The Words of Yahweh Against Judah

26 In the beginning of the reign of ^(A)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh, saying, ² “Thus says Yahweh, ‘^(B)Stand in the court of the house of Yahweh, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah who have ^(C)come to worship in the house of Yahweh ^(D)all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. ^(E)Do not take away a word! ^3 (F)Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that ^(G)I may ^[a]relent of the evil which I am devising to ^[b]bring against them because of the evil of their deeds.’ ⁴ And you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “^(H)If you will not listen to Me, to ^(I)walk in My law which I have given before you, ⁵ to listen to the words of ^(J)My slaves the prophets, whom I have been sending to you, rising up early and sending, but you have not listened, ⁶ then I will make this house like ^(K)Shiloh, and this city I will make a ^(L)curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”