10. Do not weep for him who is dead,nor mourn for him!Weep rather for him who is going away;never again to seethe land of his birth.
11. Thus says the Lord concerning Shallum, son of Josiah, king of Judah, his father’s successor, who left this place: He shall never return,
12. but in the place where they exiled him, there he shall die; he shall never see this land again.
13. Woe to him who builds his house on wrongdoing,his roof-chambers on injustice;Who works his neighbors without pay,and gives them no wages.
14. Who says, “I will build myself a spacious house,with airy rooms,”Who cuts out windows for it,panels it with cedar,and paints it with vermilion.