H3068G–יְהֹוָה–ye.ho.vah

For I have set My face against this city for evil, And not for good -- an affirmation of Jehovah. Into the hand of the king of Babylon it is given, And he hath burned it with fire.

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear ye a word of Jehovah;

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

O house of David, thus said Jehovah: Decide ye judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And hath burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Lo, I `am' against thee -- an affirmation of Jehovah, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who cometh down against us? And who cometh into our habitations?

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it hath consumed -- all its suburbs!

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Thus said Jehovah, `Go down `to' the house of the king of Judah, and thou hast spoken there this word, and hast said,

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Hear a word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, who art sitting on the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people, who are coming in at these gates,

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And if ye do not hear these words, By myself I have sworn -- an affirmation of Jehovah, That this house is for a desolation.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

For thus said Jehovah, Concerning the house of the king of Judah: Gilead `art' thou to Me -- head of Lebanon, If not -- I make thee a wilderness, Cities not inhabited.

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?

יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And they have said, `Because that they have forsaken The covenant of Jehovah their God, And bow themselves to other gods, and serve them.'

יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

For thus said Jehovah concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who is reigning instead of Josiah his father, who hath gone forth from this place: He doth not turn back hither again;

יְ֠הוָה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: They do not lament for him, Ah, my brother, and Ah, sister, They do not lament for him, Ah, lord, and Ah, his honour.

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

I live -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away,

יְהוָה֒ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Earth, earth, earth, hear a word of Jehovah,

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Thus said Jehovah: Write ye this man childless, A man -- he doth not prosper in his days, For none of his seed doth prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling again in Judah!

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Wo to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Against the shepherds who feed My people, Ye have scattered My flock, and drive them away, And have not inspected them, Lo, I am charging on you the evil of your doings, An affirmation of Jehovah.

יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

And I have raised for them shepherds, And they have fed them, And they fear no more, nor are affrighted, Nor are they lacking -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

יְהוָֽה׃ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Lo, days are coming -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have raised to David a righteous shoot, And a king hath reigned and acted wisely, And done judgment and righteousness in the earth.

יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

In his days is Judah saved, and Israel dwelleth confidently, And this his name that Jehovah proclaimeth him, `Our Righteousness.'

יְהוָ֥ה׀ Yah.weh “Yahweh”

Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they do not say any more, Jehovah liveth who brought up The sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”

But -- Jehovah liveth, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands whither I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!

יְהוָ֗ה Yah.weh “Yahweh”