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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin&#8217;s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zedekiah King of Judah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2KI.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2KI.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother&#8217;s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2KI.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as Jehoiakim had done. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2KI.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">It was because of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God&#8217;s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Fall of Jerusalem</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But they mocked God&#8217;s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was aroused against his people and there was no remedy. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Zedekiah son of Josiah was made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he reigned in place of Jehoiachin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Koniah, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jehoiachin</span></span></span><span class="content"> son of Jehoiakim. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention to the words the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.37.2"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother&#8217;s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He did evil in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, just as Jehoiakim had done. </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God Rejects Zedekiah&#8217;s Request</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The word came to Jeremiah from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Inquire now of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for us because Nebuchadnezzar</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Nebuchadrezzar, </span><span class="ft">of which </span><span class="fqa">Nebuchadnezzar </span><span class="ft">is a variant; here and often in Jeremiah and Ezekiel</span></span></span><span class="content"> king of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will perform wonders for us as in times past so that he will withdraw from us.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.21.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Jeremiah answered them, &#8220;Tell Zedekiah, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">21:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 9</span></span></span><span class="content"> who are outside the wall besieging you. And I will gather them inside this city. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm in furious anger and in great wrath. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will strike down those who live in this city&#8212;both man and beast&#8212;and they will die of a terrible plague. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After that, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague, sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will put them to the sword; he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.21.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Furthermore, tell the people, &#8216;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague. But whoever goes out and surrenders to the Babylonians who are besieging you will live; they will escape with their lives. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I have determined to do this city harm and not good, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. It will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.21.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Moreover, say to the royal house of Judah, &#8216;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to you, house of David:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Administer justice every morning;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">rescue from the hand of the oppressor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">the one who has been robbed,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">or my wrath will break out and burn like fire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">because of the evil you have done&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">burn with no one to quench it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.21.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am against you, Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">you who live above this valley</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">on the rocky plateau, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">you who say, &#8220;Who can come against us?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">Who can enter our refuge?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.21.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will punish you as your deeds deserve,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.21.14"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.21.14"><span class="content">I will kindle a fire in your forests</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.21.14"><span class="content">that will consume everything around you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8220;Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8216;Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to you, king of Judah, you who sit on David&#8217;s throne&#8212;you, your officials and your people who come through these gates. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> 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. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David&#8217;s throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and their people. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if you do not obey these commands, declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I swear by myself that this palace will become a ruin.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says about the palace of the king of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.22.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Though you are like Gilead to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.22.6"><span class="content">like the summit of Lebanon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.22.6"><span class="content">I will surely make you like a wasteland,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.22.6"><span class="content">like towns not inhabited.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will send destroyers against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.22.7"><span class="content">each man with his weapons,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.22.7"><span class="content">and they will cut up your fine cedar beams</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.22.7"><span class="content">and throw them into the fire.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;People from many nations will pass by this city and will ask one another, &#8216;Why has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> done such a thing to this great city?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And the answer will be: &#8216;Because they have forsaken the covenant of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God and have worshiped and served other gods.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go up to Lebanon and cry out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.22.20"><span class="content">let your voice be heard in Bashan,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.22.20"><span class="content">cry out from Abarim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.22.20"><span class="content">for all your allies are crushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">I warned you when you felt secure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.22.21"><span class="content">but you said, &#8216;I will not listen!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.22.21"><span class="content">This has been your way from your youth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.22.21"><span class="content">you have not obeyed me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The wind will drive all your shepherds away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.22.22"><span class="content">and your allies will go into exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.22.22"><span class="content">Then you will be ashamed and disgraced</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.22.22"><span class="content">because of all your wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">You who live in &#8216;Lebanon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">22:23 </span><span class="ft">That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.22.23"><span class="content">who are nestled in cedar buildings,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.22.23"><span class="content">how you will groan when pangs come upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.22.23"><span class="content">pain like that of a woman in labor!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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