Jer 22:13-18 | ESV | STEP | 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 ,

h[See ver. 15 above]

Jeremiah 22:13-18

13 ^a“Woe to him who builds his house by ^bunrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
^cwho makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
paneling it with cedar
and ^dpainting it with vermilion.
15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ^edo justice and righteousness?
^fThen it was well with him.
16 ^gHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^hthen it was well.
Is not this ⁱto know me?
declares the Lord.
17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
^jfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

^k“They shall not lament for him, saying,
^l‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
^m‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’