Jeremiah 22:18-30

New International Version

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

“They will not mourn^(A) for him:
    ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
    ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
¹⁹He will have the burial^(B) of a donkey—
    dragged away and thrown^(C)
    outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

²⁰“Go up to Lebanon and cry out,^(D)
    let your voice be heard in Bashan,^(E)
cry out from Abarim,^(F)
    for all your allies^(G) are crushed.
²¹I warned you when you felt secure,^(H)
    but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;^(I)
    you have not obeyed^(J) me.
²²The wind^(K) will drive all your shepherds^(L) away,
    and your allies^(M) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced^(N)
    because of all your wickedness.
²³You who live in ‘Lebanon,^[a]^(O)’
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain^(P) like that of a woman in labor!

²⁴“As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin^[b]^(Q) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring^(R) on my right hand, I would still pull you off. ²⁵I will deliver^(S) you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.^[c] ²⁶I will hurl^(T) you and the mother^(U) who gave you birth into another country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. ²⁷You will never come back to the land you long to return^(V) to.”

²⁸Is this man Jehoiachin^(W) a despised, broken pot,^(X)
    an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled^(Y) out,
    cast into a land^(Z) they do not know?
²⁹O land,^(AA) land, land,
    hear the word of the Lord!
³⁰This is what the Lord says:
“Record this man as if childless,^(AB)
    a man who will not prosper^(AC) in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring^(AD) will prosper,
    none will sit on the throne^(AE) of David
    or rule anymore in Judah.”