1Yo, the Lord's like, "Slide down to the king's crib in Judah and drop this word."

2And be like, "Yo, hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, chillin' on David's throne, you, your crew, and the peeps rollin' through these gates."

3The Lord's saying, "Keep it real, do what's right, and help those getting played; no cap, don't hurt the stranger, the orphans, or the widows, and don't spill innocent blood here."

4"If you actually pull this off, kings will roll in through these gates, chillin' on David's throne, riding chariots and horses, with their squad and people."

5"But if you ignore these words, I swear on myself, says the Lord, this place is gonna be a ghost town."

6"The Lord's saying to the king's fam in Judah, 'You’re like Gilead to me, and the top of Lebanon, but I’m about to turn you into a wasteland with empty cities.'"

7"I’m sending in the wrecking crew, each with their gear, and they’ll chop down your best cedars and toss 'em in the fire."

8"Nations will roll by this city, and they’ll ask each other, 'Why’s the Lord done this to such a lit city?'"

9"Then they’ll spill the tea, saying, 'It’s 'cause they bounced on the Lord’s covenant and worshipped other gods, serving them instead.'"

10"Don’t cry for the dead, or feel all sad; instead, weep hard for the one who's leaving, 'cause he ain't coming back or seeing his home again."

11God’s like, “Yo, Shallum, son of Josiah, you’re king now, but you ain’t coming back here, fr.”

12He’s gonna kick the bucket where he got taken, and he won’t see this land again, no cap.

13Big oof to anyone building their crib with shady vibes, using their neighbor’s work for free, that’s just sus.

14This dude’s like, “I’m gonna build a massive house with dope windows, all decked out in cedar and red paint,” but like, chill.

15You think you’re the boss just 'cause you flexing with cedar? Didn’t your pops eat, drink, and keep it real?

16He stood up for the poor and needy; that's how you know he was vibing right, says the Lord.

17But you’re only about that greed, spilling innocent blood, and causing chaos, that’s just savage.

18So God’s saying about Jehoiakim, “Ain’t nobody gonna mourn for him, like, ‘Oh my bro!’ or ‘Sis!’ Just no.”

19He’s gonna get buried like a donkey, tossed out beyond Jerusalem’s gates, for real.

20Head over to Lebanon and shout; raise your voice in Bashan, cry out from the spots: all your homies are done for.

21I talked to you when you were vibing, but you were like, “Nah, I’m good.” You’ve been ignoring my vibes since day one, no cap.

22The wind’s gonna take out all your squad, and your faves are gonna bounce: you’ll be feeling real sus for all that wickedness.

23Yo, Lebanon peeps, chillin' in those cedar trees, how you gonna feel when the pain hits, like a girl in labor?

24As I live, says the Lord, even if Coniah, son of Jehoiakim, was my ride-or-die, I’d still drop him like it’s hot.

25I’m handing you over to those who want your life and those whose looks you can’t handle, even Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and the Chaldeans.

26I’m kicking you and your mom out to a place you don’t even know; that’s where you’ll catch your last breath.

27But the land they wanna bounce back to? Yeah, they ain’t coming back there, fr.

28Is Coniah just a broken idol? A no-go vessel? Why’s he and his fam getting tossed to a land they don’t even know?

29Yo, earth, earth, earth, listen up to the word of the Lord.

30The Lord says, “Write this guy off as childless, he ain’t gonna thrive; no one from his squad will sit on David’s throne or rule in Judah again.”

1Thus saith the Lord; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

2And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:

3Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

4For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

5But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.

6For thus saith the Lord unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

7And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.

8And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?

9Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

10Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

11For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

12But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

18Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

19He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

20Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.

21I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

22The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!

24As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;

25And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

26And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

27But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

29O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

30Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.