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20 Go up [north] to Lebanon and cry out, and raise your voice in [the hills] of Bashan [across the Jordan], and cry out from Abarim [a range of mountains southeast of Palestine], for all your lovers (the king’s chosen allies) are destroyed.(A)

21 I spoke to you in your [times of] prosperity, but you said, I will not listen! This has been your attitude from your youth; you have not obeyed My voice.

22 The wind [of adversity] shall pasture upon and consume all your shepherds (your princes and statesmen), and your lovers (allies) shall go into captivity. Surely then shall you be ashamed and confounded and dismayed because of all your wickedness.

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20 “Go up to Lebanon and cry out,(A)
    let your voice be heard in Bashan,(B)
cry out from Abarim,(C)
    for all your allies(D) are crushed.
21 I warned you when you felt secure,(E)
    but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;(F)
    you have not obeyed(G) me.
22 The wind(H) will drive all your shepherds(I) away,
    and your allies(J) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced(K)
    because of all your wickedness.

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