New King James Version

Jeremiah 22:12-18 New King James Version (NKJV)

12. but he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.

13. “Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousnessAnd his chambers by injustice,Who uses his neighbor’s service without wagesAnd gives him nothing for his work,

14. Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers,And cut out windows for it,Paneling it with cedarAnd painting it with vermilion.’

15. “Shall you reign because you enclose yourself in cedar?Did not your father eat and drink,And do justice and righteousness?Then it was well with him.

16. He judged the cause of the poor and needy;Then it was well.Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.

17. “Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,For shedding innocent blood,And 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, ‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’They shall not lament for him,Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’