Jeremiah 22:14

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

12Instead, in the place where they led him captive, there will he die—he will see this land no more.” 13Oy to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his roof-chambers by injustice, that makes his neighbor work without pay, never giving him his wages, who says: “I will build myself a big house with spacious rooms and cut out my windows for it, and panel it with cedar, and paint it with vermilion! 15Did you become king just to be striving with cedar? Did your father not eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it went well with him. 16He pled the case of the poor and weak, so it went well. Is not this knowledge of Me?” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 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 17:19He who loves sin loves strife. One who builds a high gate invites destruction.
• Proverbs 24:27Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready. After that, build your house.
• Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who join house to house and merge field to field, until there is no room, and you will live alone in the midst of the land!
• Isaiah 9:9“The bricks are fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stones. The sycamores are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”
• Daniel 4:30Immediately the word about Ne­buchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
• Malachi 1:4For Edom may say, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and rebuild the ruins.” Thus Adonai-Tzva’ot says: “They may rebuild but I will tear down. They will be called a wicked territory, the people Adonai denounced forever.
• Luke 14:28“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and figure out the cost, to see if he has enough to finish it?
• 2 Samuel 7:2that the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, yet the ark of God remains within curtains.”
• 2 Chronicles 3:5He paneled the main hall with cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold and embossed on it palm trees and chains.
• 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 22:14

• House
• Jehoiakim
• Rich, the
• Vermilion

In the dictionaries

• Cedar
• Ceiling
• Colour
• House
• Anointing
• Captivity
• Ceiled; Ceiling
• Color; Colors
• Genesis
• Ink

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