Jeremiah 22:23-25

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³O inhabitant of Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will groan^[a] when pangs come upon you,
pain as of a woman in travail!”

Judgment on Coniah (Jehoiachin)

²⁴“As I live, says the Lord, though Coni′ah the son of Jehoi′akim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off ²⁵and give you into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrez′zar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chalde′ans.

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Jeremiah 22:23 Gk Vg Syr: Heb be pitied

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