And his1 chambers by injustice,
bWho uses his neighbor’s service without wages
And gives him nothing for his work,
And cut out windows for it,
Paneling it with cedar
And painting it with vermilion.’
Did not your father eat and drink,
And do justice and righteousness?
Then ait was well with him.
Then it was well.
Was not this knowing Me?” says the Lord.
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”
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Jeremiah 22:15
closest thyself—rather, "thou viest," that is, art emulous to surpass thy forefathers in the magnificence of thy palaces.
eat and drink—Did not Josiah, thy father, enjoy all that man really needs for his bodily wants? Did he need to build costly palaces to secure his throne? Nay, he did secure it by "judgment and justice"; whereas thou, with all thy luxurious building, sittest on a tottering throne.
then—on that account, therefore.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 22:15:
2 Chronicles 36:5
Jeremiah 17:11
Jeremiah 22:1
Jeremiah 22:3
Jeremiah 22:10-11
Jeremiah 22:18
Ezekiel 19:6
Hosea 6:3
Habakkuk 1:2-3
1 Corinthians 10:31
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