Jeremiah 22:15
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?
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. Jeremiah denounces the royal house: practice justice or this house will become a desolation. Shallum who was taken captive will not return. Jehoiakim who built his palace with unrighteous wages is condemned as a usurper. Coniah the son will be …
Other Translations
Shalt thou reign, because thou strivest to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father--did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then <FI>it is<Fi> well with him.
Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?
Cross References
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well …
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making …
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, …
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the …
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of …
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and …
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David …
And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that …