14 He saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers: so he will make himself large windows, and ceiling with cedar, and paint them with vermilion.

15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy [a]father eat and drink and prosper, when he executed judgment and justice?

16 When he judged the cause of the afflicted and the poor, he prospered: was not this because he knew me, saith the Lord?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:15 Meaning, Josiah, who was not given to ambition and superfluity, but was content with mediocrity, and did only delight in setting forth God’s glory, and to do justice to all.

14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace(A)
    with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
    panels it with cedar(B)
    and decorates it in red.(C)

15 “Does it make you a king
    to have more and more cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
    He did what was right and just,(D)
    so all went well(E) with him.
16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy,(F)
    and so all went well.
Is that not what it means to know(G) me?”
    declares the Lord.

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