Jeremiah 22:13-17
Read Jeremiah 22 in full →13“Woe to him who builds his house awithout righteousnessAnd his 1upper rooms without justice,Who uses his neighbor’s services without payAnd bdoes not give him his wages,14Who says, ‘I will abuild myself a roomy houseWith spacious 1upper roomsAnd cut out its windows,2Paneling it with bcedar and painting it 3bright red.’15“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?Did not your father eat and drinkAnd ado justice and righteousness?Then it was bwell with him.16“He pled the cause of the aafflicted and needy;Then it was well.bIs not that what it means to know Me?”Declares Yahweh.17“But your eyes and your heartAre set on nothing except your own agreedy gainAnd on bshedding innocent bloodAnd on doing oppression and extortion.”