“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.”
The specific description of the king building a great house with large windows, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermillion emphasizes the elaborate luxury of royal construction. The contrast between the luxury and the injustice that financed it creates moral irony. The description suggests that Jehoiakim, a specific king, is the target of this indictment. The palace's beauty disguises the exploitation that made it possible.
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Chiara RussoNote1mo agoGod's sovereignty revealed - Jeremiah 22
Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing - both the anguish and the hope. God is faithful in every circumstance. What a reminder that God's ways are...
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Mary PatelNote1mo agoWhat it means to love - Jeremiah 22
God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. It implies covenant loyalty, steadfast love that never wavers.
God is faithful in eve...
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