11. The Lord says concerning Josiah's son Joahaz, who succeeded his father as king of Judah, “He has gone away from here, never to return.
12. He will die in the country where they have taken him, and he will never again see this land.”
13. Doomed is the man who builds his house by injusticeand enlarges it by dishonesty;who makes his countrymen work for nothingand does not pay their wages.
14. Doomed is the one who says,“I will build myself a mansionwith spacious rooms upstairs.”So he puts windows in his house,panels it with cedar,and paints it red.