耶利米書 22:14-15 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13-19

A right aim pursued by a wrong and cruel method. I. A RIGHT AIM . What this aim was is indicated in Jeremiah 22:15 . Jehoiakim wanted to be a king. In one sense he was a king, without any effort of his own, for he had succeeded to the position and honors of his father. But very rightly he sought to be reckoned a king by virtue of something more than mere rank. He wished to do something which would mark off his reign as peculiar. He wished something more to be said of him than that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:14

A wide house ; literally, a house of extensions . Large chambers . The Hebrew specifies "upper chambers "—the principal rooms in ancient houses. Cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar ; rather … his windows , roofing it with cedar. "Cutteth out" is, literally, rendeth ; it is the word used in Jeremiah 4:30 of the apparent enlargement of the eyes by putting powdered antimony upon the eyelids. Windows are, as it were, the eyes of a building (Graf compares ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:15

Shalt thou reign —rather, dost thou reign ; i.e. dost thou prove thy royal qualities)— because thou closest thyself in cedar ? The second part of the clause must at any rate be. altered. Some render, "because thou viest (with thy forefathers) in cedar" (i.e. in building cedar palaces). Hitzig would strike out "in cedar," as having intruded from the preceding line (such a phenomenon meets us occasionally in the received Hebrew text), but this does not help us to a 'connected translation... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 22:15-16

True royalty. The contrast between Josiah and his son has had many a parallel. The family emerges from honest homespun into splendid dishonor, dropping its virtues and its religion as it goes. In all periods of external development and material civilization it is well to remember that true greatness must be in the man and not in his circumstances, and that the richest amongst us cannot afford to do without the graces and benevolence that dignify and adorn even the humblest life. I. ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 22:14

Large chambers - spacious upper chambers.It is cieled - Or, roofing it.Vermilion - The pigment which gives the deep red color still bright and untarnished on many ancient buildings. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 22:15

i. e., Will thy buildings make thy reign continue? These words imply that Jehoiakim was looking forward to, and taking measures to secure, a long continuance of power (compare Habakkuk 2:9-13. If so, Jeremiah probably wrote this prophecy before Jehoiakim revolted 2 Kings 24:1; and it, therefore, probably belongs to the same date as Jeremiah 36:30, written in the interval between Nebuchadnezzars first conquest of Jerusalem, and Jehoiakim’s rebellion, and when Jeremiah was out of the reach of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 22:13-16

Jeremiah 22:13-16. Wo unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, &c. “The prophet proceeds to denounce God’s judgments against Jehoiakim, (see Jeremiah 22:18,) who, it seems, built himself a stately palace in those calamitous times, and took no care to pay the wages of the workmen; but maintained his own luxury by the oppression of those who were to live by their labour: a crying sin, and too common among the great men of the world, severely prohibited both in the Old and New... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13-23

Concerning Jehoiakim (22:13-23)Jehoiakim, another son of Josiah, was made king by Egypt in place of the unfortunate Jehoahaz. Jehoiakim was a cruel and oppressive ruler. In a time of extreme hardship, when the people were already burdened with heavy taxes to pay the overlord Egypt, Jehoiakim built luxurious palaces for himself. He demonstrated his contempt for his people by treating them almost as slaves and forcing them to work on his grand building projects without payment. He was the... read more

E.W. Bullinger