10. Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him, But weep continually for the one who goes away; For he will never return Or see his native land.
11. For thus says the Lord in regard to Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in the place of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place, "He will never return there;
12. but in the place where they led him captive, there he will die and not see this land again.
13. "Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness And his upper rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor's services without pay And does not give him his wages,
14. Who says, 'I will build myself a roomy house With spacious upper rooms, And cut out its windows, Paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red.'