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22:1  This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the ·palace [L house] of the king of Judah and ·prophesy this message [L say this word] there:
22:2  ‘Hear the word of the Lord, king of Judah, who ·rules from [L sits on] David’s throne. You and your officers, and your people who come through these gates, listen!
22:3  This is what the Lord says: Do ·what is fair and right [L justice and righteousness]. ·Save [Protect; Rescue] the one who has been robbed from the ·power [L hand] of his ·attacker [L oppressor]. Don’t mistreat or ·hurt [do violence to] the ·foreigners [resident aliens; Ex. 23:21; Lev. 19:33], orphans, or widows [Ex. 22:22; Deut. 10:18; 27:19]. Don’t ·kill innocent people [L spill innocent blood; Deut. 19:10; 27:25] here.
22:4  If you carefully ·obey these commands [perform this word], kings who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this ·palace [L house] with their officers and people, riding in chariots and on horses.
22:5  But if you don’t ·obey these commands [L listen to these words], says the Lord, I swear by my ·own name [L myself] that this ·king’s palace [L house] will become a ruin.’”
22:6  This is what the Lord says about the ·palace where the king of Judah lives [L house of the king of Judah]: “You are like Gilead to me, like the ·mountaintops [summit] of ·Lebanon [C lush; the palace was built with the cedars of Lebanon; 1 Kin. 7:2]. But I will truly make you into a ·desert [wilderness], into towns where no one lives.
22:7  I will ·send [L consecrate; set apart] ·men to destroy the palace [destroyers], each with his weapons. They will cut up your ·strong, beautiful cedar beams [L choice cedars] and throw them into the fire.
22:8  “People from many nations will pass by this city and ask each other, ‘Why has the Lord done such a terrible thing to Jerusalem, this great city?’
22:9  And the answer will be: ‘Because they [C the people of Judah] ·quit following [abandoned; forsook] the ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with the Lord their God. They ·worshiped [bowed down to] and served other gods.’”
22:10  Don’t cry for the dead one [C the king] or ·be sad about [bemoan] him. But cry ·painfully for the king who is being taken [L for the one who goes] away [C into exile], because he will never return or see ·his homeland [L the land of his birth] again.
22:11  This is what the Lord says about Jehoahaz [L Shallum; C ruled 597 bc; 2 Kin. 23:31–33] son of Josiah who became king of Judah after his father left this place [C died]: “He will never return.
22:12  He will die where he has been taken ·captive [into exile], and he will not see this land again.”
22:13  “·How terrible it will be for one [Woe to the one; C King Jehoiakim (605–597 bc), placed on the throne by the Egyptian pharaoh to replace his brother Jehoahaz; 2 Kin. 23:34] who builds his ·palace [L house] by ·doing evil [L unrighteousness], ·who cheats people so he can build its upper rooms [his upper rooms without justice]. He makes his ·own people [L neighbors] work for nothing and does not pay them.
22:14  He says, ‘I will build a ·great palace [L spacious house] for myself with large upper rooms.’ So he ·builds it with [cuts out] large windows and uses cedar wood for the ·walls [panels], which he paints ·red [vermilion].
22:15  “Does having a lot of cedar [C in your house] make you a great king? ·Your father was satisfied to [L Did not your father…?; C Josiah, a godly king] have food and drink. He did what was right and fair, so everything went well for him.
22:16  He ·helped [L judged the cause of] those who were poor and needy, so everything went well for him. ·That is what it [L Is this not what it…?] means to know ·God [L me],” says the Lord.
22:17  “But ·you only look for and think about [L your eyes and your heart are on] what you can get dishonestly. You are even willing to ·kill innocent people [L pour out innocent blood] to get it. You feel free to ·hurt [oppress] people and to steal from them.”
22:18  So this is what the Lord says to Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They [C the people of Judah] will not cry [mourn] ·when Jehoiakim dies [L for him], saying: ‘·Oh [Woe], my brother,’ or ‘·Oh [Woe], my sister.’ They will not ·cry [mourn] for him, saying: ‘·Oh [Woe], master,’ or ‘·Oh [Woe], my king.’
22:19  They will bury him like a donkey, dragging and throwing his body away outside the gates of Jerusalem.
22:20  “Judah, go up to Lebanon and cry out. Let your voice be heard in Bashan. Cry out from Abarim, because all your friends are destroyed!
22:21  When you [C Judah] were ·successful [prosperous], I warned you, but you said, ‘I won’t listen.’ ·You have acted like this [L This is your way/path] since you were young; you have not ·obeyed me [L listened to my voice].
22:22  ·Like a storm, my punishment will blow all your shepherds away [L The wind will shepherd all your shepherds away] and send your ·friends [or lovers] into ·captivity [exile; 2 Kin. 23:36—24:7]. Then you will really be ashamed and ·disgraced [humiliated] because of all the ·wicked things [evil] you did.
22:23  You [C King Jehoiakim] live in Lebanon [C the palace was made of cedar from Lebanon], ·cozy [nestled] in your rooms of cedar. But when your ·punishment [L pangs] comes, how you will groan like a woman ·giving birth to a baby [in labor]!
22:24  “As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “·Jehoiachin [L Coniah; C ruled 597 bc; 2 Kin. 24:8–17; 2 Chr. 36:9–10] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, even if you were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still ·pull [tear] you off.
22:25  I will ·hand you over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the ·Babylonians [L Chaldeans]—those people you fear because they ·want to kill you [L seek your life].
22:26  I will ·throw [hurl] you and your mother who bore you into another country [C Babylon]. Neither of you was born there, but both of you will die there.
22:27  They will want to come back, but they will never be able to return.”
22:28  ·Jehoiachin is like a broken pot someone threw away [L Is this man Jehoiachin a despised broken pot…?]; ·he is like something [L a vessel…?] no one wants. Why will Jehoiachin and his children be ·thrown out [hurled away] and ·sent [thrown] into a ·foreign land [country they do not know; C exiled to Babylon]?
22:29  Land, land, land [C of Judah], hear the word of the Lord!
22:30  This is what the Lord says: “Write this down ·in the record about [L about this man; C Jehoiachin]: He is a man without children, a man who will not be successful in his ·lifetime [L days]. And none of his descendants will be successful; none will sit on the throne of David or rule in Judah.”