Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
coveteth an evil covetousness--that is, a covetousness so surpassingly evil as to be fatal to himself.
to his house--greedily seizing enormous wealth, not merely for himself, but for his family, to which it is destined to be fatal. The very same "evil covetousness" that was the cause of Jehoiakim's being given up to the Chaldean oppressor (Jeremiah 22:13) shall be the cause of the Chaldean's own destruction.
set his nest on high-- (Numbers 24:21; Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:4). The image is from an eagle (Job 39:27). The royal citadel is meant. The Chaldean built high towers, like the Babel founders, to "be delivered from the power of evil" (Genesis 11:4).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Jeremiah 22:13
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