14 He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace(A)
    with spacious upper rooms.’
So he makes large windows in it,
    panels it with cedar(B)
    and decorates it in red.(C)

Read full chapter

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.

Read full chapter

14 Who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house with spacious [a]chambers,
And cut out windows for it,
Paneling it with cedar
And painting it with vermilion.’

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:14 Lit. roof chambers, upper chambers

“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(A) while this house remains a ruin?(B)

Read full chapter

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Read full chapter

Is it (A)time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this [a]temple to lie in ruins?”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:4 Lit. house