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Jeremiah 22:15-19

Jeremiah 22:15

“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did your father not eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well for him.

Jeremiah 22:16

“He pled the cause of the afflicted and the poor, Then it was well. Is that not what it means to know Me?” Declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 22:17

“But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood, And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore this is what the Lord says regarding Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Oh, my brother!’ or, ‘Oh, sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Oh, for the master!’ or, ‘Oh, for his splendor!’

Jeremiah 22:19

“He will be buried with a donkey’s burial, Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.