Jeremiah 22:10-19

101Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him, But weep continually for the one who goes away; For 2he will never return Or see his native land.

11For thus says the Lord in regard to 34Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in the place of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place, “He will never return there; 12but in the place where they led him captive, there he will 5die and not see this land again.

13“Woe to him who builds his house 6without righteousness And his 7upper rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay And 8does not give him his wages,14Who says, ‘I will 9build myself a roomy house With spacious 10upper rooms, And cut out its windows, 11Paneling it with 12cedar and painting it 13bright red.’15Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink And 14do justice and righteousness? Then it was 15well with him.16He pled the cause of the 16afflicted and needy; Then it was well. 17Is not that what it means to know Me?” Declares the Lord.17“But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own 18dishonest gain, And on 19shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

18Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to 20Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, “They will not 21lament for him: ‘22Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’ They will not lament for him: ‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’19He will be 23buried with a donkey’s burial, Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.