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12 He will die where he’s been exiled and never see this land again.

13 How terrible for Jehoiakim, who builds his house with corruption
    and his upper chambers with injustice,
        working his countrymen for nothing,
        refusing to give them their wages.
14 He says, “I’ll build myself a grand palace,
    with huge upper chambers,
        ornate windows,
        cedar paneling,
        and rich red decor.”

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12 but (A)in the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.”

13 (B)“Woe to him who builds his house by (C)unrighteousness,
    and his upper rooms by injustice,
(D)who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
    and does not give him his wages,
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
    with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
    paneling it with cedar
    and (E)painting it with vermilion.

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