Jeremiah 22:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

King Jehoiakim, you are doomed! You built a palace with large rooms upstairs.

Cross References

James 5:4

You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has surely heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops.

Micah 3:10

You make cruelty and murder a way of life in Jerusalem.

Leviticus 19:13

Do not steal anything or cheat anyone, and don't fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Jeremiah 22:18

Jehoiakim, no one will mourn at your funeral. They won't turn to each other and ask, “Why did our great king have to die?”

2 Chronicles 36:4

Then Neco appointed Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king of Judah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He led Jehoahaz away to Egypt as his prisoner.

2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled 11 years from Jerusalem. Jehoiakim disobeyed the Lord his God by doing evil.

Isaiah 5:8

You are in for trouble! You take over house after house and field after field, until there is no room left for anyone else in all the land.

Jeremiah 17:11

You cheated others, but everything you gained will fly away, like birds hatched from stolen eggs. Then you will discover what fools you are.

Deuteronomy 15:13

And don't just tell them they are free to leave—

Job 31:39

Nor have I cheated my workers and caused them pain.

Habakkuk 2:12

You're doomed! You built a city on crime and violence.