Jeremiah 22:13-19

Legacy Standard Bible

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 Yahweh.
¹⁷ “But your eyes and your heart
Are set on nothing except your own ^(I)greedy gain
And on ^(J)shedding innocent blood
And on doing oppression and extortion.”

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