\u201cWoe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice;
who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing,
and does not give him his wages;
who says, \u2018I will build myself a great house
with spacious upper rooms,\u2019
and cuts out windows for it,
paneling it with cedar,
and painting it with vermilion.
Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.
He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
says the Lord.
But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoi\u2032akim the son of Josi\u2032ah, king of Judah:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey shall not lament for him, saying,
\u2018Ah my brother!\u2019 or \u2018Ah sister!\u2019
They shall not lament for him, saying,
\u2018Ah lord!\u2019 or \u2018Ah his majesty!\u2019
With the burial of an ass he shall be buried,
dragged and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGo up to Lebanon, and cry out,
and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry from Ab\u2032arim,
for all your lovers are destroyed.
I spoke to you in your prosperity,
but you said, \u2018I will not listen.\u2019
This has been your way from your youth,
that you have not obeyed my voice.
The wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
and your lovers shall go into captivity;
then you will be ashamed and confounded
because of all your wickedness.
O inhabitant of Lebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
pain as of a woman in travail!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–Jeremiah 22:13-23<\/p>
Red sun rising over the Baily Lighthouse this morning aligned from the Bull Wall in Clontarf with many sunspots visible. Saharan dust probably caused the red colour. #dublin<\/a> #ireland<\/a> #sunrise<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gSo17AX6PR<\/a><\/p>— Sryan Bruen Photography (@sryanbruenphoto) April 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>