19. The people of Jerusalem will bury him like a donkey.They will just drag his body away.Then they will throw it outside the gates of Jerusalem.
20. “Judah, go up to Lebanon and cry out.Let your voice be heard in Bashan.Cry out from Abarim.All your friends are destroyed!
21. Judah, when you were successful, I warned you.But you refused to listen.You have acted like this since you were young.You have not obeyed me.
22. My punishment will come like a storm.And it will blow all your shepherds away.Your friends will be taken away as captives.Then you will really be ashamed.You will be disgraced because of all the wicked things you did.
23. King, you live in your palace.You are cozy in your rooms of cedar.But you will groan when your punishment comes.You will hurt like a woman giving birth to a baby!
24. “As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “I will do this to you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah: Even if you were a signet ring on my right hand, I would still pull you off.
25. Jehoiachin, I will give you to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And I will hand you over to the Babylonians. Those are the people you are afraid of because they want to kill you.