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Text -- Jeremiah 22:13-19 (NET)
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Judgment on Jehoiakim
22:13 “‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms . He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing . He does not pay them for their labor.
22:14 He says , “I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms .” He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar , and paints its rooms red .
22:15 Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar ? Just think about your father . He was content that he had food and drink . He did what was just and right . So things went well with him.
22:16 He upheld the cause of the poor and needy . So things went well for Judah.’ The Lord says , ‘That is a good example of what it means to know me.’
22:17 But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression .
22:18 So the Lord has this to say about Josiah’s son , King Jehoiakim of Judah : People will not mourn for him, saying, “This makes me sad, my brother ! This makes me sad, my sister !” They will not mourn for him, saying, “Poor, poor lord ! Poor, poor majesty !”
22:19 He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey . His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem .’”
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NET Notes: Jer 22:13 This was a clear violation of covenant law (cf. Deut 24:14-15) and a violation of the requirements set forth in Jer 22:3. The allusion is to Jehoiakim...
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NET Notes: Jer 22:14 The word translated “red” only occurs here and in Ezek 23:14 where it refers to the pictures of the Babylonians on the wall of the temple....
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NET Notes: Jer 22:15 The father referred to here is the godly king Josiah. He followed the requirements for kings set forth in 22:3 in contrast to his son who did not (22:...
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NET Notes: Jer 22:16 Comparison of the usage of the words “know me” in their context in Jer 2:8; 9:3, 6, 24 and here will show that more than mere intellectual...
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NET Notes: Jer 22:17 Heb “Your eyes and your heart do not exist except for dishonest gain and for innocent blood to shed [it] and for fraud and for oppression to do ...
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NET Notes: Jer 22:18 The translation follows the majority of scholars who think that the address of brother and sister are the address of the mourners to one another, lame...
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