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If you do what I say, then the kings who sit on David’s throne will ride through the gates of this palace in chariots and on horses along with their officials and their people. But if you don’t do what I say, I will take an oath on myself,” declares Yahweh, “that this palace will become a pile of rubble.

“This is what Yahweh says about the palace of the king of Judah:

This palace is like Gilead to me,
    like the top of Lebanon.
    I will certainly turn it into a desert,
    into cities that no one lives in.

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For if you are careful to carry out these commands, then kings(A) who sit on David’s throne will come through the gates of this palace, riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by their officials and their people. But if you do not obey(B) these commands, declares the Lord, I swear(C) by myself that this palace will become a ruin.’”

For this is what the Lord says about the palace of the king of Judah:

“Though you are like Gilead(D) to me,
    like the summit of Lebanon,(E)
I will surely make you like a wasteland,(F)
    like towns not inhabited.

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