Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness, and then it was well with him?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Cedar; Josias. (Calmet)
Shall thy magnificent palaces secure thy empire? (Haydock)
Him. Obey the Lord, in like manner, that thou mayst prosper.