Jeremiah 22:12-14

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¹²Jehoahaz will die in the place where the Egyptians have taken him, and he will not see this land again.”

Judgment Against King Jehoiakim

¹³“It will be very bad for King Jehoiakim.
    He is doing wrong so that he can build his palace.
He is cheating people so that he can build rooms upstairs.
    He is not paying his own people.
    He is making them work for nothing.

¹⁴“Jehoiakim says,
‘I will build myself a great palace, with huge rooms upstairs.’
So he built it with large windows.
He used cedar wood for paneling, and he painted it red.

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