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21 Judah, when you were successful, I warned you,
    but you said, ‘I won’t listen.’
You have acted like this since you were young;
    you have not obeyed me.
22 Like a storm, my punishment will blow all your shepherds away
    and send your friends into captivity.
Then you will really be ashamed and disgraced
    because of all the wicked things you did.
23 King, you live in your palace,
    cozy in your rooms of cedar.
But when your punishment comes, how you will groan
    like a woman giving birth to a baby!

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