Jeremiah 22:10-27

English Standard Version

^10 (A)Weep not for him who is dead,
    nor grieve for him,
^(B)but weep bitterly for him who goes away,
    for he shall return no more
    to see his native land.

^13 (E)“Woe to him who builds his house by ^(F)unrighteousness,
    and his upper rooms by injustice,
^(G)who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
    and does not give him his wages,
¹⁴ who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
    with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
    paneling it with cedar
    and ^(H)painting it with vermilion.
¹⁵ Do you think you are a king
    because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
    and ^(I)do justice and righteousness?
    ^(J)Then it was well with him.
^16 (K)He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
    ^(L)then it was well.
Is not this ^(M)to know me?
    declares the Lord.
¹⁷ But you have eyes and heart
    only for your dishonest gain,
^(N)for shedding innocent blood,
    and for practicing oppression and violence.”

^(O)“They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ^(P)‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ^(Q)‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
¹⁹ With the burial of a donkey ^(R)he shall be buried,
    dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”

²⁰ “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
    and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry out from ^(S)Abarim,
    for all ^(T)your lovers are destroyed.
²¹ I spoke to you in your prosperity,
    but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
^(U)This has been your way from ^(V)your youth,
    that you have not obeyed my voice.
^22 (W)The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
    and ^(X)your lovers shall go into captivity;
^(Y)then you will be ashamed and confounded
    because of all your evil.
²³ O inhabitant of ^(Z)Lebanon,
    nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
    ^(AA)pain as of a woman in labor!”