1 God told Jeremiah, “Go to the king’s house. Say My words.” ️️ 2 God said, “King of Judah on David’s seat, you and your men and your people at the gate, listen to Me.” 3 God said, “Do what is right. Be fair. Save the one who is hurt. Do not be mean to a stranger, kids with no dad, or a woman with no husband. Do not kill good people.” ️❤️ 4 God said, “If you do this, kings from David’s family will come in with horses and chariots. Your city will be safe.” 5 God said, “If you will not listen, your house will fall and be a waste.” 6 God said to the king’s house, “You look nice like Gilead and Lebanon, but I will make you like an empty land.” ➡️️ 7 God said, “I will send men to break you. They will cut your cedar trees and burn them.” 8 Many people from other lands will pass by this city and ask, “Why did God do this to this big city?” ️❓ 9 They will say, “They left God. They prayed to fake gods and served them.” 10 Do not cry for the one who died. Cry for the one who is taken far away. He will not come back home. 11 God said about Shallum, son of Josiah: “He left this land. He will not come back.” ♂️➡️ 12 “He will die in the far land. He will not see this home again.” ⚰️️ 13 Sad for the man who builds a big house by wrong. He makes workers work and does not pay them. 14 He says, “I will make a big house with cedar wood and red paint.” ️ 15 Do you think you are a king just by nice wood? Your dad Josiah did what is right, and life was good for him. ➡️✅ 16 He helped the poor and the weak. Then all was good. God said, “This is how you know Me.” 17 But you only want more and more. You hurt good people and are mean and rough. 18 God says about Jehoiakim, son of Josiah: People will not cry for him like “Oh my brother!” or “Oh my lord!” 19 He will have no nice grave. He will be dragged and thrown out of the city. ️ 20 Go cry on the hills, in Lebanon, Bashan, and Abarim, for your friends are gone. ⛰️ 21 God said, “I spoke to you when times were good. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ You did this since you were young.” ️➡️ 22 The wind will take your leaders away. Your friends will be taken away. You will feel shame. ️⛓️ 23 You live high in cedar homes. Soon pain will come, like a mom having a baby. You will cry. ➡️ 24 God said, “As I live, even if Coniah was like My ring, I would pull him off.” ✋ 25 “I will give you to the king named Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his men. You fear them.” 26 “I will throw you and your mom to a far land. You were not born there. You will die there.” ✈️⚰️ 27 “You want to come back home, but you will not come back.” ❌ 28 Is Coniah like a broken pot no one wants? Why are he and his kids thrown to a land they do not know? ➡️ 29 Land, land, land, listen to God’s word! 30 Write this: Coniah will not have a son to be king here. None of his kids will rule in Judah. It will not go well for him. ❌