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Verse Jeremiah 22:13. _WO UNTO HIM THAT BUILDETH HIS HOUSE_] These
evils, charged against Jehoiakim, are nowhere else _circumstantially_
related. We learn from 2 Kings 23:35-12, that he taxed his sub...
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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 with...
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CONCERNING THE KINGS OF JUDAH (22:1-23:8)
CHAPTER 22
_ 1. The message in the house of the king of Judah (Jeremiah 22:1) _
2. Touching Shallum, the King of Judah (Jeremiah 22:11)
3. Concerning Jeho...
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JEREMIAH 22:1 TO JEREMIAH 23:8. This section contains several distinct
Jeremianic prophecies, relating to contemporary kings of Judah; they
have been editorially collected, probably with some expansio...
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CHAMBERS. upper chambers.
BY WRONG. in injustice.
USETH HIS NEIGHBOUR'S SERVICE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus
19:13).
WORK. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the wages
ea...
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_that buildeth his house by unrighteousness_ Jehoiakim, as though it
were not enough to involve the land in a heavy tribute to the king of
Egypt (2 Kings 23:35), exacted forced labour from his own sub...
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See introd. summary to section. It probably belongs to the early years
of Jehoiakim, but see on Jeremiah 22:18....
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WOE UNTO HIM THAT BUILDETH, &C.— The prophet proceeds to denounce
God's judgments against Jehoiakim, who had built himself a stately
palace in those calamitous times, and took no care to pay the wages...
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2. _The folly of Jehoiakim_ (Jeremiah 22:13-23)
TRANSLATION
(13) Woe to him that builds his house with unrighteousness and his
upper chambers with injustice; who makes his neighbor serve for
nothing...
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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;
WOE UNTO HIM THAT BUILDETH HIS...
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1-9. Call to amendment of life....
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WOE UNTO HIM THAT BUILDETH... — The prophet now turns to Jehoiakim,
and apparently reproduces what he had before uttered in denouncing the
selfish bearing of that king. The feelings of the people, alr...
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CHAPTER VI
THE JUDGMENT ON JEHOIAKIM
Jeremiah 22:13; Jeremiah 36:30
"Jehoiakim slew him (Uriah) with the sword, and cast his dead body
into the graves of the common people."- Jeremiah 26:23...
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The message Jeremiah gave the deputation was not enough. He was
commanded to go to the house of the king. This he did, and what he
there said occupies the succeeding Chapter s up to and including
chap...
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Woe to him that buildeth his house by (i) unrighteousness, and his
chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages,
and giveth him not for his work;
(i) By bribes and extortion....
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_Friend. Joakim forced his subjects to work for him for nothing._...
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What a solemn woe, this short but pointed sermon begins with: and what
an awful close is made of it, in the application to the king. Is it
not astonishing, that any Preacher, and at such a time; shoul...
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_A BAD FOUNDATION_
‘Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his
chambers by injustice.’
Jeremiah 22:13 (R.V.)
I. THIS DENUNCIATION WAS PROBABLY AGAINST THE KING HIMSELF.—But it...
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The Prophet begins here to shew that it could not be otherwise but
that the king’s palace as well as Jerusalem must be destroyed, for
their wickedness had arrived to the highest pitch; but he now, as...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 21, 22, AND 23.
On the occasion of Zedekiah's request to Jeremiah to know if the Lord
would interfere in favour of the people against Nebuchadnezzar, the
Spir...
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WOE UNTO HIM THAT BUILDETH HIS HOUSE BY RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND HIS
CHAMBERS BY WRONG,.... This respects Jehoiakim, the then reigning
king; who, not content with the palace the kings of Judah before him
ha...
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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;
Ver. 13. _Woe unto him that bu...
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_Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness,_ &c. “The
prophet proceeds to denounce God's judgments against Jehoiakim, (see
Jeremiah 22:18,) who, it seems, built himself a stately palace i...
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PROPHECIES RELATING TO SHALLUM, JEHOIKIM, AND JEHOIACHIN...
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Woe unto him, so the Lord now proceeds to call out upon Jehoiakim,
THAT BUILDETH HIS HOUSE BY UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, by unjust measures, AND
HIS CHAMBERS BY WRONG, in impressing people into work without rig...
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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 o...
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We have not here any certain guidance to let us know whether the
prophet intended Jehoahaz or Jehoiakim; both of them _did evil in the
sight of the Lord_, as we read in their story. The sin here refle...
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Jeremiah 22:13 Woe H1945 builds H1129 (H8802) house H1004 by H3808
unrighteousness H6664 chambers H5944 injustice H
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THE INADEQUACY OF JEHOIAKIM (JEREMIAH 22:13).
With Jehoahaz out of the way as a prospect hopes may have turned on
Jehoiakim, whom Pharaoh had made king in place of his brother, having
changed his name...
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THE INADEQUACY OF ALL THE CURRENT SONS OF DAVID TO DELIVER JUDAH
(JEREMIAH 22:10).
Having dealt with Zedekiah, Nebuchadrezzar'a appointee, in the opening
passage of the subsection, and having shown th...
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CONTENTS: Message to Zedekiah, concluded. The King exhorted to execute
judgment.
CHARACTERS: God, Zedekiah, Shallum, Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Coniah,
Nebuchadnezzar.
CONCLUSION: God never casts one off...
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Jeremiah 22:10. _Weep not for the dead,_ as you have wept bitterly for
king Josiah, but weep for him who goes into captivity, for he shall
return no more.
Jeremiah 22:11. _Shallum the son of Josiah._...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 22:13 Jehoiakim (609–598 B.C.) built a
palace for himself while his people suffered. He required his subjects
to work on the project without compensation. Contrast this with...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Early
in Jehoiakim’s reign; contemporary with chap. 22. See Notes. Dr.
_Payne Smith_ places this prophecy prior to Jehoiakim’s
manifestatio...
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EXPOSITION
Jeremiah 22:1 and Jeremiah 23:1, are connected together by similarity
of subject. The temporal and spiritual leaders of the people, who are
mainly responsible for the national catastrophe,...
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Now the Lord commanded Jeremiah to go down to the king's house and
speak there at the king's house this word. The other, it was a message
sent back to the king. Now go on down to his house and speak t...
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2 Chronicles 36:4; 2 Kings 23:35; Deuteronomy 24:14; Deuteronomy
24:15;...