Jeremiah 22:14

That saith, “I will build me a large house, And spacious apartments,” And that cutteth out windows, And ceileth it with cedar, And painteth it with vermilion!

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

In Context

13Woe to him that buildeth his house with injustice, And his upper apartments with wrong; That exacteth a man's service without wages, And giveth him no recompense!

15Shalt thou reign because thou rivallest others in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink? Yet he had regard to justice and equity; Therefore it was well, with him.

Read all of Jeremiah 22

Cross References

Proverbs 17:19He who loveth strife loveth transgression; He who raiseth high his gate seeketh ruin.

Song of Solomon 1:17The cedars are the beams of our house, And its roof the cypresses.

Isaiah 9:9His whole people shall feel it, Ephraim, and the inhabitants of Samaria, Who say in pride and arrogance of heart,

Daniel 4:30and the king spake and said, Is not this the great Babylon which I have built for the seat of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?

Haggai 1:4Is it, then, a time for yourselves To dwell in ceiled houses, While this house lieth waste?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 22:11-20

The Doom of Shallum and Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 590.) 10 Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. 11 For thus saith the Lord touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: 12 But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. 13 Woe unto him that buildeth… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Jeremiah 22:14