Adam Clarke Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13

Adam Clarke Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13 - 22:13

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Jeremiah 22:13 - 22:13

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Wo unto him that buildeth his house - These evils, charged against Jehoiakim, are nowhere else circumstantially related. We learn from 2Ki 23:35-37, that he taxed his subjects heavily, to give to Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt: “He exacted the silver and gold of the people of the land, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.” The mode of taxation is here intimated; he took the wages of the hirelings, and caused the people to work without wages in his own buildings, etc.