--- title: "To the Royal House of Judah" description: "Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD. O..." image: "" book: "Jeremiah" bookId: "JER" testament: "old" startChapter: 21 startVerse: 11 endChapter: 22 endVerse: 9 coversChapters: [21,22] aiTitle: "To the Royal House of Judah" aiDescription: "Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD. O..." hasAiStory: true location: "Jerusalem" persons: ["God","House of David","King of Judah","David","Shallum","Jehoiakim","Coniah"] hashtags: ["judgment","righteousness","covenant","idolatry","prophetic"] genre: "prophecy" readingTime: 2 type: "adaptive" slug: "JER/to-the-royal-house-of-judah" canonicalId: "JER.21.11-22.9" chronologicalOrder: 1041 relatedSlugs: [] prevSlug: "JER/king-zedekiah-and-jeremiah" nextSlug: "JER/to-individual-kings-of-judah" --- ### A Message to the [House of David](/persons/house%20of%20david) Moreover, tell the house of the [king of Judah](/persons/king%20of%20judah) to hear the word of the [LORD](/persons/god). O house of David, this is what the LORD says:‘Administer justice every morning,and rescue the victim of robberyfrom the hand of his oppressor,or My wrath will go forth like fireand burn with no one to extinguish itbecause of their evil deeds. Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley,atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us?Who can enter our dwellings?” I will punish you as your deeds deserve,declares the LORD.I will kindle a fire in your forestthat will consume everything around you.’” ### A Warning to Judah’s Kings This is what the LORD says: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and proclaim this message there, saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of [David](/persons/david)—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates. This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place. For if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their people. But if you do not obey these words, then I swear by Myself, declares the LORD, that this house will become a pile of rubble.’” ### A Warning about the Palace For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah:“You are like Gilead to Me,like the summit of Lebanon;but I will surely turn you into a desert,like cities that are uninhabited. I will appoint destroyers against you,each man with his weapons,and they will cut down the choicest of your cedarsand throw them into the fire. And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’ Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

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