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Jeremiah 22:17

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15 Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.

16 He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

18 Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

19 He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.

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BSB
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
KJV
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
WEB
But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”
ASV
But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
DARBY
But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.
BLB
“Yet your eyes and your heart [are] on nothing for but upon your dishonest gain, and upon to shed innocent blood, and upon oppression, and upon to do violence!”
ÅB
Men dine øyne og ditt hjerte er ikke rettet på annet enn på vinning og på å utøse den uskyldiges blod og på å bruke vold og undertrykkelse.
OTB
“Men dine øyne og ditt hjerte er bare satt på uærlig vinning, på å utøse uskyldig blod, og på undertrykkelse og utpressing.”
B1930
Men dine øine og ditt hjerte er ikke rettet på annet enn på vinning og på å utøse den uskyldiges blod og på å bruke vold og undertrykkelse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Peter 2:14

    Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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  • Ezekiel 19:6

    He prowled among the lions, and became a young lion. After learning to tear his prey, he devoured men.

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  • 2 Kings 24:4

    and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

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  • Jeremiah 22:3

    This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

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  • Psalms 10:3

    For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

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  • Ezekiel 33:31

    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

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  • Luke 12:15–21

    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:10

    nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

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