15. Must you prove your rank among kingsby competing with them in cedar?Did not your father eat and drink,And act justly and righteously?Then he prospered.
16. Because he dispensed justice to the weak and the poor,he prospered.Is this not to know me?—oracle of the Lord.
17. But your eyes and heart are set on nothingexcept your own gain,On shedding innocent bloodand practicing oppression and extortion.
18. Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah:They shall not lament him,“Alas! my brother”; “Alas! sister.”They shall not lament him,“Alas, Lord! alas, Majesty!”
19. The burial of a donkey he shall be given,dragged forth and cast outbeyond the gates of Jerusalem.
20. Climb Lebanon and cry out,in Bashan lift up your voice;Cry out from Abarim,for all your lovers are crushed.
21. I spoke to you when you were secure,but you answered, “I will not listen.”This has been your way from your youth,not to listen to my voice.