Jeremiah 22:14-16

The Voice

¹⁴     He thinks to himself, “I will build a huge palace
        with a large second story and many windows.
    I will panel the walls with the best cedar
        and paint it red to impress everyone.”
¹⁵     Do you become king because you have more cedar than another?
        Your father, so different from you, had plenty to eat, plenty to drink.
    Didn’t he live his life as a righteous and fair man?
        And look how well he did.
¹⁶     He stood up for the poor and needy;
        then things went well for him and the people.
    Isn’t this what it means to know Me?