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12 He will die where he’s been exiled and never see this land again.

13 How terrible for Jehoiakim, who builds his house with corruption
    and his upper chambers with injustice,
        working his countrymen for nothing,
        refusing to give them their wages.
14 He says, “I’ll build myself a grand palace,
    with huge upper chambers,
        ornate windows,
        cedar paneling,
        and rich red decor.”

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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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