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Jeremiah 22:16
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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.
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; so then it was well. Wasn’t this to know me?” says the LORD.
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He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.
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Jeremiah 22
14 who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.
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.
17 “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!’
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