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

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:20 I.e. your allies
  2. Jeremiah 22:21 Or prosperous
  3. Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. round them up and blow them away
  4. Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. leaders
  5. Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. your allies