16. He defended the cause of the poor and needy,and so all went well.Is that not what it means to know me?’declares the Lord.
17. ‘But your eyes and your heartare set only on dishonest gain,on shedding innocent bloodand on oppression and extortion.’
18. Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:‘They will not mourn for him:“Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!”They will not mourn for him:“Alas, my master! Alas, his splendour!”
19. He will have the burial of a donkey –dragged away and thrownoutside the gates of Jerusalem.’
20. ‘Go up to Lebanon and cry out,let your voice be heard in Bashan,cry out from Abarim,for all your allies are crushed.