4. For if ye effectively obey this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house the kings seated by David upon his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he and his slaves and his people.
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.