New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 22:14
14Who says, ‘I will 1build myself a roomy house With spacious 2upper rooms, And cut out its windows, 3Paneling it with 4cedar and painting it 5bright red.’
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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.’
Context of Jeremiah 22:14
12but in the place where they led him captive, there he will die and not see this land again. 13“Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness And his upper rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay And does not give him his wages, Who says, ‘I will build myself a roomy house With spacious upper rooms, And cut out its windows, Paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red.’ 15Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. 16He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means 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
- Who saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- myself a roomyמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060
- houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- With spaciousרָוַחrâvach · be wideH7304
- upperעֲלִיָּה‛ălîyâh · upper roomH5944
- And cutקָרַעqâra‛ · to tearH7167
- out its windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
- Panelingסָפַןsâphan · to coverH5603
- cedarאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
- and paintingמָשַׁחmâshach · to anointH4886
- brightשָׁשֵׁרshâshar · vermilionH8350
Cross-references for Jeremiah 22:14
- Proverbs 17:19He who loves transgression loves strife; He who raises his door seeks destruction.
- Proverbs 24:27Prepare your work outside And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house.
- Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
- Isaiah 9:9And all the people know it, That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart:
- Daniel 4:30The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’
- Malachi 1:4Though Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins”; thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the Lord is indignant forever.”
- Luke 14:28For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?
- 2 Samuel 7:2that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”
- 2 Chronicles 3:5He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.
- Haggai 1:4“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?”
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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