--- title: "Jeremiah 22:13-24 KJV - \"Woe unto him that buildeth his house b...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wag\" — Read Jeremiah 22:13-24 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24" --- [ Read](/kjv/jeremiah/22)[ Commentary](/study/jeremiah/22)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/jeremiah/22) Audio ## Jeremiah 22:13-24 in Context (Verses 10–27 KJV) [10 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/10) ¶ Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: *but* weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. [11 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/11) For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: [12 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/12) But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. [13 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/13) ¶ Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; *that* useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; [14 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/14) 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.** [15 ](/kjv/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? [16 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/16) He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then *it was* well *with him: was* not this to know me? saith the LORD. [17 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/17) But thine eyes and thine heart *are* not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do *it*.* [18 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/18) Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, *saying*, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, *saying*, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! [19 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/19) He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. [20 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/20) ¶ Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. [21 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/21) I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; *but* thou saidst, I will not hear. This *hath been* thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.* [22 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/22) The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. [23 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/23) O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!* [24 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/24) *As* I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; [25 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/25) And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand *of them* whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. [26 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/26) And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. [27 ](/kjv/jeremiah/22/27) But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.* [Jeremiah 21](/kjv/jeremiah/21) [Jeremiah 23](/kjv/jeremiah/23) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24","name":"Jeremiah 22:13-24 KJV - \"Woe unto him that buildeth his house b...\" | Real Bible Believers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"\"Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wag\" — Read Jeremiah 22:13-24 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv","name":"KJV Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah","name":"Jeremiah"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22","name":"22"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/jeremiah/22/13-24","name":"Verse 13-24"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```