Daily Bread

¹⁰ Do not weep for the dead^(A) king or mourn^(B) his loss;
    rather, weep bitterly for him who is exiled,
because he will never return^(C)
    nor see his native land again.

¹³ “Woe^(F) to him who builds^(G) his palace by unrighteousness,
    his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
    not paying^(H) them for their labor.
¹⁴ He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace^(I)
    with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
    panels it with cedar^(J)
    and decorates it in red.^(K)

¹⁵ “Does it make you a king
    to have more and more cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
    He did what was right and just,^(L)
    so all went well^(M) with him.
¹⁶ He defended the cause of the poor and needy,^(N)
    and so all went well.
Is that not what it means to know^(O) me?”
    declares the Lord.
¹⁷ “But your eyes and your heart
    are set only on dishonest gain,^(P)
on shedding innocent blood^(Q)
    and on oppression and extortion.”^(R)

“They will not mourn^(S) for him:
    ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
    ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
¹⁹ He will have the burial^(T) of a donkey—
    dragged away and thrown^(U)
    outside the gates of Jerusalem.”

²⁰ “Go up to Lebanon and cry out,^(V)
    let your voice be heard in Bashan,^(W)
cry out from Abarim,^(X)
    for all your allies^(Y) are crushed.
²¹ I warned you when you felt secure,^(Z)
    but you said, ‘I will not listen!’
This has been your way from your youth;^(AA)
    you have not obeyed^(AB) me.
²² The wind^(AC) will drive all your shepherds^(AD) away,
    and your allies^(AE) will go into exile.
Then you will be ashamed and disgraced^(AF)
    because of all your wickedness.
²³ You who live in ‘Lebanon,^[b](AG)’
    who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
    pain^(AH) like that of a woman in labor!