“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness,
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
not paying them for their labor.
He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace
with spacious upper rooms.’
...Does it make you a king
to have more and more cedar?"
(Jer 22)
his upper rooms by injustice,
making his own people work for nothing,
not paying them for their labor.
He says, ‘I will build myself a great palace
with spacious upper rooms.’
...Does it make you a king
to have more and more cedar?"
(Jer 22)
Comments
work for nothing like unpaid contractors?
palaces paid for by shady business deals?
sounds familiar