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.
22. The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,your lovers shall go into exile.Surely then you shall be ashamed and confoundedbecause of all your wickedness.
23. You who dwell on Lebanon,who nest in the cedars,How you shall groan when pains come upon you,like the pangs of a woman in childbirth!
24. As I live—oracle of the Lord—even if you, Coniah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were a signet ring on my right hand, I would snatch you off.
25. I will hand you over to those who seek your life, to those you dread: Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and the Chaldeans.