Jeremiah 22:17-19

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁷But your eyes and heart
are only on your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practising oppression and violence.

¹⁸Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah:

They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
    ‘Alas, lord!’ or ‘Alas, his majesty!’
¹⁹With the burial of a donkey he shall be buried—
    dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

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