¹⁶ The garlands have^[a] fallen from our heads.
    Weep for us because we have sinned.

³⁹ You have renounced your covenant with him;
    you have thrown his crown in the dust.

¹⁸ Say to the king and his mother,
“Come down from your thrones
    and sit in the dust,
for your glorious crowns
    will soon be snatched from your heads.”

⁹ The very look on their faces gives them away.
    They display their sin like the people of Sodom
    and don’t even try to hide it.
They are doomed!
    They have brought destruction upon themselves.

¹⁰ Tell the godly that all will be well for them.
    They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned!
¹¹ But the wicked are doomed,
    for they will get exactly what they deserve.

⁹ He has stripped me of my honor
    and removed the crown from my head.

“Take off your jeweled crown,
    for the old order changes.
Now the lowly will be exalted,
    and the mighty will be brought down.

¹⁹ “They will throw their money in the streets,
    tossing it out like worthless trash.
Their silver and gold won’t save them
    on that day of the Lord’s anger.
It will neither satisfy nor feed them,
    for their greed can only trip them up.
²⁰ They were proud of their beautiful jewelry
    and used it to make detestable idols and vile images.
Therefore, I will make all their wealth
    disgusting to them.
²¹ I will give it as plunder to foreigners,
    to the most wicked of nations,
    and they will defile it.
²² I will turn my eyes from them
    as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.