Jeremiah 22:1-9 — Legacy Standard Bible

O Land, Hear Yahweh

22Thus says Yahweh, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there you shall speak this word ²and say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah, who ^asits on David’s throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates. ³‘Thus says Yahweh, “^aDo justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his ^boppressor. Also ^cdo not mistreat or do violence to the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow; and do not ^dshed innocent blood in this place. ⁴“For if you men will indeed do this thing, then ^akings will enter the gates of this house, sitting for David on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people. ⁵“^aBut if you will not obey these words, I ^bswear by Myself,” declares Yahweh, “that this house will become a waste place.”’” ⁶For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like ^aGilead to Me,Like the summit of Lebanon;Yet most assuredly I will make you like a ^bwilderness,Like cities which are not inhabited.

⁷“For I will set apart ^adestroyers against you,Each with his weapons;And they will ^bcut down your choicest cedarsAnd ^cthrow them on the fire.

⁸“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will ^asay to one another, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?’ ⁹“Then they will say, ‘Because they ^aforsook the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped other gods and served them.’”