Jeremiah 22:11-23

New King James Version

¹³ “Woe^(C) to him who builds his house by unrighteousness
And his ^[b]chambers by injustice,
^(D)Who uses his neighbor’s service without wages
And gives him nothing for his work,
¹⁴ Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious ^[c]chambers,
And cut out windows for it,
Paneling it with cedar
And 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 ^(E)it was well with him.
¹⁶ He ^[d]judged the cause of the poor and needy;
Then it was well.
Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
¹⁷ “Yet^(F) your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”

^(G)“They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ^(H)‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, his glory!’
^19 (I)He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey,
Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

²⁰ “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
And lift up your voice in Bashan;
Cry from Abarim,
For all your lovers are destroyed.
²¹ I spoke to you in your prosperity,
But you said, ‘I will not hear.’
^(J)This has been your manner from your youth,
That you did not obey My voice.
²² The wind shall eat up all ^(K)your ^[e]rulers,
And your lovers shall go into captivity;
Surely then you will be ashamed and humiliated
For all your wickedness.
²³ O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like ^(L)the pain of a woman in ^[f]labor?