Jeremiah 22:13-19

13“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness,

And his upstairs rooms without justice,

Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay

And does not give him his wages,

14Who says, ‘I will build myself a large house

With spacious upstairs 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 your father not eat and drink

And do justice and righteousness?

Then it was well for him.

16“He pled the cause of the afflicted and the poor,

Then it was well.

Is that not 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.”

¹⁸Therefore this is what the Lord says regarding Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

“They will not mourn for him:

‘Oh, my brother!’ or, ‘Oh, sister!’

They will not mourn for him:

‘Oh, for the master!’ or, ‘Oh, for his splendor!’

19“He will be buried with a donkey’s burial,

Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.