Jeremiah 22:13 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 22:13

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

BSB

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ASV

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

KJV

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Letter 30.4 (397)

But such a house as this sensual persons, they who dwell in cieled houses and delight in chased silver, do not build. For as they despise pure silver, so also they despise simple dwellings. They enlarge the site of their houses, they add more and more, joining house to house and farm to farm, they dig up the ground; so that the very earth itself gives way to their habitations, and like sons of the earth they are laid up within her womb, and hidden in her bowels.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 12 and following) Woe to him who builds his house with injustice, and his upper rooms without justice. He oppresses his neighbor in vain, and does not pay him his wages. He says, 'I will build for myself a spacious house with large upper rooms.' He opens windows for himself, and makes it with cedar and paints it with vermilion. Are you going to reign because you have luxury? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice when he was prospering?

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Far worse is the second example. Shallum was no heartless tyrant like Jehoiakim, who lived in splendor amid the misery of the nation, and perished so little cared for that his body was cast aside without burial. His chambers - Really, his upper chambers. From the absence of machinery the raising of materials for the upper stories was a difficult task, especially when massive stones were used. His work - Giveth him not his wages.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֣וֹי	Ho	woe to!	H1945 →
בֹּנֶ֤ה	bo.Neh	[one who] builds	H1129 →
בֵיתוֹ֙	vei.To	house his	H1004 →
בְּֽלֹא־	be.lo'-	with not	H3808 →
צֶ֔דֶק	Tze.dek	righteousness	H6664 →
וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו	va.'a.li.yo.Tav	and upper rooms his	H5944 →
בְּלֹ֣א	be.Lo'	with not	H3808 →
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →
בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙	be.re.'E.hu	by fellow-citizen his	H7453 →
יַעֲבֹ֣ד	ya.'a.Vod	he works	H5647 →
חִנָּ֔ם	chi.Nam	without paying	H2600 →
וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ	u.fo.'a.Lo	and wage[s] his	H6467 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִתֶּן־	yi.ten-	he gives	H5414 →
לֽוֹ׃	lo	to <the> him

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
leads to
- James 5:8–9
  You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Deuteronomy 5:11
  You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
- Deuteronomy 27:19
  ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Through
James 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 24:14–15
  Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 19:13
  You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
Through
Leviticus 19:13
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
leads to
- James 5:4
  Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Malachi 3:5
  “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah