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22 The wind will shepherd[a] all your shepherds,[b]
    and your lovers[c] will go into exile.
Indeed, you will then be ashamed and humiliated
    because of all your wickedness.
23 You who live in Lebanon,
    who build your nest in the cedars,
how you will groan when pains come upon you,
    pain like that of a woman giving birth.

An Oracle against Jehoiachin

24 “As certainly as I’m alive and living,” declares the Lord, “even if Jehoiakim’s son King Jehoiachin[d] of Judah were a signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. round them up and blow them away
  2. Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. leaders
  3. Jeremiah 22:22 I.e. your allies
  4. Jeremiah 22:24 Lit. Coniah

22 The wind(A) will drive all your shepherds(B) away,
    and your allies(C) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced(D)
    because of all your wickedness.
23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[a](E)
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain(F) like that of a woman in labor!

24 “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin[b](G) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring(H) on my right hand, I would still pull you off.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)
  2. Jeremiah 22:24 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28