19. He will have the burial of a donkey –dragged away and thrownoutside the gates of Jerusalem.’
20. ‘Go up to Lebanon and cry out,let your voice be heard in Bashan,cry out from Abarim,for all your allies are crushed.
21. I warned you when you felt secure,but you said, “I will not listen!”This has been your way from your youth;you have not obeyed me.
22. The wind will drive all your shepherds away,and your allies will go into exile.Then you will be ashamed and disgracedbecause of all your wickedness.
23. You who live in “Lebanon,”who are nestled in cedar buildings,how you will groan when pangs come upon you,pain like that of a woman in labour!
24. ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord, ‘even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off.
25. I will deliver you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear – Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.