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14 Who says ‘I will build for myself
    a spacious house with large upper rooms,’
and he cuts windows for it,
    and it is[a] paneled with cedar,
    and he paints it[b] with vermilion.
15 Do you reign as king because you are competing in cedar?
    Did not your father eat and drink,
and he did justice and righteousness,
    then it was well with him?
16 He judged the legal cause of the needy and the poor,
    and then it was well.
    Is that not what it means to know me?[c]declares[d] Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:14 Here the subject is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Jeremiah 22:14 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Jeremiah 22:16 Literally “Not that the knowledge me”
  4. Jeremiah 22:16 Literally “a declaration of”

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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