Jeremiah 22:14 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁴ who says, ‘I am going to build myself a wide house with spacious rooms, and cut out windows for it, panelling it with cedar and painting it in red.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Who says, I will build myself a wide house with large rooms, and he cuts himself out windows, and it is ceiled or paneled with cedar and painted with vermilion.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ He says, “I’ll build myself a grand palace, with huge upper chambers, ornate windows, cedar paneling, and rich red decor.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And he says: 'I will build a broad house for myself, with spacious upper rooms.' He makes windows for himself, and he builds the roof out of cedar, and he paints it with red ocher.

Jeremiah 22:14 Cross References

2 Samuel 7:2

that the sovereign said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of Elohim dwells within curtains.”

2 Chronicles 3:5

And the great house he panelled with cypress which he overlaid with fine gold, and he carved palm trees and chainwork on it.

Proverbs 17:19

He who loves transgression loves strife, He who exalts his door seeks destruction.

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your outside work, And make it fit for yourself in the field; Then you shall build your house.

Song of Solomon 1:17

The beams of our houses are cedar, our rafters are of fir.

Isaiah 9:9

And the people shall know, all of them, Ephrayim and the inhabitant of Shomeron, who say in pride and greatness of heart:

Ezekiel 23:14

“But she increased her whorings, and she looked at men carved on the wall, images of Kasdim inscribed in red,

Daniel 4:30

The sovereign spoke and said, “Is not this great Baḇel, which I myself have built, for the house of the reign, by the might of my power and for the esteem of my splendour?”

Amos 6:8

The Master יהוה has sworn by Himself, יהוה Elohim of hosts declares, “I am loathing the pride of Ya‛aqoḇ, and I have hated his palaces. Therefore I shall deliver up the city and all that is in it.”

Haggai 1:4

“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your panelled houses, and this House be in ruins?”

Malachi 1:4

If Eḏom says, “We have been beaten down, let us return and build the ruins,” יהוה of hosts said thus: “Let them build, but I tear down. And they shall be called ‘Border of Wrongness’, and the people against whom יהוה is enraged forever.