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11 For this is what the Lord says about Shallum[a] son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned in place of his father Josiah. He has gone out from this place, but he will never return again. 12 He will die in the place where they have led him captive. He will never see this land again.

A Message About Jehoiakim

13 Woe to him who builds his house through unrighteousness
and his roof with injustice,
who makes his neighbors work for nothing
and does not pay them,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:11 Also called Jehoahaz. After the death of good King Josiah, Josiah’s son Shallum/Jehoahaz was exiled to Egypt by Pharaoh Neco. See 2 Kings 23:28-34.