Jeremiah 22:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
    then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
    says the Lord.
¹⁷But your eyes and heart
    are only on your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
    and for practising oppression and violence.

¹⁸Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah:

They shall not lament for him, saying,
‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
‘Alas, lord!’ or ‘Alas, his majesty!’

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