Jeremiah 22:13-19

New American Standard Bible

¹³ “Woe to him who builds his house ^(A)without righteousness,
And his upstairs rooms without justice,
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And ^(B)does not give him his wages,
¹⁴ Who says, ‘I will ^(C)build myself a large house
With spacious upstairs rooms,
And cut out its windows,
^[a]Paneling it with ^(D)cedar and painting it ^[b]bright red.’
¹⁵ Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did your father not eat and drink
And ^(E)do justice and righteousness?
Then it was ^(F)well for him.
¹⁶ He pled the cause of the ^(G)afflicted and the poor,
Then it was well.
^(H)Is that not what it means to know Me?”
Declares the Lord.
¹⁷ “But your eyes and your heart
Are intent only upon your own ^(I)dishonest gain,
And on ^(J)shedding innocent blood,
And on practicing oppression and extortion.”

“They will not ^(L)mourn for him:
‘^(M)Oh, my brother!’ or, ‘Oh, sister!’
They will not mourn for him:
‘Oh, for the master!’ or, ‘Oh, for his splendor!’
¹⁹ He will be ^(N)buried with a donkey’s burial,
Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.