O Land, Hear Yahweh

22 Thus says Yahweh, “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there you shall speak this word ² and say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah, who ^(A)sits on David’s throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates. ³ Thus says Yahweh, “^(B)Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his ^(C)oppressor. Also ^(D)do not mistreat or do violence to the sojourner, the orphan, or the widow; and do not ^(E)shed innocent blood in this place. ⁴ For if you men will indeed do this thing, then ^(F)kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting for David on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people. ^5 (G)But if you will not obey these words, I ^(H)swear by Myself,” declares Yahweh, “that this house will become a waste place.”’” ⁶ For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah:

⁸ “Many nations will pass by this city; and they will ^(N)say to one another, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?’ ⁹ Then they will say, ‘Because they ^(O)forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God and worshiped other gods and served them.’”