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23 
“O inhabitant of [Jerusalem, whose palaces are made from the cedars of] Lebanon,
You who nest in the cedars,
How you will groan and how miserable you will be when pains come on you,
Pain like a woman in childbirth!(A)

24 “As I live,” says the Lord, “though [a]Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet [ring] on My right hand, yet would I pull you (Coniah) off. 25 And I will place you in the hand of those who seek your life and in the hand of those whom you fear, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the [b]Chaldeans.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:24 Also known as Jeconiah and Jehoiachin.
  2. Jeremiah 22:25 The ruling tribe of Babylonia whose capital city was Babylon.

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