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A Message concerning Jehoiakim

13 Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,(A)
his upstairs rooms through injustice,
who makes his neighbour serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,(B)
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a massive palace,
with spacious upstairs rooms.’
He will cut windows[a] in it,
and it will be panelled with cedar(C)
and painted bright red.
15 Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?(D)
Then it went well with him.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:14 Lit my windows