¹⁷ But if you will not hear this warning,
I will weep secretly because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly, streaming with tears,
because Adonai’s flock is carried away captive.
¹⁸ Tell the king and the queen mother,
“Come down from your thrones,
for your magnificent crowns
are falling from your heads.”
¹⁹ The cities of the Negev are besieged,
and no one can relieve them;
all of Y’hudah is carried into exile,
completely swept into exile.