Jeremiah 13:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ If your pride does not allow you to listen,
    I will weep in secret for you.
My eyes will be filled with tears
    because the Lord’s flock is being led into captivity.
^{18     [a]}Say to the king and the queen mother,
    “Descend from your thrones,
since your glorious crowns
    have fallen from your heads.”
¹⁹ The cities in the Negeb are besieged,
    and no one will be able to offer them relief.
All Judah has been taken into exile;
    every inhabitant has been led away.