Jeremiah 22:20-23
New Living Translation
20 Weep for your allies in Lebanon.
Shout for them in Bashan.
Search for them in the regions east of the river.[a]
See, they are all destroyed.
Not one is left to help you.
21 I warned you when you were prosperous,
but you replied, ‘Don’t bother me.’
You have been that way since childhood—
you simply will not obey me!
22 And now the wind will blow away your allies.
All your friends will be taken away as captives.
Surely then you will see your wickedness and be ashamed.
23 It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace
paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon,
but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish—
anguish like that of a woman in labor.
Footnotes
- 22:20 Or in Abarim.
Jeremiah 22:20-23
International Standard Version
An Oracle against Jerusalem
20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out,
to Bashan and lift up your voice.
Cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers[a]
have been crushed.
21 I spoke to you when you were secure,[b]
but you said, “I won’t listen!”
This has been your way since your youth,
for you haven’t obeyed me.
22 The wind will shepherd[c] all your shepherds,[d]
and your lovers[e] will go into exile.
Indeed, you will then be ashamed and humiliated
because of all your wickedness.
23 You who live in Lebanon,
who build your nest in the cedars,
how you will groan when pains come upon you,
pain like that of a woman giving birth.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 22:20 I.e. your allies
- Jeremiah 22:21 Or prosperous
- Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. round them up and blow them away
- Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. leaders
- Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. your allies
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