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Jeremiah 22:12-14
EasyEnglish Bible
Jeremiah 22:12-14
EasyEnglish Bible
12 He will die in the foreign land where they took him as prisoner. He will not see this land again.’
A message about King Jehoiakim[a]
13 The Lord says,
‘Terrible trouble will happen to this man!
He cheats people
so that he can build a beautiful palace for himself.
He does not do what is right and fair.
He does not pay the people who work for him.
His own men have to work for nothing.
14 He says, “I will build a great palace for myself.
It will have large rooms upstairs.”
He puts windows in its walls.
He covers the walls with cedar wood.
He uses red paint to make it beautiful.
Footnotes
- 22:13 King Jehoiakim was another son of King Josiah. See Jeremiah 22:18.
Jeremiah 22:12-14
New International Version
Jeremiah 22:12-14
New International Version
12 He will die(A) in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”
13 “Woe(B) to him who builds(C) his palace by unrighteousness,
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
not paying(D) them for their labor.
14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace(E)
with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
panels it with cedar(F)
and decorates it in red.(G)
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