<p class="poetry">So<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> has this to say about Josiah&#8217;s son, King Jehoiakim of Judah:p> <p class="poetry">People will not mourn for him, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;This makes me sad, my brother!p> <p class="poetry">This makes me sad, my sister!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">They will not mourn for him, saying,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Poor, poor lord! Poor, poor majesty!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The leaders of my people are sure to be judged.<n id="2" /> They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">How long will you cry out,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Oh, sword of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">how long will it be before you stop killing?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Go back into your sheath!p> <p class="poetry">Stay there and rest!&#8217;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Kill all her soldiers!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them be slaughtered!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They are doomed,<n id="3" /> for their day of reckoning<n id="4" /> has come,p> <p class="poetry">the time for them to be punished.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;&#8216;Sure to be judged<n id="1" /> is the king who builds his palace using injusticep> <p class="poetry">and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing.p> <p class="poetry">He does not pay them for their labor.p>

<p class="poetry">Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">There has never been any like it.p> <p class="poetry">It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob,p> <p class="poetry">but some of them will be rescued out of it.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel who rules over all<n id="1" /> spoke about Moab.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Sure to be judged is Nebo! Indeed,<n id="3" /> it will be destroyed!p> <p class="poetry">Kiriathaim<n id="4" /> will suffer disgrace. It will be captured!p> <p class="poetry">Its fortress<n id="5" /> will suffer disgrace. It will be torn down!<n id="6" />p>

You will die a peaceful death. They will burn incense at your burial just as they did at the burial of your ancestors, the former kings who preceded you.<n id="1" /> They will mourn for you, saying, &#8220;Poor, poor master!&#8221;<n id="2" /> Indeed, you have my own word on this.<n id="3" /> I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />p>