John Trapp on Jeremiah 22:13
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Jeremiah22:13
Ver. 13. Woe unto him that buildeth his houſe by unrighteouſneſſe] This was Jehojakim, cujus injuſta & inſana aedificia hic accuſantur: who would needs be building, but whether by right or by wrong-dealing, regarded not. This was to incur that curſe, Iſa. 5.8. Habak. 2.9, 12. See the Notes there. Such injurious and therefore accurſed builders were the Pyramid-makers in Egypt, Tarquinius Priſcus, Suetom. Niceph. Caligula, Nero, Phocas, who is ſaid to have heard this voice from heaven, Though thou ſhouldeſt erect thine edifice as high as heaven, (Aedificans auro, ſedeſque in ſidera mittens)
Yet ſin that lyeth at the foundation, will ſoon overturn all. Bernard inveigeth againſt ſome in his time, who did with great care and coſt erigere muros, negligere meres, build high manours, but not amend their manners, which ſhould have been their chief care.
That uſeth his neighbours ſervice] His neighbour he was, though his vaſſal and poor labourer.
And giveth him not for his work] This is a crying ſin, Deut. 24.14, 15. Jam. 5.4. See the Note there.
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