Jeremiah 22:15 · KJV
“Shalt thou reign, because thou closest {thyself} in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, {and} then {it was} well with him?”
— Jeremiah 22:15
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. {large: Heb. through-aired} {windows: or, my windows}
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then {it was} well {with him: was} not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 22 — Context
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;
14That 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. {large: Heb. through-aired} {windows: or, my windows}
15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest {thyself} in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, {and} then {it was} well with him?
16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then {it was} well {with him: was} not this to know me? saith the LORD.
17But thine eyes and thine heart {are} not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do {it}. {violence: or, incursion}
Cross References
2 Kings 23:25
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there {any} like him.
Isaiah 3:10
Say ye to the righteous, that {it shall be} well {with him}: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Proverbs 25:5
Take away the wicked {from} before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 10:17
Blessed {art} thou, O land, when thy king {is} the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Proverbs 29:4
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. {he...: Heb. a man of oblations}
2 Kings 22:2
And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Psalms 128:1-2
[A Song of degrees.] Blessed {is} every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Proverbs 21:3
To do justice and judgment {is} more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.