17. But if you will not hear it,My soul will weep in secret for your pride;My eyes will weep bitterlyAnd run down with tears,Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
18. Say to the king and to the queen mother,“Humble yourselves;Sit down,For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”
19. The cities of the South shall be shut up,And no one shall open them;Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it;It shall be wholly carried away captive.
20. Lift up your eyes and seeThose who come from the north.Where is the flock that was given to you,Your beautiful sheep?