Jeremiah 22
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Jeremiah 22:13-19

13"Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice, who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing and does not give him his wages,

14who says, 'I will build myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it with vermilion.

15Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.

16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.

17But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."

18Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: "They shall not lament for him, saying, 'Ah, my brother!' or 'Ah, sister!' They shall not lament for him, saying, 'Ah, lord!' or 'Ah, his majesty!'

19With the burial of a donkey he shall be buried, dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem."

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