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22 All your shepherds will shepherd the wind,
    and your lovers will go into captivity.
Yes, then you will be ashamed and humiliated
    because of all your wickedness.
23 Inhabitants[a] of Lebanon,
    nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan when labor pains come to you,
    fear and pain as the woman who gives birth.

24 “As I live,” declares[b] Yahweh, “surely if Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were the seal on my right hand, surely from there I would wrench you off.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:23 Hebrew “Inhabitant”
  2. Jeremiah 22:24 Literally “a declaration of”

22 The wind(A) will drive all your shepherds(B) away,
    and your allies(C) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced(D)
    because of all your wickedness.
23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[a](E)
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain(F) like that of a woman in labor!

24 “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin[b](G) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring(H) on my right hand, I would still pull you off.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)
  2. Jeremiah 22:24 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28