Jeremiah 22:11–17

11 For this is what the Lord says about Shalluma y son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return. 12 He will diez in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”

13 “Woea to him who buildsb his palace by unrighteousness,

his upper rooms by injustice,

making his own people work for nothing,

not payingc them for their labor.

14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palaced

with spacious upper rooms.’

So he makes large windows in it,

panels it with cedare

and decorates it in red.f

15 “Does it make you a king

to have more and more cedar?

Did not your father have food and drink?

He did what was right and just,g

so all went wellh with him.

16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy,i

and so all went well.

Is that not what it means to knowj me?”

declares the Lord.

17 “But your eyes and your heart

are set only on dishonest gain,k

on shedding innocent bloodl

and on oppression and extortion.”m