Jeremiah 22:17-19

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁷ “Jehoiakim, your eyes look only for what benefits yourself.
    You are always thinking about getting more for yourself.
You are willing to kill innocent people.
    You are willing to steal things from other people.”

¹⁸ So this is what the Lord says to King Jehoiakim son of Josiah:
“The people of Judah will not cry for Jehoiakim.
    They will not say to each other, ‘Brother, I am so sad!
    Sister, I am so sad!’
They will not cry for Jehoiakim.
    They will not say about him, ‘Master, I am so sad!
    King, I am so sad!’
¹⁹ The people of Jerusalem will bury Jehoiakim like a donkey.
    They will drag his body away and throw it outside the gates of Jerusalem.