Jeremiah 22:13–19

A Message concerning Jehoiakim

¹³Woe for the one who builds his palace

through unrighteousness, ^w

his upper rooms through injustice,

who makes his fellow man serve without pay

and will not give him his wages, ^x

¹⁴who says, “I will build myself a massive palace,

with spacious upper rooms.”

He will cut windows ^yin it,

and it will be paneled with cedar ^z

and painted with vermilion.

¹⁵Are you a king because you excel in cedar?

Didn’t your father eat and drink

and administer justice and righteousness? ^a

Then it went well with him.

¹⁶He took up the case of the poor and needy, ^b

then it went well.

Is this not what it means to know Me?

This is the Lord’s declaration.

¹⁷But you have eyes and a heart for nothing

except your own dishonest profit,

shedding innocent blood

and committing extortion and oppression. ^c

¹⁸Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim ^dson of Josiah, king of Judah:

They will not mourn for him, saying,

“Woe, my brother!” or “Woe, my sister!”

They will not mourn for him, saying,

“Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!”

¹⁹He will be buried like a donkey, ^e

dragged off and thrown

outside the gates of Jerusalem.