10. Weep not for him who is dead,nor grieve for him, but weep bitterly for him who goes away,for he shall return no moreto see his native land.
11. For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went away from this place: “He shall return here no more,
12. but in the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.”
13. “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothingand does not give him his wages,
14. who says, ‘I will build myself a great housewith spacious upper rooms,’who cuts out windows for it,paneling it with cedarand painting it with vermilion.
15. Do you think you are a kingbecause you compete in cedar?Did not your father eat and drinkand do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
16. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well.Is not this to know me?declares the Lord.
17. But you have eyes and heartonly for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood,and for practicing oppression and violence.”
18. Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They shall not lament for him, saying, ‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’They shall not lament for him, saying, ‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
19. With the burial of a donkey he shall be buried,dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
20. “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,and lift up your voice in Bashan;cry out from Abarim,for all your lovers are destroyed.