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Jeremiah 22:14 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 22 · verse 14
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.Jeremiah 22:14 · King James Version
Jeremiah 22:14 in context
12But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- chambersʻălîyâhsomething loftyH5944 →
- windowschallôwna windowH2474 →
- paintedmâshachto rub with oilH4886 →
- cieledçâphanto hide by coveringH5603 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- buildbânâhto buildH1129 →
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Kings, though they are gods to us, are men to God, and shall die like men; so it appears in these verses, where we have a sentence of death passed upon two kings who reigned successively in Jerusalem, two brothers, and both the ungracious sons of a very pious father. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-19