Jeremiah 22:13-17

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹³ “Woe to him who builds his house ^(A)without righteousness
And his ^[a]upper 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 roomy house
With spacious ^[b]upper rooms,
And cut out its windows,
^[c]Paneling it with ^(D)cedar and painting it ^[d]bright red.’
¹⁵ “Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
And ^(E)do justice and righteousness?
Then it was ^(F)well with him.
¹⁶ “He pled the cause of the ^(G)afflicted and needy;
Then it was well.
^(H)Is not that 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.”