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11 Jehoahaz became king of Judah after his father Josiah. But he has gone away from this place. That’s because the Lord says about him, “He will never return. 12 He will die in Egypt. That is where he was taken as a prisoner. He will not see this land again.”

13 The Lord says, “How terrible it will be for King Jehoiakim!
    He builds his palace
    by mistreating his people.
He builds its upstairs rooms
    with money gained by sinning.
He makes his own people work for nothing.
    He does not pay them for what they do.

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