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16 Alas for you, O land, when your king is a child
    and your princes feast in the morning!(A)

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16 Woe to the land whose king was a servant[a](A)
    and whose princes feast in the morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:16 Or king is a child

12 My people—their oppressors extort them,
    and creditors[a] rule over them.
O my people, your leaders mislead you
    and confuse the course of your paths.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.12 Gk: Heb women

12 Youths(A) oppress my people,
    women rule over them.
My people, your guides lead you astray;(B)
    they turn you from the path.

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11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning
    in pursuit of strong drink,
who linger in the evening
    to be inflamed by wine,(A)
12 whose feasts consist of lyre and harp,
    tambourine and flute and wine,
but who do not regard the deeds of the Lord
    or see the work of his hands!(B)

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11 Woe(A) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.(B)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(C) and timbrels(D) and wine,
but they have no regard(E) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(F)

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And I will make youths their princes,
    and children shall rule over them.(A)
The people will be oppressed,
    everyone by another
    and everyone by a neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder
    and the base to the honorable.(B)

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“I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”(A)

People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(B)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

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20 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler,
    and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.(A)
The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;
    anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.(B)

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20 Wine(A) is a mocker(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray(C) by them is not wise.(D)

A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;(E)
    those who anger him forfeit their lives.(F)

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12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord:

Execute justice in the morning,
    and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
    anyone who has been robbed,
or else my wrath will go forth like fire
    and burn, with no one to quench it,
    because of their evil doings.(A)

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12 This is what the Lord says to you, house of David:

“‘Administer justice(A) every morning;
    rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B)
    the one who has been robbed,
or my wrath will break out and burn like fire(C)
    because of the evil(D) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench(E) it.

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and certain worthless scoundrels gathered around him and defied Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and irresolute and could not withstand them.

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Some worthless scoundrels(A) gathered around him and opposed Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young and indecisive(B) and not strong enough to resist them.

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On the day of our king the officials
    became sick with the heat of wine;
    he stretched out his hand with mockers.(A)
For they are kindled[a] like an oven; their heart burns within them;
    all night their anger smolders;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven,
    and they devour their rulers.
All their kings have fallen;
    none of them calls upon me.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.6 Gk Syr: Heb brought near

On the day of the festival of our king
    the princes become inflamed with wine,(A)
    and he joins hands with the mockers.(B)
Their hearts are like an oven;(C)
    they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
    in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
All of them are hot as an oven;
    they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(D)
    and none of them calls(E) on me.

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These also reel with wine
    and stagger with strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink;
    they are confused with wine;
    they stagger with strong drink;
they err in vision;
    they stumble in giving judgment.(A)
All tables are covered with filthy vomit;
    no place is clean.(B)

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And these also stagger(A) from wine(B)
    and reel(C) from beer:
Priests(D) and prophets(E) stagger from beer
    and are befuddled with wine;
they reel from beer,
    they stagger when seeing visions,(F)
    they stumble when rendering decisions.
All the tables are covered with vomit(G)
    and there is not a spot without filth.

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Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.(A)

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Jehoiachin King of Judah(A)

Jehoiachin(B) was eighteen[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:9 One Hebrew manuscript, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight

Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.(A)

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Jehoiakim King of Judah(A)

Jehoiakim(B) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

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Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

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Jehoahaz King of Judah(A)

Jehoahaz[a] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:2 Hebrew Joahaz, a variant of Jehoahaz; also in verse 4

Reign of Zedekiah

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.(A)

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Zedekiah King of Judah(A)

11 Zedekiah(B) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

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