Verse 13
Jeremiah 22:13
New King James Version
13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong;
that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֣וֹי בֹּנֶ֤ה בֵית/וֹ֙ בְּֽ/לֹא צֶ֔דֶק וַ/עֲלִיּוֹתָ֖י/ו בְּ/לֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט בְּ/רֵעֵ֨/הוּ֙ יַעֲבֹ֣ד חִנָּ֔ם וּ/פֹעֲל֖/וֹ לֹ֥א יִתֶּן לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
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2
And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, an...
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3
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand...
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4
For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting u...
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5
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become...
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6
For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou
art
Gilead unto me,
and the head of Le...
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7
And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy...
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8
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore h...
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9
Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God (Elohim), and...
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10
Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him:
but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall re...
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11
For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of J...
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12
But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more.
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13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong;
that useth his n...
14
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and
it is...
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15
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest
thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do ju...
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16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then
it was well
with him: was not this to know me? saith...
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17
But thine eyes and thine heart
are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and...
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18
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not l...
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19
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
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20
Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy l...
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21
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity;
but thou saidst, I will not hear. This
hath been thy manner fro...
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22
The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt tho...
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23
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs c...
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24
As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my...
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25
And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand
of them whose face...
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26
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not bor...
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27
But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.
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28
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol?
is he
a vessel wherein
is no pleasure? wherefore are the...
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29
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
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30
Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man
that
shall not prosper in his days: for no...
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