New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Jeremiah 22
8 "Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ’Why has the Lord done thus to this great city?’
9 Then they will answer, ’Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’"
10 Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him, But weep continually for the one who goes away; For he will never return Or see his native land.
11 For thus says the Lord in regard to Shallum 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;
12 but in the place where they led him captive, there he will die and not see this land again.
13 "Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness And his upper rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay And does not give him his wages,
14 Who says, ’I will build myself a roomy house With spacious upper rooms, And cut out its windows, Paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red.’
15 "Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
16 "He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?" Declares the Lord.
17 "But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion."
18 Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, "They will not lament for him: ’Alas, my brother!’ or, ’Alas, sister!’ They will not lament for him: ’Alas for the master!’ or, ’Alas for his splendor!’
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