15. Do you reign as king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and he did justice and righteousness, then it was well with him?
16. He judged the legal cause of the needy and the poor, and then it was well. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares Yahweh.
17. “But there is nothing in your eyes and your heart except your unlawful gain, and on shedding the blood of the innocent, and on committing oppression and extortion.”
18. Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah: “They will not lament for him, ‘Alas, my brother,’ or ‘Alas, sister.’ They will not lament for him, ‘Alas, lord,’ or ‘alas, his majesty.’
19. He will be buried with the burial of a donkey. He will be dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
20. Go up to Lebanon and cry out, and in Bashan lift up your voice, and cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers are shattered.
21. I spoke to you in the times you were secure, and you said, ‘I will not listen!’ This was your way from your youth, for you have not obeyed my voice.
22. All your shepherds will shepherd the wind, and your lovers will go into captivity. Yes, then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.