4. For if you men will indeed perform this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting in David's place on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people.
5. But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself," declares the Lord, "that this house will become a desolation."'"
6. For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah: "You are like Gilead to Me, Like the summit of Lebanon; Yet most assuredly I will make you like a wilderness, Like cities which are not inhabited.
7. "For I will set apart destroyers against you, Each with his weapons; And they will cut down your choicest cedars And throw them on the fire.