5 But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, said the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation.
6 For thus hath the Lord said regarding the house of the king 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.
7 And I will appoint destroyers against thee, each one with his weapons, and they shall cut down thy choice cedars and cast them into the fire.
8 And many Gentiles shall pass by this city, and each man shall say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done thus unto this great city?
9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshipped other gods and served them.
10 Do not weep for the dead nor bemoan him, but weep sore for him that goes away, for he shall return no more nor see his native country.
11 For thus hath the Lord said of Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, He who went forth out of this place shall not return there any more;