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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.
I will send people to destroy you.
    They will have their own weapons.
    They will cut down your finest cedar trees
        and throw them on a fire.

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But if you do not obey(A) these commands, declares the Lord, I swear(B) 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(C) to me,
    like the summit of Lebanon,(D)
I will surely make you like a wasteland,(E)
    like towns not inhabited.
I will send destroyers(F) against you,
    each man with his weapons,
and they will cut(G) up your fine cedar beams
    and throw them into the fire.(H)

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