Jeremiah 22:11-23

11For this is what the LORD says about Shallum Also called Jehoahaz son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but has gone from this place: “He will never return.

12He will die in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”

13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their labor.

14He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace with spacious upper rooms.’ So he makes large windows in it, panels it with cedar and decorates it in red.

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, so all went well with him.

16He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares the LORD .

17“But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”

18Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn 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 of a donkey— dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

20“Go up to Lebanon and cry out, let your voice be heard in Bashan, cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed.

21I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, ‘I will not listen!’ This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed me.

22The wind will drive all your shepherds away, and your allies will go into exile. Then you will be ashamed and disgraced because of all your wickedness.

23You who live in ‘Lebanon, That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2) ’ who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!