A Call to Justice for the King

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ADONAI said, "Go down to the house of the king of Y'hudah and there speak this word:

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'King of Y'hudah occupying David's throne, hear the word of ADONAI - you, your servants and your people who enter through these gates.

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This is what ADONAI says: "Do what is right and just; rescue the wronged from their oppressors; do nothing wrong or violent to the stranger, orphan or widow; don't shed innocent blood in this place.

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"'"If you are careful to do this, then future kings occupying David's throne will enter these palace gates riding in chariots and on horses - he, his servants and his people.

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But if you will not pay attention to these words, then I swear by myself," says ADONAI, "that this palace will become a ruin."'

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"For here is what ADONAI says concerning the palace of the king of Y'hudah: 'You are like Gil'ad to me, like the peak of the L'vanon; yet I will turn you into a desert, uninhabited cities.

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I will designate men to destroy you, each one with his weapons; they will chop down your choice cedars and throw them in the fire.'

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"Many nations will pass by this city, and they will say to one another, 'Why has ADONAI done such a thing to this great city?'

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The answer will be, 'Because they abandoned the covenant of ADONAI their God and worshipped other gods, serving them.'"

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