Jeremiah 22:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jeremiah 22:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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].

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WEB

World English Bible

But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression, and for doing violence.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 22

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!’

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

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