Jeremiah 22:13-15

New International Reader's Version

¹³ The Lord says, “How terrible it will be for King Jehoiakim!
    He builds his palace
    by mistreating his people.
He builds its upstairs rooms
    with money gained by sinning.
He makes his own people work for nothing.
    He does not pay them for what they do.
¹⁴ He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace.
    It will have large rooms upstairs.’
So he makes big windows in it.
    He covers its walls with cedar boards.
    He decorates it with red paint.

¹⁵ “Jehoiakim, does having more and more cedar boards
    make you a king?
Your father Josiah had enough to eat and drink.
    He did what was right and fair.
    So everything went well with him.