Jeremiah 22:11–19

¹¹For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum^a son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return, ¹²but he will die in the place to which he was exiled; he will never see this land again.”

¹³“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness,

and his upper rooms without justice,

who makes his countrymen serve without pay,

and fails to pay their wages,

¹⁴who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace,

with spacious upper rooms.’

So he cuts windows in it,

panels it with cedar,

and paints it with vermilion.

¹⁵Does it make you a king to excel^b in cedar?

Did not your father have food and drink?

He administered justice and righteousness,

and so it went well with him.

¹⁶He took up the cause of the poor and needy,

and so it went well with him.

Is this not what it means to know Me?”

declares the LORD.

¹⁷“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing

except your own dishonest gain,

on shedding innocent blood,

on practicing extortion and oppression.”

¹⁸Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

“They will not mourn for him:

‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’

They will not mourn for him:

‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

¹⁹He will be buried like a donkey,

dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.