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19 He will be buried like a dead donkey—
    dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates!
20 Weep for your allies in Lebanon.
    Shout for them in Bashan.
Search for them in the regions east of the river.[a]
    See, they are all destroyed.
    Not one is left to help you.
21 I warned you when you were prosperous,
    but you replied, ‘Don’t bother me.’
You have been that way since childhood—
    you simply will not obey me!

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Footnotes

  1. 22:20 Or in Abarim.

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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