Jeremiah 22:13–19

¹³“Woe^a to him who builds^b his palace by unrighteousness,

his upper rooms by injustice,

making his own people work for nothing,

not paying^c them for their labor.

¹⁴He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace^d

with spacious upper rooms.’

So he makes large windows in it,

panels it with cedar^e

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 well^h with him.

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

and so all went well.

Is that not what it means to know^j me?”

declares the Lord.

¹⁷“But your eyes and your heart

are set only on dishonest gain,^k

on shedding innocent blood^l

and on oppression and extortion.”^m

¹⁸Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

“They will not mournⁿ for him:

‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’

They will not mourn for him:

‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

¹⁹He will have the burial^o of a donkey—

dragged away and thrown^p

outside the gates of Jerusalem.”