耶利米书 22:15

Chinese Union (Simplified)

难 道 你 作 王 是 在 乎 造 香 柏 木 楼 房 争 胜 麽 ？ 你 的 父 亲 岂 不 是 也 吃 也 喝 、 也 施 行 公 平 和 公 义 麽 ？ 那 时 他 得 了 福 乐 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
難道你是用香柏木爭勝來表明王的身分嗎？你父親不是也吃也喝，也施行公正和公義嗎？那時他得享福樂。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy: Jeremiah 22:18, 2 Kings 23:25, 1 Chronicles 3:15

eat: 1 Kings 4:20-23, 2 Chronicles 35:7, 2 Chronicles 35:8, 2 Chronicles 35:12-18, Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 9:7-10, Ecclesiastes 10:17, Isaiah 33:16, Luke 11:41, Acts 2:46, 1 Corinthians 10:31

and do: Jeremiah 22:3, Jeremiah 21:12, Jeremiah 23:5, 2 Samuel 8:15, 1 Kings 10:9, 2 Kings 22:2, 2 Kings 23:25, 2 Chronicles 34:2, Proverbs 20:28, Proverbs 21:3, Proverbs 25:5, Proverbs 29:4, Proverbs 31:9, Isaiah 9:7

then: Jeremiah 42:6, Deuteronomy 4:40, Psalms 128:1, Psalms 128:2, Isaiah 3:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 5:29 - that it might Deuteronomy 8:12 - and hast built Ruth 3:1 - may be 1 Samuel 8:3 - his sons 2 Kings 22:20 - gathered 1 Chronicles 17:1 - I dwell 1 Chronicles 18:14 - executed Psalms 106:3 - keep Proverbs 28:16 - he that Proverbs 29:7 - but Ecclesiastes 2:21 - whose Isaiah 1:17 - seek Isaiah 33:6 - wisdom Jeremiah 5:28 - judge Jeremiah 7:6 - oppress Ezekiel 18:5 - that Ezekiel 18:8 - hath executed Hosea 5:4 - and Hosea 12:6 - keep Zephaniah 2:3 - all Zechariah 7:10 - oppress Matthew 23:23 - the weightier Acts 24:25 - righteousness Romans 13:3 - rulers

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Shalt thou reign because thou closest [thyself] in cedar?.... Dost thou think that thou shalt reign long, and thy throne be established firm and secure, because of thy cedar wainscot? as if that was a protection to thee, and were like the fortifications of a city or tower; when it may easily be broke to pieces, or burnt with fire; and must be a poor defence against a powerful enemy. The Targum is,

"dost thou think to be as the first king?''

as David; to be as great a prince, to keep as grand a court, and live in as splendid a manner, as he? The Septuagint version, instead of "ares", a cedar, reads "Ahaz", and takes it for the proper name of a king of Judah; and the Arabic version reads "Ahab"; and so the Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint; and both confound it with the next clause; the former rendering the words thus, "shalt thou reign, that thou provokest in", or "after the manner of Ahaz thy father?" and the latter thus,

"thou shalt not reign, because thou imitatest the original of Ahab thy father;''

but both wrong; though Grotius seems to approve of this reading:

did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? that is, Josiah his father, who ate and drank in moderation, and lived cheerfully and comfortably; and kept a good table like a prince, without such a magnificent palace as he, his son, had built; and without oppressing his subjects, and detaining the hire of the labourer: living in a grand manner, becoming a king, may be done consistent with doing justice and judgment; let but that be done, and a prince will not be blamed for living like himself, and for supporting the dignity of his character and office, as Josiah did:

[and] then [it was] well with him; or, "therefore [it was] well with him" u he was blessed of God, and was prosperous and successful; he was happy himself as a prince, and his people under him, both enjoying peace and prosperity; there are never better times than when justice is done; by it the throne is established.

u אז טוב לו "ideo bene fuit ei"; so Noldius renders the particle, Concord. Par. Ebr. p. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

i. e., Will thy buildings make thy reign continue? These words imply that Jehoiakim was looking forward to, and taking measures to secure, a long continuance of power (compare Habakkuk 2:9-13. If so, Jeremiah probably wrote this prophecy before Jehoiakim revolted 2 Kings 24:1; and it, therefore, probably belongs to the same date as Jeremiah 36:30, written in the interval between Nebuchadnezzars first conquest of Jerusalem, and Jehoiakim’s rebellion, and when Jeremiah was out of the reach of the tyrant’s power.

Closest thyself in cedar - Rather, viest “in cedar;” i. e., viest with Solomon.

Did not thy father eat and drink ... - i. e., he was prosperous and enjoyed life. There is a contrast between the life of Josiah spent in the discharge of his kingly duties, and that of Jehoiakim, busy with ambitious plans of splendor and aggrandisement.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 22:15. Shalt thou reign, &c. — Dost thou think thou art a great king, because thou dwellest in a splendid palace?