Jeremiah 22:13-19
A Message concerning Jehoiakim
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who says, “I will build myself a massive palace,
with spacious upper rooms.”
He will cut windows(a) in it,
and it will be paneled with cedar
and painted with vermilion.
15 with spacious upper rooms.”
He will cut windows(a) in it,
and it will be paneled with cedar
and painted with vermilion.
Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?(C)
Then it went well with him.
16 Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?(C)
Then it went well with him.
He took up the case of the poor and needy,
then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
17 then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know Me?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
But you have eyes and a heart for nothing
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
18 Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim(D) son of Josiah, king of Judah:
They will not mourn for him, saying,
“Woe, my brother!” or “Woe, my sister!”
They will not mourn for him, saying,
“Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!”
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“Woe, my brother!” or “Woe, my sister!”
They will not mourn for him, saying,
“Woe, lord! Woe, his majesty!”
Footnotes:
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Jeremiah 22:14: Lit My windows