19 He will be buried like a donkey,(A)
dragged off and thrown
outside the gates of Jerusalem.
20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out;
raise your voice in Bashan;
cry out from Abarim,(B)
for all your lovers[a] have been crushed.(C)
21 I spoke to you when you were secure.
You said, “I will not listen.”
This has been your way since youth;(D)
indeed, you have never listened to Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:20 Or friends, or allies

19 He will have the burial(A) of a donkey—
    dragged away and thrown(B)
    outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

20 “Go up to Lebanon and cry out,(C)
    let your voice be heard in Bashan,(D)
cry out from Abarim,(E)
    for all your allies(F) are crushed.
21 I warned you when you felt secure,(G)
    but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;(H)
    you have not obeyed(I) me.

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