosse o anel do selo da minha mão direita, eu dali o arrancaria. 25 Entregar-te-ei, ó rei, nas mãos dos que procuram tirar-te a vida e nas mãos daqueles a quem temes, a saber, nas mãos de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, e nas mãos dos caldeus. 26 Lançar-te-ei a ti e a tua mãe, que te deu à luz, para outra terra, em que não nasceste; e ali morrereis. 27 Mas à terra da qual eles têm saudades, a ela não tornarão. 28 Acaso, é este Jeconias homem vil, coisa quebrada ou objeto de que ninguém se agrada? Por que foram lançados fora, ele e os seus filhos, e arrojados para a terra que não conhecem? 29 Ó terra, terra, terra! Ouve a palavra do Senhor! 30 Assim diz o Senhor: Registrai este como se não tivera filhos; homem que não prosperará nos seus dias, e nenhum dos seus filhos prosperará, para se assentar no trono de Davi e ainda reinar em Judá.

1 Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, 2 and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates. 3 Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. 5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation. 6 For thus saith Jehovah concerning the house of the king of Judah: Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon; yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. 7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. 8 And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city? 9 Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. 11 For thus saith Jehovah touching 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 thither any more; 12 but in the place whither they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more.

13 Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire; 14 that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him. 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah. 17 But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. 18 Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed. 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. 22 The wind shall feed all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs 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 the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; 25 and I will give 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 out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. 27 But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return. 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not? 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah. 30 Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.

1 This is what the LORD says: "Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there:

2 'Hear the word of the LORD to you, king of Judah, you who sit on David's throne —you, your officials and your people who come through these gates.

3 This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

4 For if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings 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 these commands, declares the LORD, I swear 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 to me, like the summit of Lebanon, I will surely make you like a wasteland, like towns not inhabited.

7 I will send destroyers against you, each man with his weapons, and they will cut up your fine cedar beams and throw them into the fire.

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?'

9 And the answer will be: 'Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.'"

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

11 For this is what the LORD says about Shallum "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 in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again."

13 "Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their labor.

14 He says, 'I will build myself a great palace with spacious upper rooms.' So he makes large windows in it, panels it with cedar and decorates it in red.

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, so all went well with him.

16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?" declares the LORD.

17 "But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion."

18 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: "They will not mourn 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 of a donkey — dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem."

20 "Go up to Lebanon and cry out, let your voice be heard in Bashan, cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed.

21 I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, 'I will not listen!' This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed me.

22 The wind will drive all your shepherds away, and your allies will go into exile. Then you will be ashamed and disgraced because of all your wickedness.

23 You who live in 'Lebanon, "' who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!

24 "As surely as I live," declares the LORD, "even if you, Jehoiachin "son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off.

25 I will deliver you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear —Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians. [^4]

26 I will hurl you and the mother 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 to."

28 Is this man Jehoiachin a despised, broken pot, an object no one wants? Why will he and his children be hurled out, cast into a land they do not know?

29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

30 This is what the LORD says: "Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah."