5. But if you ignore me, I promise in my own name that this palace will lie in ruins.
6. Listen to what I think about it:the palace of Judah's kingis as glorious as Gileador Lebanon's highest peaks.But it will be as emptyas a ghost townwhen I'm through with it.
7. I'll send troops to tear it apart,and its beautiful cedar beamswill be used for firewood.
8. People from different nations will pass by and ask, “Why did the Lord do this to such a great city as Jerusalem?”
9. Others will answer, “It's because the people worshipped foreign gods and broke the agreement that the Lord their God had made with them.”
10. King Josiah is dead,so don't cry for him.Instead, cry for his sonKing Jehoahaz,dragged off to another country,never to return.
17. But all you think aboutis how to cheator abuse or murdersome innocent victim.
18. Jehoiakim, no one will cryat your funeral.They won't turn to each otherand ask,“Why did our great kinghave to die?”
19. You will be given a burialfit for a donkey;your body will be draggedoutside the city gatesand tossed in the dust.I, the Lord, have spoken.
20. People of Jerusalem,the nations you trustedhave been crushed.Go to Lebanon and weep;cry in the land of Bashanand in Moab.
21. When times were good,I warned you.But you ignored me,just as you have donesince Israel was young.