Jeremiah

¹⁷But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness,for shedding innocent blood,for oppression, and for doing violence.” ¹⁸Therefore the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:“They won’t lament for him,saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’They won’t lament for him,saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’ ¹⁹He will be buried with the burial of a donkey,drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.” ²⁰“Go up to Lebanon, and cry.Lift up your voice in Bashan,and cry from Abarim;for all your lovers have been destroyed. ²¹I spoke to you in your prosperity;but you said, ‘I will not listen.’This has been your way from your youth,that you didn’t obey my voice. ²²The wind will feed all your shepherds,and your lovers will go into captivity.Surely then you will be ashamedand confounded for all your wickedness. ²³Inhabitant of Lebanon,who makes your nest in the cedars,how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you,the pain as of a woman in travail!