22 1 Thus says Yahweh: "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, 22 2 and say, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, O King of Judah, who sit on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates. 22 3 Thus says Yahweh: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. 22 4 For if you will indeed obey this word, then there shall enter the gates of this house kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their servants, and their people. 22 5 But if you will not heed these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation. 22 6 For thus says Yahweh concerning the house of the king of Judah:
22 8 " 'And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbour, "Why has Yahweh dealt thus with this great city?" 22 9 And they will answer, "Because they forsook the covenant of Yahweh their God, and worshipped other gods and served them." '"