Jeremia 22:13

Lutherbibel

Weh dem, der sein Haus mit Sünden baut und seine Gemächer mit Unrecht, der seinen Nächsten umsonst arbeiten läßt und gibt ihm seinen Lohn nicht

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Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Wehe dem, der sein Haus mit Unrecht baut und sein Söller mit Ungerechtigkeit, der seinen Nächsten umsonst arbeiten läßt und ihm den Lohn nicht gibt, der da spricht:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: Jeremiah 22:18, 2 Kings 23:35-37, 2 Chronicles 36:4

buildeth: Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:14, Deuteronomy 24:15, Job 24:10, Job 24:11, Micah 3:10, Habakkuk 2:9-11, Malachi 3:5, James 5:4

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 15:13 - General 2 Samuel 7:2 - I dwell 2 Kings 23:37 - he did 2 Kings 24:5 - the rest 1 Chronicles 14:1 - to build him 2 Chronicles 36:5 - Jehoiakim Job 18:15 - because Job 20:18 - and he shall Proverbs 17:19 - he that Proverbs 29:4 - he that receiveth gifts Isaiah 5:8 - them Isaiah 10:1 - Woe Jeremiah 17:11 - he that Jeremiah 35:1 - in the Ezekiel 19:6 - he went Ezekiel 34:4 - but with Habakkuk 2:12 - him

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by righteousness, and his chambers by wrong,.... This respects Jehoiakim, the then reigning king; who, not content with the palace the kings of Judah before him had lived in, built another; or however enlarged that, and made great alterations in it; but this he did either with money ill gotten, or perverted to a wrong use, which ought to have been otherwise laid out; or by not paying for the materials of whom they were bought, or the workmen for their workmanship; and perhaps this may be the reason why so much notice is taken of the king's house or palace in the former part of the chapter, and why it is threatened with desolation,

Jeremiah 22:1;

[that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; or, "that serveth [himself] of his neighbour freely"; or, "makes him serve freely" g; "and giveth him not his work" h; makes him, work for nothing; gives him no wages for it, but keeps back the hire of the labourers; which is a crying sin in any person, and much more in a king; see James 5:4.

g ברעהו יעבד חנם "qui socium suum servire facit gratis", Schmidt; "amici sui servitutem exigenti gratis", Junius Tremellius. h ופעלו לא יתן לו "et opus ejus non dabit ei", Montanus "mercedem operis", Pagninus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Far worse is the second example. Shallum was no heartless tyrant like Jehoiakim, who lived in splendor amid the misery of the nation, and perished so little cared for that his body was cast aside without burial.

His chambers - Really, his upper chambers. From the absence of machinery the raising of materials for the upper stories was a difficult task, especially when massive stones were used.

His work - Giveth him not his wages.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 22:13. Wo unto him that buildeth his house — These evils, charged against Jehoiakim, are nowhere else circumstantially related. We learn from 2 Kings 23:35-37, that he taxed his subjects heavily, to give to Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt: "He exacted the silver and gold of the people of the land, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord." The mode of taxation is here intimated; he took the wages of the hirelings, and caused the people to work without wages in his own buildings, &c.