12. He will die in the place where he was taken captive, and he will never see this land again.
13. “How horrible it will be for the person who builds his house dishonestlyand his upper rooms through injustice.He makes his neighbors work for nothingand doesn’t pay them for their work.
14. He says, ‘I will build a large house for myself with big upper rooms.’He cuts out windows in it,panels the rooms with cedar,and paints them red.
15. Do you think you’re a better king than othersbecause you use more cedar?Your father ate and drank and did what is fair and right.Everything went well for him.
16. He defended the cause of the poor and needy.Everything went well for him.Isn’t this what it means to know me?” asks the Lord.
17. “But your eyes and your mind are set on nothing but dishonest profits.You kill innocent people and violently oppress your people.”
18. This is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim, son of Judah’s King Josiah:People won’t mourn for him and say,“How horrible it is for my brother and sister!”They won’t mourn for him and say,“How horrible it is for my master and his splendor!”
19. He will receive a donkey’s burial.He will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
20. “Go to Lebanon and cry! Raise your voice in Bashan!Cry out from Abarim, because all your lovers are defeated.”
21. I spoke to you when you were prosperous,but you said that you wouldn’t listen.This is how you’ve been ever since you were young.You don’t listen to me.