"Thussaysthe LORD,'Writethismandownchildless,A manwho will not prosperin his days;For nomanof his descendantswill prosperSittingon the throneof DavidOr rulingagainin Judah.'"
"He has nooffspringor posterityamong his people,Norany survivorwherehe sojourned.
Can a throneof destructionbe alliedwith You, One which devisesmischiefby decree?
For the shepherdshave becomestupidAnd have not soughtthe LORD;Thereforethey have not prospered,And alltheir flockis scattered.
"From this[place] alsoyou will goout With your handson your head;For the LORDhas rejectedthose in whomyou trust,And you will not prosperwith them."
and say,'Hearthe wordof the LORD,O kingof Judah,who sitson David'sthrone,you and your servantsand your peoplewho enterthesegates.
thereforethussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I am about to punishShemaiahthe Nehelamiteand his descendants;he will not haveanyonelivingamongthispeople,and he will not seethe goodthat I am about to doto My people,"declaresthe LORD,"becausehe has preachedrebellionagainstthe LORD."'"
Thereforethussaysthe LORDconcerningJehoiakimkingof Judah,"He shall havenoone to siton the throneof David,and his deadbodyshall be castout to the heatof the dayand the frostof the night.
The kingof Babylonslaughteredthe sonsof Zedekiahbefore his eyes,and he alsoslaughteredallthe princesof Judahin Riblah.
