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If you are careful to obey these commands, David's descendants will continue to rule as kings in this city. They will ride on horses and on chariots to come in through the city's gates. Their officers and their people will come with them. But if you do not obey these commands, I will destroy this palace. I promise you that it will become a heap of stones! That is what I, the Lord, tell you.” ’

The Lord says this about the palace of the king of Judah:

‘This place is as beautiful as Gilead!
    It is as beautiful as Lebanon's mountains.
But I will cause it to become a wilderness,
    a place where nobody lives any more.

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