Jeremiah 22:20-21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Jeconiah
20 Climb Lebanon and cry out,[a]
in Bashan lift up your voice;
Cry out from Abarim,
for all your lovers are crushed.(A)
21 I spoke to you when you were secure,
but you answered, “I will not listen.”
This has been your way from your youth,
not to listen to my voice.
Footnotes
- 22:20–23 The prophet first bids Jerusalem to scale Lebanon, Bashan, and Abarim, i.e., the highest surrounding mountains to the north, northeast, and southeast, and gaze on the ruin of its lovers, i.e., the false leaders of Judah, called its shepherds (v. 22); cf. 2:8. Jerusalem still stands (v. 23), apparently as secure as the heights of Lebanon, but destruction is to follow (cf. v. 6).
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