¹ Thus says Jehovah: Go·​·down·​·to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

² and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O king of Judah, who sittest upon the throne of David, thou^◦, and thy servants, and thy people who come·​·in by these gates:

³ thus says Jehovah, Do ye judgment and justice, and rescue from the hand of the oppressor what is taken·​·by·​·robbery; and exploit not the sojourner, the orphan and the widow; do· no^◦ ·violence, and shed not innocent blood in this place.

⁴ For if doing you do this thing, then shall there come·​·in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on^◦ horses, he^◦, and his servants, and his people.

⁵ But if you will not hear these words, I promise in Myself, says^◦ Jehovah, that this house shall become a waste.

⁶ For thus says Jehovah against the house of the king of Judah; Thou^◦ art as Gilead to Me, as the head of Lebanon; yet surely I will set^◦ thee for a wilderness, for cities not dwelt·​·in.

⁷ And I will sanctify destroyers against thee, a man^◦ and his weapons^◦; and they shall cut·​·off thy choice cedars, and cause them to fall on the fire.

⁸ And many nations shall pass by^◦ this city, and they shall say, a man^◦ to^▵ his companion, Wherefore has Jehovah done as·​·thus unto this great city?

⁹ Then they shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

¹⁰ Weep ye not for the dead, and be· not ·sorry for him; but weeping you shall Weep for him who goes^◦ into captivity; for he shall return no^◦ more^◦ and see the land of his birth.

¹¹ For thus says Jehovah concerning^▵ Shallum the son of Josiah^◦ king of Judah, who reigned instead·​·of Josiah^◦ his father, who went·​·out from this place; He shall not return thither any·​·more:

¹² but^◦ he shall·​·die in the place whither they have led him into exile, and shall see this land no^◦ more^◦.

¹³ Woe to him who builds his house with no^◦ justice, and his upper·​·rooms with no^◦ judgment, with his companion serving for·​·nothing, and for his work he gives him not;

¹⁴ who says, I will build for myself a measurable house and spacious upper·​·rooms; and he cuts out windows for himself; and it is paneled with cedar, and anointed^* with vermilion.

¹⁵ Shalt thou reign, because^◦ thou^◦ competest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then^▵ it was well for him?

¹⁶ He made·​·the·​·cause for the cause of the afflicted and needy; then it was good. Was this^◦ not knowing Me? says^◦ Jehovah.

¹⁷ For thine eyes and thy heart are nothing^◦ but^◦ for^▵ thy gain, and for^▵ shedding innocent blood, and for^▵ oppression, and for^▵ clashing, to do it.

¹⁸ Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning^▵ Jehoiakim the son of Josiah^◦ king of Judah; They shall not wail for him, saying, Woe my brother! and, Woe sisters! They shall not wail for him, saying, Woe lord! and, Woe his majesty!

¹⁹ He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, dragged and cast beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

²⁰ Go·​·up·​·to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the crossings; for all thy lovers are broken.

²¹ I spoke to^▵ thee in thy tranquility; but thou didst say, I will not hear. This has been thy way from thy youth, that thou didst not obey My voice.

²² The wind shall shepherd all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into the captivity; for then shalt thou be·​·ashamed and humiliated on account of all thine evil.

²³ O she who dwells in Lebanon, making· thy ·nest in the cedars, how gracious· shalt thou ·be when pangs come to thee, the travailing as of a woman giving·​·birth!

²⁴ As I^◦ live, says^◦ Jehovah, though^◦ Coniah^◦ the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on My right hand, surely^▵ I would pull· thee ·out from there;

²⁵ and I will give thee into the hand of those who seek thy soul, and into the hand of them of whose faces thou^◦ art afraid, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

²⁶ And I will throw thee out, and thy mother who gave·​·birth to thee, into another land, where you were not born; and there shall you die.

²⁷ But on the land where^▵ they^◦ bear their soul to return, thither they shall not return.

²⁸ Is this man^◦ Coniah^◦ a despised, shattered idol^◦? Is he a vessel in which is no delight? Wherefore are they thrown, he^◦ and his seed, and are cast upon a land which they know not?

²⁹ O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.

³⁰ Thus says Jehovah, Write ye that this man^◦ is childless, a man^▫ that shall not prosper in his days; for^◦ no^◦ man^◦ of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any·​·more in Judah.

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

² The same was in the beginning with God.

³ All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

⁴ In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn't overcome it.

⁶ There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷ The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

⁸ He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

⁹ The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

¹¹ He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.

¹² But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God's children, to those who believe in his name:

¹³ who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"

¹⁶ From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

¹⁹ This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

²⁰ He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ."

²¹ They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."

²² They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

²³ He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

²⁴ The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

²⁵ They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"

²⁶ John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.

²⁷ He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."

²⁸ These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹ The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

³⁰ This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'

³¹ I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

³² John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

³³ I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

³⁴ I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."

³⁵ Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,

³⁶ and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"

³⁷ The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸ Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"

³⁹ He said to them, "Come, and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰ One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

⁴¹ He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

⁴² He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).

⁴³ On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."

⁴⁴ Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "come and see."

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"

⁴⁸ Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!"

⁵⁰ Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these!"

⁵¹ He said to him, "Most certainly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."