18. Tell this to the king and the queen mother:“Come down from your thrones,because your beautiful crownshave fallen from your heads.”
19. The cities of southern Judah are locked up,and no one can open them.All Judah will be taken as captives to a foreign land;they will be carried away completely.
20. Jerusalem, look up and seethe people coming from the north.Where is the flock God gave you to care for,the flock you bragged about?
21. What will you say when they appoint as your headsthose you had thought were your friends?Won’t you have much pain and trouble,like a woman giving birth to a baby?