Jeremiah 22:13–19

¹³“Woe to him who builds his house ^awithout righteousness

And his ¹upper rooms without justice,

Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay

And ^bdoes not give him his wages,

¹⁴Who says, ‘I will ^abuild myself a roomy house

With spacious ¹upper rooms

And cut out its windows,

²Paneling it with ^bcedar and painting it ³bright red.’

¹⁵“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink

And ^ado justice and righteousness?

Then it was ^bwell with him.

¹⁶“He pled the cause of the ^aafflicted and needy;

Then it was well.

^bIs not that what it means to know Me?”

Declares Yahweh.

¹⁷“But your eyes and your heart

Are set on nothing except your own ^agreedy gain

And on ^bshedding innocent blood

And on doing oppression and extortion.”

¹⁸Therefore thus says Yahweh in regard to ^aJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah,

“They will not ^blament for him:

‘^cAlas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’

They will not lament for him:

‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’

¹⁹“He will be ^aburied with a donkey’s burial,

Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.