<p class="bodytext">A proclamation<n id="1" /> was circulated<n id="2" /> throughout Judah and Jerusalem<n id="3" /> that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem.

<p class="poetry">Those remaining in Zion,<n id="1" /> those left in Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">will be called &#8220;holy,&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">all in Jerusalem who are destined to live.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">In unison give a joyful shout,p> <p class="poetry">O ruins of Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> consoles his people;p> <p class="poetry">he protects<n id="1" /> Jerusalem.p>

He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials,<n id="1" /> the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">the king of Jerusalem<n id="1" /> (one),p> <p class="poetry">the king of Hebron (one),p>

So we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days.

<p class="poetry">Our feet are<n id="1" /> standingp> <p class="poetry">inside your gates, O Jerusalem.p>

<p class="poetry">Jerusalem<n id="1" /> is a city designedp> <p class="poetry">to accommodate an assembly.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Pray<n id="1" /> for the peace of Jerusalem!p> <p class="poetry">May those who love her prosper!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">If I forget you, O Jerusalem,p> <p class="poetry">may my right hand be crippled!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> rebuilds Jerusalem,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and gathers the exiles of Israel.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The words of the Teacher,<n id="1" /> the son<n id="2" /> of David, king<n id="3" /> in Jerusalem:<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But Judah will reside securely forever,p> <p class="poetry">and Jerusalem will be secure<n id="1" /> from one generation to the next.p>

<p class="poetry">So I will set Judah on fire,p> <p class="poetry">and it will consume Jerusalem&#8217;s fortresses.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You<n id="1" /> build Zion through bloody crimes,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Jerusalem<n id="3" /> through unjust violence.p>

The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.<n id="2" />p>

Nevertheless for David&#8217;s sake the <sc>Lordsc> his God maintained his dynasty<n id="1" /> in Jerusalem by giving him a son<n id="2" /> to succeed him<n id="3" /> and by protecting Jerusalem.<n id="4" />

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem.

He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother&#8217;s name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.