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Jeremiah 22:14

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That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
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  1. 2 Samuel 7:2Rank 1 from verse 14
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    2That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

  2. Haggai 1:4Rank 2 from verse 14
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    4Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

  3. Isaiah 5:8–9Rank 3 from verse 14
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    8¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

    9In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

  4. 2 Chronicles 3:5Rank 4 from verse 14
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    5And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.

  5. Daniel 4:30Rank 5 from verse 14
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    30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

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Jeremiah 22:14

COMBINED MEANING

wide

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Sense 1: Broad, spacious, or opened to a great extent. Sense 2: As an adverb, fully or far apart.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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windows

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Sense 1: Openings in walls or structures that admit light, air, sight, or passage. Sense 2: Figures of openings in heaven.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cieled

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Lined, panelled, or covered on the inner walls or overhead surface with wood or other finished material.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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13¶ Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

14That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

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15Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?

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