Jeremiah 22:13-19

Modern English Version

¹³ Woe to him who builds his house with unrighteousness
    and his chambers with injustice,
who uses his neighbor’s services without wages,
    and gives him nothing for his work,
¹⁴ who says, “I will build myself a roomy house
    and large chambers,”
and cuts out its windows,
    paneling it with cedar
    and painting it with vermilion.

¹⁵ Do you reign
    because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
    and do justice and righteousness,
    and then it was well with him?
¹⁶ He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
    then it was well with him.
Is not this what it means to know Me?
    says the Lord.
¹⁷ But your eyes and your heart
    are intent only on your covetousness
and on shedding innocent blood
    and on oppression and violence.

They will not lament for him, saying,
    “Ah, my brother!” or, “Ah, sister!”
They will not lament for him, saying,
    “Ah, lord!” or, “Ah, his glory!”
¹⁹ He will be buried with the burial of a donkey,
    drawn and cast out
    beyond the gates of Jerusalem.