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12 But he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and he shall see this land no more.

13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness and his [upper] chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor’s service without wages and does not give him his pay [for his work],

14 Who says, I will build myself a wide house with large rooms, and he cuts himself out windows, and it is ceiled or paneled with cedar and painted with vermilion.

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12 He will die(A) in the place where they have led him captive; he will not see this land again.”

13 “Woe(B) to him who builds(C) his palace by unrighteousness,
    his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
    not paying(D) them for their labor.
14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace(E)
    with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
    panels it with cedar(F)
    and decorates it in red.(G)

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