Jeremiah 22:14

²the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”

⁴“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?

⁸Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land! ⁹In my ears, the LORD of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.

²⁷Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.

²⁸For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? ²⁹Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

⁵He made the larger room with a ceiling of cypress wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains.

¹⁹He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

³⁰The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

⁹All the people will know, including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,