Jeremiah 22:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 But your eyes and heart are set on nothing
except your own gain,
On shedding innocent blood
and practicing oppression and extortion.(A)
18 Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah:
They shall not lament him,
“Alas! my brother”; “Alas! sister.”[a]
They shall not lament him,
“Alas, Lord! alas, Majesty!”(B)
19 The burial of a donkey[b] he shall be given,
dragged forth and cast out
beyond the gates of Jerusalem.(C)
Footnotes
- 22:18 “Alas! my brother”; “Alas! sister”: customary cries of mourning.
- 22:19 The burial of a donkey: no burial at all, except to be cast outside the city as refuse. This prophecy describes the popular feeling toward Jehoiakim rather than the actual circumstances of his burial. According to 2 Kgs 24:5 he was buried with his ancestors in Jerusalem.
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