Jeremiah 22:13–19

¹³“Woe ^oto him who builds his house by unrighteousness

And his ⁴chambers by injustice,

^pWho uses his neighbor’s service without wages

And gives him nothing for his work,

¹⁴Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious ⁵chambers,

And cut out windows for it,

Paneling it with cedar

And painting it with vermilion.’

¹⁵“Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink,

And do justice and righteousness?

Then ^qit was well with him.

¹⁶He ⁶judged the cause of the poor and needy;

Then it was well.

Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.

¹⁷“Yet ^ryour eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,

For shedding innocent blood,

And practicing oppression and violence.”

¹⁸Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

^s“They shall not lament for him,

Saying, ^t‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’

They shall not lament for him,

Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’

^19uHe shall be buried with the burial of a donkey,

Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.