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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
That saith, I will build me a wide house,.... Or, "a house of measures", or, "dimensions" (i); a very large house, whose…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Large chambers - spacious upper chambers. It is cieled - Or, roofing it. Vermilion - The pigment which gives the deep…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 22:10-19
Kings, though they are gods to us, are men to God, and shall die like men; so it appears in these verses, where we have…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
There is considerable variance between MT. and LXX in this v., but the general sense is clear.
windows The Hebrew word…
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