English Standard Version
Jeremiah 22:14
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.
Jeremiah 22:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
- New International Version (NIV)He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace with spacious upper rooms.’ So he makes large windows in it, panels it with cedar and decorates it in red.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious chambers, And cut out windows for it, Paneling it with cedar And painting it with vermilion.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)He says, ‘I will build a magnificent palace with huge rooms and many windows. I will panel it throughout with fragrant cedar and paint it a lovely red.’
Context of Jeremiah 22:14
12but in the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again." 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, who 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.
Read all of Jeremiah 22Jeremiah 22:14 word by word
הָאֹמֵ֗ר אֶבְנֶה־לִּי֙ בֵּ֣ית מִדּ֔וֹת וַעֲלִיּ֖וֹת מְרֻוָּחִ֑ים וְקָ֤רַֽע לוֹ֙ חַלּוֹנָ֔י וְסָפ֣וּן בָּאָ֔רֶז וּמָשׁ֖וֹחַ בַּשָּׁשַֽׁר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- That saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- I will buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- me a wideמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- and largeרָוַחrâvach · be wideH7304
- chambersעֲלִיָּה‛ălîyâh · upper roomH5944
- and cutteth him outקָרַעqâra‛ · to tearH7167
- windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
- cieledסָפַןsâphan · to coverH5603
- with cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
- and paintedמָשַׁחmâshach · to anointH4886
- with vermilionשָׁשֵׁרshâshar · vermilionH8350
Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:14
- Proverbs 17:19Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
- Proverbs 24:27Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
- Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.
- Isaiah 9:9and all the people will know, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
- Daniel 4:30and the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"
- Malachi 1:4If Edom says, "We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins," the Lord of hosts says, "They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called 'the wicked country,' and 'the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.'"
- Luke 14:28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
- 2 Samuel 7:2the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent."
- 2 Chronicles 3:5The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold and made palms and chains on it.
- Haggai 1:4"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
Commentaries on Jeremiah 22:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Large chambers - spacious upper chambers. It is cieled - Or, roofing it. Vermilion - The pigment which gives the deep red color still bright and untarnished on many ancient buildings.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Here is a sentence of death upon two kings, the wicked sons of a very pious father. Josiah was prevented from seeing the evil to come in this world, and removed to see the good to come in the other world; therefore, weep not for him, but for his son Shallum, who is likely to live and die a wretched captive. Dying saints may be justly envied, while living sinners are justly pitied. Here also is the doom of Jehoiakim. No doubt it is lawful for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14great palace: Archaeologists have discovered the foundations of this palace three miles south of Jerusalem. The foundations show that the building had very large rooms.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. wide--literally, "a house of dimensions" ("measures"). Compare Nu 13:32, Margin, "men of statures." large--rather, as Margin, "airy" from Hebrew root, "to breathe freely." Upper rooms in the East are the principal apartments. cutteth him out windows--The Hebrew, if a noun, is rather, "my windows"; then the translation ought to be, "and let my windows (Jehoiakim speaking) be cut out for it," that is, in the house; or, "and let (the workman) cut out my…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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