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19 He shall be buried like a dead donkey—dragged out of Jerusalem and thrown on the garbage dump beyond the gate! 20 Weep, for your allies are gone. Search for them in Lebanon; shout for them at Bashan; seek them at the fording points of Jordan. See, they are all destroyed. Not one is left to help you! 21 When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, “Don’t bother me.” Since childhood you have been that way—you just won’t listen!

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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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