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JER EM IAH 23
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for none of his children will succeed him on
the throne of David
to rule over Judah.’
18 Therefore, this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah:
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“The people will not mourn for him, crying
to one another,
‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
His subjects will not mourn for him, crying,
‘Alas, our master is dead! Alas, his
splendor is gone!’
He will be buried like a dead donkey—
dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped
outside the gates!
Weep for your allies in Lebanon.
Shout for them in Bashan.
Search for them in the regions east of the
river.*
See, they are all destroyed.
Not one is left to help you.
I warned you when you were prosperous,
but you replied, ‘Don’t bother me.’
You have been that way since childhood—
you simply will not obey me!
And now the wind will blow away your
allies.
All your friends will be taken away as
captives.
Surely then you will see your wickedness
and be ashamed.
It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace
paneled with wood from the cedars of
Lebanon,
but soon you will groan with pangs of
anguish—
anguish like that of a woman in labor.
A Message for Jehoiachin
24 “As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “I will
abandon you, Jehoiachin* son of Jehoiakim,
king of Judah. Even if you were the signet ring on
my right hand, I would pull you off. 25 I will hand
you over to those who seek to kill you, those you
so desperately fear—to King Nebuchadnezzar*
of Babylon and the mighty Babylonian* army.
26 I will expel you and your mother from this
land, and you will die in a foreign country, not
in your native land. 27 You will never again return
to the land you yearn for.
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“Why is this man Jehoiachin like a
discarded, broken jar?
Why are he and his children to be exiled
to a foreign land?
O earth, earth, earth!
Listen to this message from the Lord!
This is what the Lord says:
‘Let the record show that this man
Jehoiachin was childless.
He is a failure,
22:20 Or in Abarim. 22:24 Hebrew Coniah, a variant spelling
of Jehoiachin; also in 22:28. 22:25a Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar,
a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar. 22:25b Or Chaldean.
23:5 Hebrew a righteous branch. 23:6 Hebrew Yahweh
Tsidqenu.
The Righteous Descendant
“What sorrow awaits the leaders of my
people—the shepherds of my sheep—
for they have destroyed and scattered the very
ones they were expected to care for,” says the
Lord.
2 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God
of Israel, says to these shepherds: “Instead of
caring for my flock and leading them to safety,
you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you
for the evil you have done to them. 3 But I will
gather together the remnant of my flock from
the countries where I have driven them. I will
bring them back to their own sheepfold, and
they will be fruitful and increase in number.
4 Then I will appoint responsible shepherds who
will care for them, and they will never be afraid
again. Not a single one will be lost or missing.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
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“For the time is coming,”
says the Lord,
“when I will raise up a righteous
descendant*
from King David’s line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
He will do what is just and right
throughout the land.
And this will be his name:
‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’*
In that day Judah will be saved,
and Israel will live in safety.
7 “In that day,” says the Lord, “when people
are taking an oath, they will no longer say,
‘As surely as the Lord lives, who rescued the
people of Israel from the land of Egypt.’ 8 Instead, they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,
who brought the people of Israel back to their
own land from the land of the north and from
all the countries to which he had exiled them.’
Then they will live in their own land.”
Judgment on False Prophets
9 My heart is broken because of the false
prophets,
and my bones tremble.
I stagger like a drunkard,
like someone overcome by wine,
because of the holy words
the Lord has spoken against them.
10 For the land is full of adultery,
and it lies under a curse.
The land itself is in mourning—
its wilderness pastures are dried up.
For they all do evil
and abuse what power they have.