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18 So the Lord says this about Josiah's son, King Jehoiakim of Judah:

‘People will not weep when he dies.
    They will not say, “I am very sad, my brother.
    I am very sad, my sister.”
They will not weep and say,
    “What a terrible thing has happened!
    Our great king has died!”
19 Instead, they will bury him like a dead donkey.
They will pull his dead body to the city's gate.
    They will throw it on the ground outside Jerusalem.’

20 ‘Go up to Lebanon and cry aloud.[a]
    Shout loudly in Bashan.
    Cry aloud from the mountains of Moab.
The nations that were your lovers
    have lost their power.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:20 This is a message to the people of Jerusalem.

18 Therefore 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!’
19 He 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.

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